The Emerging Prairie Agriculture Technology Venture Capital Fund, awarded $449,405 by the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024), aims to support North Dakota's agriculture technology industry through venture capital investment. The Fund will invest an initial $5M in seed-stage North Dakota agtech startups over the three-year period from October 2021 through September 2024. This will provide much-needed access to...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded South Dakota State University (SDSU) a $3.95 million Project Grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program. The funding will support construction of a new facility housing a laboratory with specialized equipment to develop bio-processing processes and products for commercialization in Brookings, South Dakota. SDSU will use the grant to purchase new equipment for the Dakota Bioproducts Institute to further...
The City of Grand Forks, North Dakota received a $2,159,292 project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration on April 8, 2021. The funding supports the BUSINESS ACCELERATOR project through EDA's Investments for Public Works and Economic Development Facilities program (CFDA 11.300). This project grant will allow the City of Grand Forks to build critical infrastructure and facilities that implement regional economic development strategies. Specifically, the...
The South Carolina State-Wide Investment Accelerator Project will receive $2.1 million from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) from November 2022 through October 2025. The funding will support organizing, launching and operating a statewide investment accelerator program with stakeholders to identify an accelerator contractor, recruit and deliver programming twice annually for early-stage startup cohorts,...
The City and County of Denver received a $6,180,520 Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) to fund the Denver's TechUp project. The three-year project will provide a multi-tiered entrepreneurship program focused on technology and targeted towards Black, Indigenous and other People of Color entrepreneurs in the Denver area. Delivered in partnership with Access Mode, University of Colorado...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded Wichita State University a $1.5 million Project Grant under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024). The grant will support entrepreneurship programs in Wichita, Kansas through September 2024. Specifically, the university will offer a Startup School and Technology Transfer Matchmaking program to increase entrepreneurship and university-based technology transfer. It will also fund a NXTSTAGE Accelerator...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded Innovation Works $8 million under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) to implement the Scaling Networks in Southwestern Pennsylvania Project from November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2025. The project aims to deepen, strengthen and cross-pollinate networks of mentors, corporate partners, investors and supply chain partners to more scalably deliver entrepreneurial services to startups in the region. Key...
This $6,021,480 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program will fund the Village to Venture: EDA Build to Scale Venture Challenge. Through a partnership between Southwestern Community College, the University of San Diego, and the Connect Foundation, this project will support underrepresented entrepreneurs in the San Diego region in accessing traditional capital sources and creating new jobs. Specifically, the partnership will...
Southern Utah University will receive $1,498,668 from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program to support its Accelerating Innovators: Fueling Cedar City Regional Startups Project from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The project aims to stimulate entrepreneurial innovation, scalable startups, and job creation in Cedar City, Utah by enhancing the region's overall innovation capacity and long-term resilience. Key...
The University of South Carolina received a $800,949 Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024). The grant will fund the organization, launch and operation of the South Carolina Rising pre-seed/seed investment fund. The investment fund will identify, qualify and provide equity investments to promising early-stage technology companies based in South Carolina. In addition, the grant will...