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Greenville’s NextGEN among top business incubators in US

NextGEN was one of only 2 organizations in the Carolinas and Georgia to make the list of the nation's top accelerators and incubators.

Greenville-based VentureSouth recently celebrated a major milestone after surpassing more than $100 million in startup investments.

The impact of founders and the organizations they’ve built can continue to reverberate through and shape the community.

Mill Village Ministries's Village Launch initiative donated $125K to five entrepreneurs to foster accelerated growth.

Students entrepreneurs from colleges and universities across the state will pitch their ideas at Palmetto Pitch at Clemson University Nov. 13.

SCRA welcomed Carolina Biologics, Make Startups Inc. of Aiken, Thrive Data Inc. of Charleston and WaterUS LLC of Irmo as member companies.

The grant recipient projects are expected to launch in the first quarter of this year, according to the department.

SCRA also owned and/or managed almost 1.4 million square feet of laboratory, office and collaborative space.

The fund uses an index approach to investing in startups, offering people an easy mechanism to provide capital to Upstate Upstarts companies.

SCRA also awarded grants to Advent Innovations LLC of Columbia, Imagine Home Digital Inc. of Johns Island and Qatalyst Health Corp. of Charleston.