2012 Charlotte Venture Challenge
The Charlotte Venture Challenge has a history of producing and showcasing some of our region’s most successful early-stage companies. Today, there is a concerted effort through-out the Charlotte community to supply resources, recognition and connections to our innovators and entrepreneurs.
The Charlotte Venture Challenge will once again be run by Devin Collins, Assistant Director at the Charlotte Research Institute
The competition’s advisory committee is led by Paul Wetenhall President of the Ben Craig Center and their advisory board.
History of the Charlotte Venture Challenge
2001 Founding Sponsor
In 2001, the Five Ventures Business Innovation Competition was founded with the goal of helping early-stage UNC Charlotte businesses grow. Since those early days and through the support of UNC Charlotte’s Charlotte Research Institute, Office of Technology Transfer and Belk College of Business sponsors, service providers and a number of dedicated partners, the competition has grown into a region-wide economic development competition attracting companies from all over North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. Since the first competition, over 100 start-ups have made it to the finals where experts from our community have mentored them. Alumni companies have gone on to raise over $40 million in venture capital and have continued to gain national and international attention. The contest name was changed in 2012 to the Charlotte Venture Challenge.
For questions or more information contact
Devin Collins at devin.collins@uncc.edu or 704 250-5753
Clare Cook Faggart at clarefaggart@uncc.edu or 704 250-5760
