Helping founders find community and connections
A state-of-the-art Black and Latinx business incubator and technology service center offering business development training, business services, assessments, referrals, and wraparound services to incubating businesses.
AcceleratorIncubator
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Louisville
Amped
The Advanced Science & Technology Commercialization Center, better known as ASTeCC, is UK's premier entrepreneurial ecosystem business incubator that encourages early-stage, high-technological, start-up company growth that will lead to economic development opportunities for the Commonwealth.
Incubator
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Lexington
University of Kentucky - ASTeCC
BEN helps connect the overall community workforce/education resources and businesses to capitalize on the education, arts, culture and environmental assets to attract, retain and develop a diverse talent pool for Lexington and the Central Kentucky region. Our role of connecting employers to schools and local communities helps young people and teachers to understand the workforce needs of business and how they need to be prepared to succeed in college and careers.
Accelerator
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Lexington
Lexington Venture Club
The term of the incubator for a cohort spans 8 months, during which time 6 selected creatives (folks) move through the collaborative process of ideating, planning, prototyping, devising participatory strategies, and exploring funding possibilities for their projects through monthly meetings and sessions with creative guests and mentors. The process taps civic imagination and worldbuilding methodologies, as well as ‘by any media necessary’ approaches to creating media and support folks on their creative journeys.
Accelerator
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Bowling Green
AccelerateKY
Our goal is to help you to succeed at bringing your technology to market by taking advantage of the SBIR/STTR Federal programs non-dilutive funding. During the accelerator you will be matched with one or more topics within your capabilities and interest. You will receive virtual instruction, templates and resources to help you write your proposal, one-on-one counseling, and when possible, match-up with experts in your area.
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Lexington
Kentucky Science & Engineering Foundation
Our members receive the collective insights of established family-owned businesses, respected advisors, and scholars from the UofL College of Business. We work to create a learning community in which families and their businesses gain the knowledge and connections they need to grow, succeed, and thrive from generation to generation.
Community/Networking
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Louisville
University of Lousiville - College of Business
The Incubator Kitchen Collective is a community-driven support system that combines resources, knowledge, and experience to help local food entrepreneurs succeed. We provide education, promote food access, and offer support to our kitchen members and to the community around us.
Incubator
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Newport
Incubator Kitchen Collective
Launch Blue’s Industry Transformation Accelerator is designed to provide early-stage tech startups with in-depth insights on securing their first corporate clients.Through the virtual 7-week program, startup founders will develop strategies for pilot projects, dilutive and nondilutive funding, and technology adoption—culminating in a pitch to Launch Blue’s corporate innovation partners.
Accelerator
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Lexington
Launch Blue
JFCS Navigate has more than 20 years of experience in helping entrepreneurs from underserved communities start and expand small businesses. By providing financial access, training and a pathway to start and grow businesses, Navigate is able to empower micro-entrepreneurs to sustain viable businesses that support themselves and the communities where they live.
Accelerator
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Louisville
Jewish Family & Career Services (JFCS)
If you're a driven entrepreneur, a visionary startup founder, or a business owner ready to accelerate growth, the GEDDI Just Boss Up Academy is tailored for you. Whether you're in tech, retail, services, or any other industry, our program caters to your unique needs.
Accelerator
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Louisville
Global Economic Diversity Development Initiative (GEDDI)
The KHIC-start programs are designed to provide business owners with a comprehensive set of training courses and personalized assistance that develops their business into stronger, more profitable organizations.
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Statewide
Kentucky Highlands Innovation Center (KHIC)
The Kentucky SBDC in Owensboro provides business coaching services at no cost to existing and potential entrepreneurs in Western Kentucky. The Kentucky SBDC in Owensboro also meets the educational needs of the local small business community by offering a variety of low cost training programs taught by industry experts and qualified SBDC Coaches.
Coaching/Consulting
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Owensboro
Kentucky SBDC
The College of Business is a sponsoring member of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC), which provides training and consulting services to for-profit small business owners as well as entrepreneurs wishing to start a small business. The organization also offers high-quality small business seminars and workshops at minimal cost.
