Located in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, we offer two cohorts per year with an average of five STEM-related companies accepted.

Cohort companies must fully participate in the program and locate to the Roanoke region. The accepted companies can expect to be engaged in the program two full days a week for the entire 12-week program that features:

1:1 expert mentoring as well as access to content mentors covering the world of business knowledge
Free office space with hi-speed internet access
Access to angel and VC investors through our Demo Day presentations
$20,000 in equity-free funding
Free membership in the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council
Three additional years of ongoing support

As a proud member of GAN, each founder is also given access to playbooks, mentors and other resources across hundreds of other accelerators and companies around the world.

The RBTC is a member-driven association working to promote the growth of the Roanoke-Blacksburg technology community. We are the essential business resource for technology entrepreneurs and companies seeking to achieve greater success. Our membership ranges from emerging technology firms to the largest employers in the region. The RBTC is building a community that is a catalyst for innovation, inspiration, success, and leadership within the Roanoke-Blacksburg region.

The Valleys Innovation Council grew out of a simple idea: Why couldn’t the region do more with our assets together to build an innovation-driven economy? After all, we have world-class research institutions and businesses, a population of college graduates seeking employment, and a base of startup businesses that continue to grow and thrive.

CTA is an independent public safety consulting firm providing engineering and project management services. Our team of dedicated professionals has over 30 years of experience with complex communications systems, backhaul networks, telecommunication facilities, and 9-1-1 dispatch center equipment. We are experienced in providing consulting services for Transportation, Utilities, and other Local, State, and Federal Government agencies.

For more than 100 years, Shentel has been connecting communities like yours to other towns, cities, and communities across the world, through our High-Speed Internet, TV and Home Phone services. We have a long history of leading the way for allowing advanced services to reach our rural customers. Our commitment continues today as we upgrade our cable network and make plans to increase broadband Internet speeds across our rural footprint. We will continue to be a leader in the rural broadband market.

​CIT accelerates early commercialization & funding support for Virginia innovations, entrepreneurs, startups & market development initiatives. CIT concentrates on the​ ​​early commercialization and ​​seed funding stages of innovation, ​​​helping innovators and ​tech entrepreneurs launch and grow new companies, create high paying jobs and accelerate economic growth throughout the entire state of Virginia.​

We pride ourselves in being the first choice for infrastructure technology solutions in the Mid-Atlantic region. In over 25 years of business, SyCom has earned trust by doing right by our customers, vendors, and employees. That is the reason why Fortune 1000’s, universities, hospitals, financial services and governments have relied on us to design, implement, manage and secure their IT environments.

Our success comes from retaining the top certified engineers in their field, maintaining deep industry knowledge across a wide range of verticals and possessing strong multi-vendor relationships that enable tailored solutions. A proven project management methodology and best-in-class 24/7/365 Managed Services offerings give SyCom our unique advantage of being a true full-service IT integrator.