Finance A Business
VT KnowledgeWorks Running Start Financial Support
Market rate loans for strategic pre-operational needs.
- Available to selected very early stage ventures
- Market rate loans with deferred payback terms
- Only corporate (no personal) assets as collateral
- Simple, white-paper style application process
- Must be a Member of VT KnowledgeWorks to apply. Learn more about becoming a Member.
DayOne Ventures is an invitation-only seed stage investment and mentorship program for technology-based startups. It is housed at the VT KnowledgeWorks Business Acceleration Center, located in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center in Blacksburg, Virginia. Each spring, DayOne engages with up to three early stage startups through a competitive evaluation process. Winning teams receive:
- Up to $16,000 to cover personal and business expenses related to participation in the program
- Class A office space and high-speed internet access
- Regular mentoring by successful entrepreneurs who have built and sold technology businesses
- And more
460 Angels is a seed and early-stage angel investor group focused on funding and coaching hi-tech entrepreneurs with scalable business models based in the New River Valley and Roanoke region of Virginia. 460 Angels seeks technology based product companies which scale to a global marketplace. Members are accredited investors and experienced entrepreneurs with backgrounds in engineering, software, finance and management.
Additional information and an online application is available at http://www.460Angels.com.
RBTC Access to Capital
Capital access is a critical component to a growing technology ecosystem. The RBTC Access to Capital Committee seeks to improve the ability of technology companies in the RBTC region to find capital to fund the growth of new ideas. The mission of the Access to Capital committee is to lower barriers and increase the efficiency of fund raising through educational and networking activities. The committee is comprised of a group of business professionals with practical experience in SBIR, bank financing, bootstrapping, angel and venture funding.
There are two primary activities which the committee facilitates: monthly Pitch & Polish Clinic and bi-annually Capital Access Seminars. Additional information is available at http://thetechnologycouncil.com/capital.
CIT GAP Funds
CIT GAP Funds makes seed-stage equity investments in Virginia-based technology and life science companies with a high potential for achieving rapid growth and generating significant economic return. For more insight into the VC, angel, and entrepreneur communities in the Mid-Atlantic Region read the CIT GAP Funds Blog.
Virginia Active Angel Network (VAAN)
Virginia Active Angel Network is a professionally managed and member-led group of accredited investors that meet monthly in a dinner model in Charlottesville, VA. Members from outside of Charlottesville, in Blacksburg, Roanoke, Richmond, NY and Georgia participate either by driving to the Charlottesville dinner or through on-line access. VAAN considers opportunities to provide funding and mentor capital to early and seed stage ventures primarily in the central and southern Virginia region, and the greater region.