For our region to grow, it takes a community to make things happen. The Innovate Lynchburg board is excited to get behind Central Virginia Community College as a "G3 Ambassador". Back in July of this year, the state launched a new initiative focusing on building a skilled workforce to meet the growing
RICHMOND—Governor Northam announced that Virginia has received a record number of local and private sector applications to match state broadband investments, putting the Commonwealth on track to become one of the first states to achieve universal broadband access by 2024. Virginia anticipates more than $2 billion in total broadband funding, thanks to local and private
GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY Innovate Lynchburg is made up of businesses that are focused on giving back. A project came to our board just recently from the Jubilee Family Center to help with their website. Jubilee was founded in 1999 in response to the community’s overwhelming need for a program that would target
A New Board Member With Big Ideas Innovate Lynchburg has added a new Board Member to its ranks. Michael Lovell, Esq. brings to the team a passion for business and innovation. He is a business minded attorney with a practice consisting of civil litigation and transactional matters. With over twelve-years of experience, he has worked
Several Richmond-area startup companies recently raised additional money from investors. The businesses are: Insurance technology company Fenris said on April 7 that it had raised $2.7 million in new funding from several investment groups. Richmond-based Fenris, founded in 2016, is a data and analytics company focused on streamlining and modernizing the process of quoting
Great things happen when people connect with a common goal. Back in August, Scott Pleasants with Innovate Lynchburg had a conversation with Karen Jackson, the former Secretary of Technology for the State of Virginia. This conversation centered around the topic of growing and keeping Virginia's technology talent inside of the state. For some time now,
Join VIC and a panel of experts from across the region for the next event in our Founders & Funders Webinar Series We will be discussing various types of capital and issues entrepreneurs and startups may encounter when seeking capital: when to pursue different types of capital, where to find the resources to help
VIRGINIA IS AMERICA’S TOP STATE FOR BUSINESS, ACCORDING TO CNBC EXCLUSIVE STUDY CNBC Special Correspondent Scott Cohn Revealed America’s Top Five States for Business Today on CNBC ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., July 10, 2019—CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, today unveiled the results of its thirteenth annual list of America’s Top States for Business with Virginia taking
Introducing the Commonwealth Commercialization Fund The Commonwealth Commercialization Fund, or CCF, was launched on July 1, 2020 to foster innovative and collaborative efforts in Virginia. Combining two legacy state programs, the Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF) and the Virginia Research Innovation Fund (VRIF), CCF seeks technologies with a high potential for economic development and
Final Round of CARES Business Recovery Program The City of Lynchburg CARES Business Recovery Program, created in August 2020, is open for one more round of applications! The final round of applicants includes ANY business licensed in the City of Lynchburg as of March 1, 2020. If you are located within the City of Lynchburg and have
