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NEWS

Great Southern Homes Recognized for their Support of SCRA’s Industry Partnership Fund

Great Southern Homes was recognized for their support of SCRA’s Industry Partnership Fund (IPF). They received the IPF Visionary Award, the highest level of commitment offered by the IPF, for contributions of $500,000 or more in one year. These contributions fund the work of SCRA, including grant funding to tech-based startups that are producing jobs for the state. Learn more about the IPF.

Listen to the SC Launch CEO Podcast Featuring Humimic Medical

Listen to the newly released SC Launch CEO Podcast featuring Joel Edwards, CEO & Founder of Humimic Medical, an SCRA Member Company, as he discusses the history, challenges, and future of Humimic.


Humimic Medical is an industry leader in high-grade medical products. Their first invention, the ballistic gel, is best known for setting the standard for durability, quality, and reusability in synthetic medical gelatins. Medical professionals worldwide use Humimic’s gelatins for simulations, phantom imaging, and to train with realism. Healthcare innovators also rely on their reusable gelatins for their products. Listen to the episode.

BILDIT's Mobile App Index Reveals Top Five Mobile Commerce Retailers

BILDIT, an SC Launch Inc. Portfolio Company and leader in mobile app development platforms for retail and brand e-commerce, announced the release of its Annual Mobile App Checkout Index.


BILDIT’s Annual Mobile App Checkout Index grades mobile apps from leading retailers, using nine categories: performance, navigation, payments, third-party payments (like Apple Pay and PayPal), pricing, error messaging, design, guest experience, and addresses. The Index is comprised of research into 50+ mobile app data points, conducted by industry-leading experts using both iOS and Android, to determine how well top e-commerce companies implement mobile commerce for their customers. Read more.

HANK.AI Inc. Announces Integration with Concur Invoice

HANK.AI, an SC Launch Inc. Portfolio Company and a company specializing in unstructured data processing using computer vision and natural language technology announces the integration of its HANK DocuVisionTM with Concur® Invoice. This integration will allow companies to extract key data from purchase order documents and insert it directly into Concur Invoice. This new automation will help save businesses time and money by eliminating manual data entry tasks for purchase order processing. Read more.

SCRA is celebrating 40 years (1983-2023) with special segments that showcase the impact SCRA has had on South Carolina’s Innovation Economy throughout the past four decades.

Remember When: SCRA’s first Annual Report from 1983

The original SCRA annual report (pictured above) was published in 1983, after SCRA was chartered by South Carolina State Legislature with a one-time allocation of $500,000 and 1,400 acres of undeveloped land.

SCRA Events
Calendar

FEB 27 @6:00 p.m

Unlocking Our Stories: Charleston. LifeTagger is celebrating Black History Month by unlocking stories of local Black entrepreneurs in cities across the U.S.

Learn more.

MAR 23 @11:00 a.m

SCRA Webinar: Why Section 1202 and QSBS is Important to Startup Founders, Employees, and Investors.

Learn more.

APR 4 @9:30 a.m

Unleash the Bots: Tech Demo Day. Learn More.

APR 18 @8:00 a.m

Annual SCRA Summit: Founders First.

Learn More.

Thank You to

our Visionary, Diamond, Platinum, & Gold IPF Contributors

  • Ameris Bank
  • Atlantic-Pacific Express, Inc. 
  • Blair Cato Pickren Casterline
  • BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina  
  • Carolinas Dermatology Group
  • Comporium, Inc. 
  • Charleston ENT Associates
  • The Dermatology Group, LLC
  • Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc. 
  • Great Southern Homes, Inc. 
  • Herndon Chevrolet, Inc. 
  • Home Telephone ILEC LLC 
  • IO Bright Path, LLC 
  • Low Country Physician Consultants, LLC 
  • Precision Molecular Solutions LLC and Precision Genetics
  • Retina Consultants of Carolina
  • Trident Construction, LLC 
  • United Community Banks, Inc. 
  • Yarborough Applegate LLC 
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