ABOUT OUR PARTNER
Ventureprise is UNC Charlotte’s innovation and entrepreneurship center serving the campus and the Charlotte region. It accelerates university technology commercialization through its National Science Foundation I-Corps Site program. Through the Ventureprise Launch program, regional innovation-driven entrepreneurs accelerate customer discovery and business model generation through participation in the six-week program. The 49er Foundry student incubator offers UNC Charlotte students programming, mentorship, and office space. Portal Coworking offers shared office space to students, faculty and community entrepreneurs and innovators. The facility provides a ‘plug-and-play’ environment for members. Ventureprise supports members through programming, training and mentoring. The annual Charlotte Venture Challenge features the region’s most promising university and regional based early-stage innovation-based enterprises.
STARTING
Market Research
If you’ve got an innovation that could serve national and global markets, it’s important to undergo customer discovery and validations before you create your business plan. Ventureprise Launch, supported by NC IDEA, is a cohort-based, selective initiative that guides entrepreneurs through customer discovery and business model generation. Learn more to determine if this is right you!
GROWING
If you’re a UNC Charlotte entrepreneurial student or faculty member with a big idea, be sure to check out the National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps Site Program at UNC Charlotte which is operated by Ventureprise, as well as the Ventureprise Launch program. Both of these programs support UNC Charlotte’s students and faculty members by guiding their ideas through the commercialization process. Learn more about commercializing your technology with Ventureprise!
Ventureprise Launch Program – Have a technology concept that you think could make it through the commercialization process? The Ventureprise Launch program is designed to assess opportunities and help innovators through commercialization. A boot camp for innovators, this program will challenge participants at every turn. Find out if you’re eligible and request an application!
LOCATING
Real Estate Search
Business owners seeking to leverage university resources can consider locating in the PORTAL Innovation Center operated by the Charlotte Research Institute. To learn more, visit them online or contact Clay Andrews at (704) 687-8234 or Clay.Andrews@uncc.edu.