Annual SCRA Summit: April 10, 2024

SCRA is looking forward to seeing you at the annual summit. It will be a day filled with inspiring speakers and exciting networking and learning opportunities. This year’s theme is Founders First, celebrating the hard work of founders who are growing our state’s innovation economy. Learn more and register.

SCRA Member Company Founder Featured for Starting Entrepreneurship Support Community

Dawn Nicole McIlwain, COO and co-founder of Skilldora, an SCRA Member Company, started Queen City Women in Business last year, after experiencing her own roadblocks in entrepreneurship.

According to a LendingTree analysis, roughly one in five U.S. businesses fail within the first year. Hoping to clear barriers and ease the pathway to success for women, McIlwain started a new venture, Queen City Women in Business. Read more.

SC Launch Inc. Portfolio Company Partners with Vermont SportsCar

Carbon Conversions, an SC Launch Inc. Portfolio Company, announced its partnership with Vermont SportsCar in helping them achieve their sustainability goals in 2023 and beyond. VSC, the premier rally car prep shop in North America, is the worlds largest Subaru Motorsports program. Along with CCI, the global technology leader in carbon fiber recycling, they have started the process of “closing the loop” with various materials up to and including CCI’s cornerstone re-Evo® MCF non-woven mat. Read more.

Events

Calendar

SCbio 2024 

FEB 6-8

Long recognized as perhaps the Southeast’s premier life science conference, SCbio 2024 comes to internationally acclaimed Greenville, SC to showcase leadership, innovation, collaboration and advancement from across the life sciences spectrum. Learn more.

S.C. Automotive Summit

FEB 13-15

Learn more.

Good Business Summit 2024

FEB 22 @8:00 a.m.

The annual Good Business Summit is a one-day event presented by Lowcountry Local First spotlighting ideas and workable solutions for building your company with profit and purpose. SCRA is a proud sponsor.

Learn more.