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Innovate Lynchburg G3 Ambassador!

For our region to grow, it takes a community to make things happen.  The Innovate Lynchburg board is excited to get behind Central Virginia Community College as a "G3 Ambassador".  Back in July of this year, the state launched a new initiative focusing on building a skilled workforce to meet the growing

By |2021-10-26T23:01:28+00:00October 26th, 2021|Lynchburg Regional Events, Lynchburg Regional News, News, News & Events, Virginia News|Comments Off on Innovate Lynchburg G3 Ambassador!

Governor Northam Announces $2 Billion Public-Private Broadband Investment

RICHMOND—Governor Northam announced that Virginia has received a record number of local and private sector applications to match state broadband investments, putting the Commonwealth on track to become one of the first states to achieve universal broadband access by 2024. Virginia anticipates more than $2 billion in total broadband funding, thanks to local and private

By |2021-10-20T12:40:13+00:00October 20th, 2021|Virginia News|Comments Off on Governor Northam Announces $2 Billion Public-Private Broadband Investment

Several Richmond-area startups have raised millions of dollars from investors

Several Richmond-area startup companies recently raised additional money from investors. The businesses are: Insurance technology company Fenris said on April 7 that it had raised $2.7 million in new funding from several investment groups. Richmond-based Fenris, founded in 2016, is a data and analytics company focused on streamlining and modernizing the process of quoting

By |2021-04-10T13:54:11+00:00April 10th, 2021|Articles, Featured, Virginia News|Comments Off on Several Richmond-area startups have raised millions of dollars from investors

Virginia is America’s Top State for Business

VIRGINIA IS AMERICA’S TOP STATE FOR BUSINESS, ACCORDING TO CNBC EXCLUSIVE STUDY CNBC Special Correspondent Scott Cohn Revealed America’s Top Five States for Business Today on CNBC ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., July 10, 2019—CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, today unveiled the results of its thirteenth annual list of America’s Top States for Business with Virginia taking

By |2021-01-03T17:17:31+00:00January 3rd, 2021|Featured, National News, News, Tech Council News, Virginia News|Comments Off on Virginia is America’s Top State for Business

Facebook says it has invested $1 billion in its Henrico County Data Center

Facebook says it has invested $1 billion in its Henrico County data center By JOHN REID BLACKWELL Richmond Times-Dispatch Oct 8, 2020 The social media company Facebook said it has now invested about $1 billion in its eastern Henrico County data center that became operational this summer. Facebook first announced plans to open the data

By |2020-10-18T02:14:27+00:00October 18th, 2020|Virginia News|Comments Off on Facebook says it has invested $1 billion in its Henrico County Data Center
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