Partners: Economic Development Strategy

Economic development isn’t a go-it-alone endeavor. The University and Town of Chapel Hill work with a wide number of partners to put the resources available on campus and throughout the

Carolina Economic Development Strategy

Accelerate economic impact. Together, for our community. The Carolina Economic Development Strategy is a partnership between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Town of Chapel Hill

Faculty Innovator Newsletter

Sign Up: Faculty Innovator Newsletter Sign up to receive our monthly e-newsletter created for Carolina faculty innovators, startup founders, investors and entrepreneurial partners. Get the information you need to know

Student Innovator Newsletter

Sign Up: Student Innovator Newsletter Register now to receive Innovate Carolina’s monthly e-newsletter for student innovators and entrepreneurs. This issue of our newsletter gives you a snapshot of the month

Accelerating Health Care Innovation in North Carolina

NCBiotech and FastTraCS at UNC-Chapel Hill are collaborating with health systems across North Carolina to provide a foundation for clinician innovation. The two-day virtual event will put an emphasis on action and

DEIS Launch Party and Open House

Join UNC and OHUB for an evening of fun, connection and learning. If you have been reading about the full DEI Solutions (DEIS) Certificate Program and are curious about whether it’s

KickStart Venture Services – Fund

On the path to startup success, founders typically raise funding from multiple sources to help grow their businesses. Securing funding can happen at any stage or throughout the company lifecycle.

KickStart Venture Services – Launch

When it’s time to launch your venture, you’ll face a variety of critical questions — and making the right decisions can seem like a daunting task. KickStart Venture Services can

Apply: RISE Innovation Challenge

In alignment with the White House Infrastructure Plan and the National Defense Strategy, TechConnect is partnering with the Resilient Infrastructure & Secure Energy (RISE) Consortium in addressing the Nation’s profound

Apply: Venture Catalyst Program

Are you a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate student or postdoc with a passion for expanding your business development skills and making a real-world impact by supporting startups? Apply to join the

Jeff Speakman, PhD

Jeff joined KickStart Venture Services in May 2021, where he serves as laboratory manager of the KickStart Accelerator—the first dedicated wet lab space for early-stage life science companies in Chapel

KickStart Venture Services – Assess

In the early stages of founding a startup, you want to know how attractive your venture is to customers and understand new market opportunities. But you may not have the

KickStart Venture Services – Grow

Our network of startup experts supports innovators in a variety of ways – from coaching and mentoring to connecting startup founders with key service providers. Whether it’s offering guidance about

KickStart Venture Services

Our KickStart team has decades of combined experience in research, technology transfer, investment strategy, venture creation and innovation management. They have worked with institutions to foster seed funds, launch accelerator

KickStart Venture Services – Learn

No matter where you are on your startup journey, continual education about innovation and entrepreneurship plays an important role. Recognizing the value of expanding their entrepreneurial know-how, many founders seek

Apply: Big Launch Challenge Pitch Competition

The Launch Place and the Angel Capital Association (ACA)’s Angel University are partnering to bring together angel investors and entrepreneurs to learn, share and network. This two-day event offers a

Apply: Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars Program

The Carolina Center for Public Service has opened the application process for its next cohort of Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars, a two-year experiential program that is designed to advance community-engaged

Apply: mHUB Accelerated Incubation Cohort

mHUB Accelerated Incubation is a six-month, hands-on startup accelerator focused on the commercialization of pre-Series A, high-potential hardtech startups. The program will source 10 demand-driven startups from across the world to participate

Apply: NCBiotech Translational Research Grant

The Translational Research Grant program funds projects that explore potential commercial applications or initiate the early commercial development of university-held life sciences inventions. The technology must have the potential to

The Big Pitch

The Big Pitch is a virtual quick pitch competition for the most promising biotech startups in the US. This series challenges all-stars from three regions—West, South and Northeast—to score points

KickStart Presents: Precompliance 101

Due to the regulations and compliance elements involved with medical device development, the process is expensive, slow and difficult. There are also fewer “off the shelf” tools available to help

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