RAMP is now accepting applications to our Spring 2025 Cohort, open to both technology and health and life science startups. (Application linked below)
Criteria
- Founder is able to participate in-person full-time for the 12 weeks of the program
- Located and operating in Virginia
- Proposed solution that is a technologically differentiated, scalable, and defensible
- Technology agnostic (Technology or Health and Life Sciences) and Industry agnostic
- Initial evidence of market need and problem-solution fit
Program Details
The accepted companies can expect to be engaged in the program two full days a week for the entire 12-week program that features:
- $20,000 in equity-free funding sponsored by VIPC and Verge
- 1:1 expert mentoring
- Access to industry experts
- 12 weeks of intensive curriculum
- Free office space with high-speed internet access
- Free membership in:
- The Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council (RBTC) for two years
- GAN for the lifetime of your company – each founder is given access to playbooks, mentors and other resources including over $1M worth in perks
- The Shenandoah Club for three years
- Virginia Bio for one year
- Discounted office space following your completion of the program
- Three additional years of ongoing support through Exit RAMP