Coaching/Consulting
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Louisville
University of Lousiville - College of Business
Launched in June 2013, Commerce Lexington’s Minority Business Accelerator aims to accelerate the growth of minority-owned enterprises with revenues between $250,000 and $6 million, as identified in the 2009 Joint Economic Inclusion Study.
Accelerator
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Lexington
Greater Lex
Our goal is to help you succeed at bringing your technology to market by taking advantage of the SBIR/STTR (also known as America’s Seed Fund) programs non-dilutive funding. During the process, you will begin by receiving virtual instruction via one-on-one meetings with KSEF staff and webinars. From there, you could be matched with an expert consultant who can provide you with templates and resources to help you write your proposal and engage with you in one-on-one counseling about the proposal application.
Accelerator
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Lexington
Kentucky Science & Engineering Foundation
Our goal is to help you succeed at bringing your technology to market by taking advantage of the SBIR/STTR (also known as America’s Seed Fund) programs non-dilutive funding. During the lab, you will begin receiving virtual instruction via one-on-one meetings with KSEF staff and webinars. From there, you could be matched with an expert consultant who can provide you with templates and resources to help you write your proposal and engage with you in one-on-one counseling about the proposal application.
Accelerator
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Lexington
Kentucky Science & Engineering Foundation
Get the executive education, management know-how and business support system you need to grow your established small business through this intensive, cohort-based program. No previous degree required, just the willingness to work on your business, not just in it! If you are ready to prosper, apply to GLI’s Power to Prosper Business Accelerator, powered by Interise, and learn how to take your business to the next level.
Accelerator
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Louisville
Greater Louisville Inc
Launch Blue’s 7-week pre-seed accelerator focuses on training and developing Deep Tech, Technology that Transforms Industries and Innovative Societal Solutions startups to create a funding strategy for success. Startups are educated on using multi-phase federal research grants to develop and de-risk the technology while also learning how to raise dilutive investment dollars at the seed stage level.
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Lexington
Launch Blue
No matter where you are on your entrepreneurial journey, our SCORE mentors are ready to assist. SCORE Kentuckiana mentors are highly successful and seasoned business professionals and entrepreneurs with the experience and knowledge to help you achieve your small business.
Coaching/Consulting
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Louisville
SCORE Kentucky
In partnership with nonprofit community development organization OneWest, The Plan Room is a business accelerator specifically designed for Black and brown contractors and construction business owners. The Plan Room provides education, training, mentorship, professional services, and networking opportunities in a dedicated physical space that recently opened in March of 2021.
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Louisville
University of Lousiville - College of Business
These spaces are used as an accelerator program for chefs that complete the Chef Space incubator. This 1670 sq ft space will seat 49 customers and will provide chefs their very first retail location. OneWest and its partners are also providing tenants resources in support of marketing, operations, reporting, and business development.
AcceleratorIncubator
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Louisville
OneWest
The goal of the program is to advance an innovation toward commercialization, including preparations for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants or National Innovation Corps applications, creation of a startup, or partnering with an established company to license the technology.
Accelerator
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Lexington
Launch Blue
Our goal is to help you to succeed at bringing your technology to market by taking advantage of the SBIR/STTR federal programs non-dilutive funding. The USDA Proposal Lab offers one of the most wide-ranging application opportunities for new technologies. The SBIR/STTR programs at USDA are administered by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and offer 10 topic areas that are intended to permit a variety of science and technology based small businesses to compete for funding.
Accelerator
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Lexington
Kentucky Science & Engineering Foundation
Designed to serve the unique needs of start-up and early stage companies. We strive to develop programs tailored to entrepreneurs and to establish strategic partnerships to support our clients by leveraging key local, regional and state business development resources.
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Bowling Green
Western Kentucky University
Intensive 12-week Accelerator, working with a team of coaches and mentors to support the commercialization of innovative life science, med-tech, and digital healthcare technologies. Our Accelerator aims to bring early stage startups to a level where they are attractive to customers and investors.
Accelerator
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Louisville
XLerateHealth