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NEWS
SC Launch CEO Podcast, Featuring Ryan Heafy, COO of 6AM City
Listen to the newly released CEO Podcast as Jack Harvey and Ryan Heafy, COO of 6AM City, discuss this history of 6AM City and their experience with SC Launch.

6AM City is redefining the future of local media as the fastest growing newsletter-first local media company in the country, delivering the most relevant need-to-know local news and events via a daily email at 6 a.m targeted to its 9 markets and 400,000+ subscribers in the southeast. The newsletters are a 5 min read, conversational in tone and politically unbiased. 6AM is like a distribution center for all local content and specializes in packaging, distribution, performance, convenience, and profitability. With the ability to rapidly deploy new markets, 6AM is doubling the size of the company (audience, markets, and revenue) in 2021. Listen to the podcast.
BrightMa Farms, SCRA Member Company, Featured on Hemp Grower Magazine Cover
Harold Singletary, founder and CEO of BrightMa Farms, an SCRA Member Company, is featured on the cover of the April edition of Hemp Grower magazine.

Read the story to learn more about BrightMa Farms and how they are striving to create opportunities in hemp. Read more.
SCRA Portfolio Company Selected in Electric Bus Contract by Washington State Department of Enterprise Services
Proterra Inc., a leading innovator in commercial vehicle electrification technology, announced that it has been selected by the Washington State Department of Enterprise Services as a vendor to supply zero-emission battery-electric transit buses and charging infrastructure under the state's regional Cooperative Purchasing Contract. Read more.
Blue Eye Soft Corp Featured on NPR's SC Business Review Show
Srikanth Kodeboyina, founder and CEO of Blue Eye Soft Corp, an SCRA Member Company, was recently featured on NPR's SC Business Review. Host Mike Switzer and Srikanth discuss Blue Eye Soft Corp's artificial intelligence-driven medical imaging software that won them the 2020 COVID-19 Response - Technology Deployment Award from the InnoVision Awards Organization. Listen to the interview.
APR 22 @11:00 a.m.
SCRA Webinar: Do You Really Know Your Customers? Learn more.
APR 27 @4:00 p.m.
InnoVision Forum Series
Collaborating to Innovate
Prospecting for Opportunities.
MAY 4 @11:00 a.m.
SCRA Webinar: Essential Business Administrative Services – Efficiently Operate and Grow Your Business. Learn more.
MAY 11-13
2021 SC Automotive Summit. SCRA is a proud Silver Sponsor.
Palmetto Tech Bridge
TECH TUESDAY
April 27 | 8:00 a.m.

Join the Palmetto Tech Bridge for their first monthly Tech Tuesday as they present this recurring concept to the tech bridge community!

Presentation by
Palmetto Tech Bridge
8:15-8:45 a.m.

Open Networking
8:45-9:30 a.m.
 
This event is limited to 30 attendees and extra precautions are being taken in accordance with COVID-19 guidelines. Masks are required.
Resource Partner Network Spotlight: Designli
Transformative By Design. Designli is a digital product studio in Greenville, South Carolina. They specialize in the rapid prototyping of new software concepts, taking their clients from vision to ‘V1’ as quickly and effectively as possible. Startups and entrepreneurs value Designli's process for its key ‘pausing points’ along the way, as they help founders seek validation, feedback, and – oftentimes – investment. Established businesses lean on Designli when launching new, software-driven initiatives for many of these same reasons, seeking internal buy-in while iterating quickly based on customer feedback. For more information and to see Designli's extensive work portfolio, visit designli.co.
South Carolina Research Authority