First Flight Venture Center

Join us on Tuesday, July 23rd for the next session in Hangar6's Deep Tech Workshop - Part A: Speaker Series! 👉🏻 In Session III, we will hear from our Deep Tech Investor Panel. Panelists: 🔹Liam King, COS at 2ndF 🔹Evan Shear, Investor at Oval Park Capital 🔹Swati Chaturvedi, Co-Founder / CEO of Propel(x) *** FUN FACT: Swati coined the term "Deep Tech". Thank you to our sponsor, Siemens With their support, we can provide scholarships for our upcoming Part B: Early Stage Accelerator Program. Learn more and Register Today! https://lnkd.in/eJhkqmwK Angel Capital Association #Hangar6 #DeepTech #productdesign #prototyping #founders #scienceandtechnology #northcarolina #rtp

Championing innovation in an ecosystem is a team sport. Grateful to have Team RTP Delta Air Lines in our ecosystem to help the First Flight Venture Center stand with high science, high impact founders. Together we are strong! Nicole Sheedy

It was fantastic to host Ken Dulaney, co-founder of NC Solar Inverters, LLC, at today's Itineraries Science Talk! ✈️ Ken shared insights on the latest advancements in power conversion for solar energy. They're utilizing silicon carbide, a groundbreaking material for power electronics, leading to "more power in a smaller box." Their efficiency improvements are so significant that they had to create a new method to measure it! Thank you, Ken, for sharing your wisdom and all the cool things NC Solar Inverters is working on!👏🏻 #sciencetalk #rtp #scienceandtechnology #startup

✈️ Join us tomorrow at noon for our Itineraries Science Talk. This month, we are excited to hear from Ken Dulaney with NC Solar Inverters, LLC. NC Solar Inverters was founded in 2022, with a mission to improve the reliability of solar PV systems. And we’re starting with the inverter. Using technology created by one of our co-founders and licensed from NC State University, we are building a more reliable inverter for utility and large commercial PV installations. Our solution was selected as a Finalist for the American Made Solar Prize Round 6. Sign up today!⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gM7TXdNn #sciencetalk #TriangleNC #Innovation #RTP

Energizing, Inspiring, and Fascinating! ⚡🔥📈 These are just a few words that come to mind after my sessions as a Navigator for First Flight Venture Center (#FFVC) this past week! It was my pleasure to hear, discuss, and give feedback to thirteen great #entrepreneurs in three Propellor sessions this week. Propellor is FFVC's 6-week entrepreneurial design thinking program (https://lnkd.in/ehZ4p3zQ Thanks, Emil Runge, for the invitation to be the Navigator of choice this week! Always a pleasure. 👊🏼 There was a great mix of wonderful, inventive people in this Propellor cohort discussing their ideas, products, #startups, and initial value propositions via the "Pain, Priority, Proof, and Problem Statement" method used this week.💡🔎 On Monday (DMCP-Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program): Carrie Cornelius, PhD, MBA | Paul Browne | Q. Nicole Vanderhorst: #thermalmanagement with #textiles | #medicaldiagnostics through #EMF monitoring | #industrialhemp. 👕 🩺 🌿 [Cohort made possible by the US Department of Defense #DOD] On Wednesday (Raleigh Founders): Joe H. | Michael J. Harrington, Ph.D | Jeanine Fry | Corrado Wesley | Amanda B.T. Hill | Eleanor Reid | T. Naomie Lucas: Fighting #drymouth in #cancertreatment; #biofibers from #engineeredhemp | #seamlessproduction of #textiles | #academicresources for #HBCUS | #allogenicstemcells for #veterinarymedicine | #waterpurification through #coagulation | improving #drugbioavailability through #nanoparticles. 🏥 🌿 👕 🎓 🐶 💦 💊 [Cohort made possible by a grant from the city of #Raleigh] On Thursday (Female Founders): Victoria Goldenshtein, Ph.D. | Victoria Fritz, MD | Shadia Oshodi: #smallproteins for #livercancer treatment | #webplatform for #gestationalsurrogacy mediation | novel #drying method for #tightlycurledhair. 💊 👶 💈 [Cohort made possible by the U.S. Small Business Administration FAST Program] Glad to be able to help these amazing #founders with a wide range of comments/pointers/suggestions and networking ideas on topics such as: #valueproposition, #marketsegmentation, #competitivepositioning, #businessmodel, #technology, #productdesign, #funding, and #customerdiscovery regarding their #newproducts and companies. Best of luck to you all. Keep up the great work! 🙌 We will meet again soon, no doubt. #innovation #commercialization #entrepreneurship #researchtriangle 4E Innovation Consulting: 1. What is it? 2. Does anyone care? 3. Can you do it? 4. Can you make money? 💡 ❣️ 🛠 💸

