The startup accelerator’s talented summer cohort met Tar Heel alumni with downtown businesses.
Launch Chapel Hill runs three sessions a year to help innovators get their ventures up and running. But the award-winning startup accelerator’s summer session is specifically geared to help Carolina student entrepreneurs. For eight to 10 weeks, the teams receive free mentoring, intensive programming and downtown office space in the Innovate Carolina Junction at 136 E. Rosemary St.
This year, for the first time, the summer cohort also took a little trip: a short walk down Franklin and Rosemary streets to meet Tar Heel and Launch alumni who opened their ventures downtown.
“You may have walked by them on your way to lunch or meeting up with friends and never realized what was behind that door,” said Ian Baltutis, Launch executive director, to students gathered at the Junction before the tour. “We’re excited today to open that door and introduce you to all that’s going on behind it.”
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