MICROSOFT CYBERSECURITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM POWERED BY LAST MILE EDUCATION FUND Are you a faculty member or community member who would like to recommend a cybersecurity student? Please click here. Download a flyer to share with interested students. The US has a cybersecurity workforce shortage of nearly 500,000 trained professionals, yet only 3% of US
A New Board Member With Big Ideas Innovate Lynchburg has added a new Board Member to its ranks. Michael Lovell, Esq. brings to the team a passion for business and innovation. He is a business minded attorney with a practice consisting of civil litigation and transactional matters. With over twelve-years of experience, he has worked
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
Great things happen when people connect with a common goal. Back in August, Scott Pleasants with Innovate Lynchburg had a conversation with Karen Jackson, the former Secretary of Technology for the State of Virginia. This conversation centered around the topic of growing and keeping Virginia's technology talent inside of the state. For some time now,
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
Introducing the Commonwealth Commercialization Fund The Commonwealth Commercialization Fund, or CCF, was launched on July 1, 2020 to foster innovative and collaborative efforts in Virginia. Combining two legacy state programs, the Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF) and the Virginia Research Innovation Fund (VRIF), CCF seeks technologies with a high potential for economic development and
More students are learning on laptops and tablets in class. Some parents want to hit the off switch. This is a great article from the Washington Post from back in February. It highlights parent concerns over schools and their technology decisions. Many schools struggle in this area for many reasons, but parents are now asking
A Look At Growing Up In A 21st Century Digital World For the first time in history, mental illness and suicide have become one of the greatest threats to school-aged children. Many parents still view dangers as primarily physical and external, but they’re missing the real danger: kids spending more time online and less time
Article from Richmond-Times Dispatch Bob Stolle, a former top state commerce official and member of a prominent Virginia political family, has been named the new president and CEO of the Center for Innovative Technology. Stolle, who previously has served as senior vice president of policy and regional initiatives at CIT, will succeed Ed Albrigo, who
Innovate Lynchburg is excited to champion this new program from T-Mobile in our region. Because of COVID-19, many schools are completely online or are hybrid. In an effort to help close the homework gap, T-Mobile is giving school districts free internet access and mobile hotspots for 10 million eligible households. In addition to this,