What an incredible Deep Tech Workshop we had yesterday. We were honored to have Huade Tan, CEO of Plantd, share his visionary insights. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Plantd has created a new type of building materials that is radically sustainable. It’s made from a novel perennial grass they’ve developed that can be grown by farmers in a wide variety of climates and soil, as is drought tolerant. They can produce the same amount of building materials we use today but on 1/6 the land as compared to timber farms. Their first product is sheet material that is a plywood replacement. 🎉Fun fact... Plantd was founded by two former SpaceX engineers right here at Hangar6. It's a true homegrown NC success! Thank you, Huade and Plantd for being a part of Hangar6's Deep Tech Workshop! A huge thank you to our sponsor Siemens, and Jim Gernatt, Jr.. With Siemens's support, we have 5 scholarships available for our upcoming Deep Tech Early Stage Accelerator Program. Learn more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eJhkqmwK Krista Covey, Ben Provan, Andrea Stevenson Conner, Ashley Davis #DeepTech #Sustainability #Innovation #BuildingTheFuture

🎉 Congratulations to our resident company, Anumá Aerospace Corporation, for being selected for the 2024 National Security Innovation Network (NISN) Vector Program! We’re proud to support their journey and look forward to their continued success! 👏🏻 Krista Covey, Andrea Stevenson Conner, Emil Runge, Ashley Davis, Ben Provan, Darlene Bascombe, Bob Burton #NISN #Innovation #RTP #nationalsecurity #northcarolina #scienceandtechnology

We are thrilled to acknowledge the outstanding contributions of Sergey and Simon from Next Step Ready Reagents, as well as Rob Creighton from Windlift, during our First Flight Test pitch practice session this morning!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Next Step Ready Reagents is revolutionizing the research and diagnostics industry with their innovative approach to reagent delivery. By integrating high-quality reagents with pipette tips, they are setting a new standard in reliability and environmental responsibility, enhancing both workflow efficiency and sustainability efforts. Under Rob Creighton's leadership, Windlift is pioneering renewable energy solutions with groundbreaking technology that significantly reduces material use in wind energy production. Their autonomous flight control software and conductive tether promise to transform the renewable energy landscape. Both companies showcased exceptional preparation and insight, demonstrating their unwavering commitment to innovation and excellence. It was truly inspiring to witness their expertise firsthand. We look forward to continued collaboration and the exciting developments ahead! #pitchpractice #testflight #startup #innovation #technology

📣 Deadline to Apply Extended to July 31st! Register today for the First Flight and Bayer Propeller program that begins on September 25th. 🌎Open to startups around the world.🌎 First Flight is partnering with Bayer | Crop Science to host the latest cohort of the Propeller Program. This collaboration aims to accelerate novel startups focused on issues like “food security” in agriculture and crop science using scientific innovations, like CRISPR technology and other agriculture innovations. 👉🏻 For founders, having access to strategic partners like Bayer is a game-changer for their entrepreneurial journey to success. Register Today! 👇🏻 https://lnkd.in/eCcNWVWC Krista Covey, Andrea Stevenson Conner, Phil Taylor, Emil Runge, Ashley Davis, Raphael Dumain #FoodSecurity #CropScience #CRISPSTechnology #Agriculture

First Flight's Krista Covey will be a speaker at Epicentre Eurocluster Cluster Campania Bioscience's upcoming webinar "Why Invest in North Carolina: Steps Towards a Successful Internationalization Strategy" 🗓 Date: July 9, 2024 🕒 Time: 10:30 - 11:30 AM (Rome) Listen in on the conversation and sign up today! https://lnkd.in/d2NUGEKE