All SCRA Member Companies receive coaching, access to experts in SCRA’s Resource Partner Network, eligibility to apply for grant funding, and the potential to be considered for an investment from SCRA’s investment affiliate, SC Launch Inc. Read more.
SCRA Member Company Selected as Grant Winner at GVL Starts Demo Day
Allan Symonette, founder of Surcee, an SCRA Member Company, who was selected as one of the three $5,000 startup grant pitch winners at the GVL Starts Demo Day.
The GVL Starts program was founded through the Hill Institute at Furman University and is designed to help local innovators move from idea to action by connecting them with a community of like-minded entrepreneurs and teaching them the skills they need to fund and grow their ventures. The GVL Starts program features a concentrated and transformational 8-weeks of course work in everything from building a business plan and developing a marketing program to pitching business concepts and securing funding. Learn more.
SCRA Webinar: Innovation Ecosystem Series with Next Upstate
SCRA interviews Eric Weissmann, Executive Director of NEXT Upstate. Eric joined NEXT in the Fall of 2021. He comes by way of Cincinnati, where he was on the founding team of Cintrifuse, a similar ecosystem catalyst to NEXT. In this webinar we discuss Eric's learnings so far about the Upstate ecosystem, his vision for NEXT, and how he sees NEXT’s role in serving the local entrepreneurship community. Watch the recording.
