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We connect our startup community to exceptional mentors and extensive programs in a dynamic workspace to create businesses that dramatically shape the economic landscape. Our goal is to establish Virginia as a premier destination for high-growth startups making real impact in our communities and beyond.

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Startup Virginia and Chamber RVA have come togethe

Startup Virginia and Chamber RVA have come together with other local partners to present The Shared Values Summit – an opportunity to reach across the region, and across sectors, to clarify what matters to us as a community and create a shared context for the future.

The series kicks off this Thursday from 2-4 p.m. with Session 1: Reframing History in the South.

Bill Martin (The Valentine), Christy Coleman (the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation), Richmond artist Hamilton Glass, and Mike Neal and Kuma Roberts from the Tulsa Regional Chamber will discuss the power of learning and responding to new stories about our history – in order to create a stronger, more inclusive community.

Learn more about the 4-part series and register here ($25 per session, $75 for the series): chamberrva.com/shared-values

Congrats to Roundtrip founder Ankit Mathur for bei

Congrats to Roundtrip founder Ankit Mathur for being named to Style Weekly's 40 Under 40 Class of 2020!

Mathur says that while it is difficult to quantify the positive impact of his work, he’s heartened by looking every now and then at its online portal.

“We’ve driven a 3-year-old over 400 miles to get a transplant. We’ve transported a 70-year-old 50 miles to get back home and be with family after recovering from a procedure,” Mathur says. “I’d like to think that without Roundtrip, they might not have gotten the care they needed.”

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We are incredibly grateful for the continued suppo

We are incredibly grateful for the continued support of the Community Foundation for a greater Richmond who awarded our organization a $25,000 Community Impact Grant to continue to promote workforce development through our entrepreneurial programming. 🎉 #svapartners

#IdeaFactory Weeks 3+4 ⚡Our participants have be

#IdeaFactory Weeks 3+4 ⚡Our participants have been hard at work interviewing potential customers about their ideas! Each week, our Program Leads Luke Rabin and Brandon Lewis and the SVA team check in with everyone on how things are going and provide support as needed.

This week, participants created and sent a survey to their contact list to turn the qualitative data collected from interviews into quantitative data.

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Exciting news this morning – CarLotz, the former

Exciting news this morning – CarLotz, the former startup that sells used vehicles on consignment and splits profits with the owners, announced plans to become publicly traded on the Nasdaq stock exchange and to dramatically expand. The deal is valued at about $827 million.

“We are very proud of the fact that we launched and grew this business in Richmond and we call Richmond home,” CEO and co-founder Michael Bor said in an interview Thursday. “We have grown to be a more nationwide business, but it has been through the talent we found in Richmond and the financial and other support we found in Richmond.”

Read the full Richmond Times-Dispatch article here: tinyurl.com/rtd-carlotz

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SVA member Rudder was featured in the latest Richm

SVA member Rudder was featured in the latest Richmond Inno newsletter!

Founders Daniel Bagbey and Colin Healy used their own experiences as freelance creatives to build the platform that makes work-for-payment transactions simple and seamless.

💻 Read the full article at richmondinno.com.

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