2020 was not an easy ride. But in many ways, the challenges of the past months have made this community better, stronger, and more resilient than ever before. As we reflect on an unforgettable year, the word that comes to mind is GRIT.
Husband and wife team Dave and Erica run 3 businesses between them, Pluck, Erica Houskeeper Communications, and Happy Vermont.
Today we sit down with Adriana Teresa Letorney, Founder of Visura: a curated marketplace that connects image buyers, media publications, and organizations with professional, local visual storytellers worldwide.
Today, we sit down with Coumba Meyerson, a longtime friend of VCET that has fused her passion for design and entrepreneurial savvy to pave her own way.
VCET directly assisted 259 startups and entrepreneurs in the fiscal year 2020, bringing the total number served in Vermont to 2,392. VCET’s 59 lifetime “portfolio” companies have cumulatively generated $221 million in sales, $191 million in payroll, and attracted $250 million in capital.
To deepen support for the 250-plus startups and entrepreneurs served in 2020, the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET) expanded its board of directors to include three entrepreneurial leaders with expertise in driving innovation and deep ties to economic development in Vermont.
Today, we sit down with Addison County’s Mary Cullinane and Stacey Rainey, the dynamic duo behind Community Barn Ventures and the Stone Mill.
Geopipe’s mission is to “build the authoritative digital twin of the real world”. They use a combination of machine learning techniques and classical methods to process a variety of types of geospatial data and create immersive digital twins and rich 3D data about real cities.
The Vermont Seed Capital Fund, LP launched for investing in May 2010. The for-profit Fund is managed by the VCET Capital Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the nonprofit Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET).
Today, Start Here heads to the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont to chat with Geoff and Gillian Sewake, the husband and wife team behind Vermont’s newest brewery: Whirligig Brewing.
The Vermont Startup Collective is a new platform that offers entrepreneurs a dedicated virtual space for building community, advancing business ideas, and connecting with other startups, remote workers, small business owners, freelancers, investors, and mentors.
This past week Governor Phil Scott signed the Vermont state budget which concluded a months long effort in Montpelier for policymakers to allocate early stage equity capital support to entrepreneurs as part of the Vermont recovery plan.