Local Connection With Global Reach
You don’t have to sacrifice relationships for worldwide impact. What sets Roanoke apart it its perfect balance of top-flight opportunities and deeply connected community. Here you’ll find a place big enough for your dreams without ever feeling like a number. We offer tremendous opportunity for growth with a human touch.
Local Resources
Roanoke’s SBDC provides free professional business counseling to local entrepreneurs.
Located downtown, RAMP’s mission is to propel high-potential startups in the Roanoke-Blacksburg region to create jobs in the STEM-H fields.
The Roanoke Regional Partnership serves as the point of contact for businesses looking to relocate and expand.
Located in Grandin Village, just minutes from the Virginia Tech Carilion campus, the CoLab offers professional co-working and meeting space for entrepreneurs.
Take Homegrown IP Worldwide
Our innovation ecosystem puts bright minds in touch with the resources and funding you need to make your vision a reality. RAMP is at the heart and helm of these efforts, providing top-quality business incubation to life science and technology startups so they can realize their high potential. They’ve incubated companies with products in the tech, SaaS, biomedical, and engineering industries and continue to welcome robust cohorts every fall and spring.
Roanoke boasts a growing portfolio of startup funding from the $15million VTC Innovation Fund for high growth, late seed startups and the $7 million seed fund to expand existing research.
Get In Touch
Want to learn more about opportunities in Roanoke’s Innovation Corridor? Reach out to Bradley Boettcher, Innovation Administrator of Roanoke’s Economic Development Office for more information.
