Helping founders find community and connections
Available only to startups in the ZEBOX Club, the startup program provides you with exclusive additional support to raise funds, shape your product, and connect with a multinational network.
Three-day educational event that encourages students and alumni to develop and pitch new company ideas. It is a creative and collaborative environment. Pitching, business model formulation, prototyping, designing, and market validation are all part of the experience, which takes place in a friendly and supportive team environment.
Learn more →Long-format accelerator, providing select technology-driven, early-stage startups based in and around the Charlottesville area with nine months of program support.
Learn more →9-week-long mentorship-driven, milestone-based program.
Learn more →12-week intensive that helps Black and Latinx businesses become more fundable in order to access capital, scale your business, and build a great team. Participants learn through dynamic in-person workshops and 1:1 consultation, receive 12 hours of technical assistance from accountants, lawyers, marketers, designers, and more, make strategic connections, have opportunities to win business grants and capital, and get connected to B-Force’s powerful community and partner network.
Learn more →Promotes inclusive entrepreneurship and a diversity of economic opportunities for businesses committed to job creation and revenue generation within Fairfax County. Applicants will have an opportunity to submit details regarding an innovative product, design, service, or technology that they are looking to develop and/or expand.
Learn more →Blends a combination of comprehensive business support including business plan development or improvement, marketing guidance, technical assistance, mini-grants, mentorship and networking support. B³ utilizes a phased assistance approach, customized to the businesses current stage and needs.
Learn more →Virtual, 8-session program to help you develop business skills, determine the viability of your business, and gain access to skills and connections that will make you a successful small business owner. Participants can expect to identify their strengths as business owners, define the problem their business solves, identify their ideal customers, understand solid pricing so they make a profit, and determine what kind of money they’ll need to start their business.
Learn more →Growing community of like-minded innovators and organizations interested in bringing new ideas and solutions to the broad set of challenges in the maritime world. The community provides resources and opportunities for members to network, share experiences, and identify challenges and solutions. It also provides participants access to both online and in-person sessions covering a variety of topics with the support of OpenSeas staff and the Dojo community.
Learn more →Hybrid incubation model for entrepreneurs with scalable business ideas, to help you create your first proof of concept, identify the appropriate target market, and build the systems and financing for the successful launch of your business. With Capacitor, our goal is to make this incubation process more accessible by offering virtual mentorship and dispersing physical workspaces so that entrepreneurs from anywhere in the Shenandoah Valley can take advantage of the program.
Learn more →Aims to close the capital access gap for historically marginalized and underinvested small businesses through a combination of early-stage capacity building, technical assistance for capital access, and network growth.
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