As the executive director of CBIC and founding executive director of the Charlottesville Angel Network (CAN), I'm often asked:
"Where do the local tech and entrepreneurial people meet up?"
"How can I stay informed about local tech and startup happenings?"
"What resources are in the region for an entrepreneur starting up a tech or innovation-based venture?"
CBIC publishes a weekly opt-in e-newsletter, which provides answers and insights into these very questions.
In addition, CBIC maintains the below inventory of active groups, meet-ups, funding sources, online forums, jobs boards, makerspaces, accelerators, and more that collectively stitch together and inform our tech, entrepreneurial and innovation-based start-up ecosystem.
Meetups
- beCamp annual unconference @ http://becamp.org/
- beCraft (Cville Professional Software Developers) Meetup @ http://becville.com/
- CBIC Tech Night Takeover (TNT) @ http://cvilleinnovation.org/tnt
- Central Virginia Makers Meetup @ http://www.meetup.com/tinkersmiths/
- Charlottesville Entrepreneurs and Espresso (CE2) @ https://ce2.squarespace.com/
- The Charlottesville Mobile App Designers & Developers Meetup @ http://www.meetup.com/cho-mobile/
- Cville Data Science Meetup @ http://www.cvilledatascience.org/
- CBIC's TechOnTap @ http://cvilleinnovation.org/techontap | Newsplex Story Featuring CBIC's TechOnTap
- CBICs' Tech Night Takeovers @ http://cvilleinnovation.org/events?ohanah_category_id=10 | CBS19 Coverage of Nov 2016 TNT
- Cville Women in Tech @ https://www.smore.com/pqexp-women-in-tech
- DevOps @ http://www.meetup.com/DevOpsCV/
- First Wednesdays @ http://www.meetup.com/First-Wednesdays-Charlottesville-Technologists/
- Girl Develop IT @ https://www.girldevelopit.com/chapters/central-virginia
- NEON Guild @ http://www.neonguild.org/
- PyCHO Meetup @ http://pycho.us
Startup Funding Sources
- Charlottesville Angel Network (CAN) @ http://www.cvilleangelnetwork.net/
- Cavalier Angel Network (UVA Alumni investing in UVA Alumni) @ https://www.cavangels.com/
- Center for Innovative Technologies (CIT) Gap Funds @ http://www.cit.org/service-lines/cit-gap-funds/
- CIT Funding Programs News @ http://www.cit.org/resource-center/federal-funding-newsletter/
- CIT Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF) @ http://www.cit.org/initiatives/crcf/
- Community Investment Collaborative Microloans: http://www.cicville.org/microloans/cic-loans
- iLab at UVA Startup Grant (available to selected iLab ventures): @ https://www.ilabatuva.org/startup-grant/
- UVA Seed Fund (invests in companies founded to commercialize UVA intellectual property; companies founded by current faculty, staff, and students at UVA, and iLab companies): http://lvg.virginia.edu/innovators/uva-seed-fund
Incubators, Accelerators, Co-working and Entrepreneurial Startup Spaces
Cville Weekly: Can growing numbers of local open work areas fuel tech innovation? (Feb 2018)
CVille Tomorrow: Local Startups Need More Common Space Connection
- Charlottesville Technology Incubator (CTI) @ http://cvilletechincubator.org/
- Charlottesville Open Bio Labs @ http://openbiolabs.org/
- Center of Developing Entrepreneurs (CODE) coming to downtown Charlottesville
- Common House: a social club with co-working and meeting space @ https://www.commonhouse.com
- Machine @ http://cvillemachine.com | Recently featured in Cville Tomorrow
- Studio IX (co-working space) @ http://www.studioix.co/
- i.Lab at UVA @ http://www.ilabatuva.org/
- UVA Research Parks @ http://www.uvafoundation.com/research-parks/research-parks-available-space/
- UVA Cobb Hall Labs contact Steven S. Wasserman @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 434-243-7088
- UVA HackCville @ http://www.hackcville.com/
- UVA The Lighthouse and Works in Progress @ http://wip.space/ | Recently featured in Cville Tomorrow
- Vault Virginia: collaborative office space including conference rooms @ http://www.vaultvirginia.com
