Kenkashi Microbes | Meet the Fall 2022 Cohort (Part 1)
Meet our Fall 2022 Cohort (Part 1) … Kenkashi Microbes (Cassie Wilson & Jason Anderson) delivers a full range of microbial benefits, from compost boosts to direct microbial and micronutrient application for plant health and resiliency. Watch now!
Read MoreRAMP welcomes 5 startups into Fall 2022 Cohort
Please join us in welcoming these 5 startups/entrepreneurs to our Fall 2022 Cohort! Fermi Energy, Inc. | Feng Lin & Zhengrui Xu: Founded by a team of battery scientists and engineers at Virginia Tech, Fermi Energy is developing fundamentally disruptive cathode technologies to help create the U.S. supply chain of battery manufacturing. …
Read More5 RAMP alumni receive $75,000 VIPC grants
Please join us in congratulating these 5 RAMP alumni who are among the 24 Virginia companies to receive a $75,000 grant from the VIPC | Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation Commonwealth Commercialization Fund. ArchiveCore | Lennox McNeary Autonomous Flight Technologies, Inc | Josh May Chorda Pharma Inc. | Victor Iannello Corvus Labs, LLC…
Read MoreRAMP welcomes new administrative coordinator
To enhance support and programming for Southwest Virginia’s technology and biotech entrepreneurs, RAMP is pleased to welcome Jessica Dunn as our new administrative coordinator. A native of Roanoke, Dunn earned a media studies degree from Radford University in 2008, and since 2015 worked as assistant property manager for Coordinated Services…
Read MoreMeet RAMP director Lisa Garcia – Fall Cohort Applications now open
Meet RAMP’s new director — and Verge VP of Entrepreneurial Development — Lisa Garcia as she invites aspiring technology and biotech entrepreneurs to apply to our Fall Cohort.
Read MoreVerge Welcomes New Vice President of Entrepreneurial Development and Director of RAMP
Verge, the parent organization of RAMP and RBTC, is thrilled to announce the hiring of a new Vice President of Entrepreneurial Development and Director of RAMP. Lisa Garcia is expanding her role with RAMP, beginning July 1, bringing a wealth of educational and entrepreneurial knowledge to the Regional Accelerator and…
Read MoreApplications now open for Spring 2022 Cohort
RAMP is pleased to announce that applications are now open for our Spring 2022 cohort that will be focused on Health and Life Science startup companies. We are looking for companies with scalability, and coachable entrepreneurs who have a desire to do the work. RAMP will select up to five…
Read MoreMeet the Cohort: ThermaSENSE
Blacksburg born and bred, Ali Roghani has earned undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. degrees in engineering from Virginia Tech along with an MBA. In 2017, he founded ThermaSENSE Corp., which makes non-invasive “AccuTemp” sensors that measure the internal temperature of objects from the surface – such as insulated walls, water…
Read MoreApplications now open for Fall 2021 Cohort
RAMP is pleased to announce that applications are now open for our fall cohort to begin in September 2021. We are looking for technology startups with scalability, and coachable entrepreneurs who have a desire to do the work. RAMP will select up to five companies for the 12-week cohort that provides:…
Read MoreMeet the Cohort: Tiny Cargo
Got milk? RAMP startup Tiny Cargo puts a whole new spin on that. Working at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke, Tiny Cargo is using milk acquired from Homestead Creamery to create a transformative drug delivery technology for an entirely new class of drugs that could help…
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