Helping founders find community and connections
We have several options to meet the various needs of our community. Once you have a membership, you can use Mixxer's space and tools anytime during our open hours. Membership also comes with on-demand training, access to safety gear, class discounts, and access to special events.
Provides free mentoring services with a diverse group of experts, meet and greet events and funding opportunities. We love fresh ideas that move the world forward and we are also committed to your individual development. It is our mission to help student ventures succeed and foster a community that gives all UNC students an opportunity to build skills through innovation and entrepreneurship that transfer to any career field.
Learn more →Located in a unique biotech co-working facility in downtown Durham, North Carolina. Our aim is to attract the most ambitious startup companies in life sciences. This premium open lab space and office space favors collaboration. The lab is equipped with top-of-the-line research equipment, with additional services to help resident companies reach their milestones faster.
Learn more →Provides a bridge for young startups to cross the entrepreneurial 'valley of death' so they arrive at a point where they will attract investment.
Learn more →The purpose of the Business Incubation program is to create an atmosphere that encourages the development of businesses that promise a public or private good, have the potential to create single or multiple additional jobs and contribute to the economic development of the region once formally established. Multiple types of space are available to both startup and existing businesses.
Learn more →The Center provides monthly workshops, panels, and speakers and members can join-in on any or all programs at no added cost.
Learn more →Through the CII, urbanCORE staff first facilitate discussions among corridor residents to identify a solution to a long-standing problem. They then bring together an interdisciplinary group of researchers from UNC Charlotte and a group of community leaders to make the proposed solution a reality. The prominent staff role in the initial phase makes this method unique. Through the corridor projects, community and campus stakeholders establish partnerships based on reciprocity and design economically viable and sustainable solutions that corridor residents can own.
Learn more →DUhatch is a student business incubator at Duke University committed to providing aspiring student entrepreneurs the resources they need to turn their vision in to reality.
Learn more →Experiential program that brings together graduate students, professional students and postdocs from diverse disciplines across UNC to conceive, develop and test innovative solutions to unmet needs in healthcare.
Learn more →Science and technology-focused early stage companies are eligible to be considered for membership at First Flight.
Learn more →Unique co-working environment for start-ups and small businesses needing access to high tech laboratory space. This co-working environment is utilized to support “start-up” operations of newly formed nano-bio related entities and other small businesses. Generally, firms of this nature struggle to find space of a suitable size at a reasonable cost which is where the Gateway Launchpad fits in. Users are provided with a telephone and internet access as part of their occupancy.
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