Entrepreneurial Training | Workshops | Bootcamps
- Community Investment Collaborative http://www.cicville.org/
- Girl Develop It Central VA @ http://www.meetup.com/Girl-Develop-It-CentralVA/#
- Rails School @ http://www.railsschool.org/
- Piedmont Virginia Community College http://www.pvcc.edu/programs/category
News Sources, Online Forums, Slack Channels, Google Groups, Etc
- Cville Tech News, Events, and Happenings curated and published by CBIC @ http://tinyurl.com/ownjcv9
- Cville Innovation Google Group @ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cville-innovation
- beCamp @ https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/103105522986848734172
- beCraft @ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/beCraft (members only)
- CharlottesvilleTech on Reddit @ https://www.reddit.com/r/CharlottesvilleTech/
- CWIT @ https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/cv-wit (members only)
- Girl Develop IT Central VA Slack Channel: gdicentralva.slack.com
- Third Wednesday Digital Meetup @ http://cvilletech.qiqochat.com/
- NEON Guild @ http://www.neonguild.org/ (members only)
- tech-diversity @ https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/tech-diversity (members only)
- CBIC LinkedIn Group @ https://www.linkedin.com/groups/CBIC-Charlottesville-Business-Innovation-Council-37229/about
Events Calendars
- Cville Tech Events Calendar @ http://www.cvilleinnovation.org/cville-tech-events
- Tech Girls Events Calendar @ http://www.tech-girls.org/events.html
- U.Va. Innovation's Calendar of Regional Events @ http://innovation.virginia.edu/events
Jobs & Internships
- CBIC’s #CvilleTechJobs @ http://tinyurl.com/ofboj8h
- U.Va. Research Park Tenant's Jobs and Internships @ http://www.uvaresearchpark.com/jobs/
- LinkedIn Tech Jobs in Charlottesville @ https://www.linkedin.com/job/tech-jobs-charlottesville-va/
- Charlottesville Women in Tech Jobs Board @ https://www.cvillewomen.tech/jobs/
Company and Startup Lists in Charlottesville
- Cvillization Innovation Map: http://www.cvillization.com
- Charlottesville Startups Via Crunchbase
- Charlottesville Startups Via Gust
- Charlottesville Startups Via AngelList
- CIT Portfolio Companies: http://www.cit.org/service-lines/portfolio/
- i.Lab at U.Va. Current Companies
- i.Lab at U.Va. Alumni Companies
- U.Va. Spin Out Startups or Related Ventures
- CBIC Members
- Charlottesville Biotech Companies via CvilleBioHub
Why Charlottesville? #CvilleTech Acquisitions, Exits, Wins, Funding, Accolades
- Willowtree to Transform Woolen Mills into New HQ (August 2018)
- Charlottesville: A Startup Kind of Town (Daily Progress, July 2018)
- Social SafeGuard, a Charlottesville cybersecurity startup lands $11 million in VC funding (July 2018)
- Charlottesville Angel Network Named #2 in SE Region in 2017 Annual HALO Report (2018)
- Moonlighting: Charlottesville's First ICO (Daily Progress, June 2018)
- Charlottesville Named Best American City to Work in Tech by Smart Asset (2015 & 2016)
- Charlottesville Named No. 4 in
US as Best City for Entrepreneurs by Livability and Entrepreneur Magazine (July 2016) - Virginia Business Magazine: A new story line? (June 2016)
- Tech Scene Updates from Tracey Greene on WINA (June 2016)
- Cville Ranks #1 in Venture Capital Funding Growth (2016)
- #CvilleTechToast: A growing list of tech startup successes (ongoing)
- Why Charlottesville is a Great home For Tech Businesses (2015)
- SNL Financial (Now S&P Global) Acquired by McGraw Hill for $2.2 Billion (2015)
- FireEye's Acquisition of nPulse Technologies Valued at $70 Million (2014)
- Angels among us: How Charlottesville is becoming a hot spot for start-ups (2013)
- Silverchair Learning Systems Acquired by Vista Equity Partners (2012)
- Green Light Energy Acquired by PB for $98 Million (2006)
Do you know of other local resources, groups, meetups, training, calendars jobs boards, we should add to this list? Comment below!
