business incubation

Advent GX (AGX) is a strategy development and community/economic development consulting firm founded in 2004. It advises state and local governments, NGOs, universities, entrepreneurs, and developers, using research, facilitation, econometric modeling, and community engagement to build impact strategies. It also runs the Innovation Underground, a business and technology incubator started in 2011 that has served more than 100 companies.

community engagementeconometric modelingfacilitationhistoric revitalizationresearchstrategy development

Ash Business Advisory (ABA) is a hands-on business incubator/accelerator based in Norfolk, Virginia, led by experienced entrepreneurs, executives, veterans, and operators. ABA takes equity positions, raises capital, brings in a bench team of executives, and works directly alongside founders to build value. Its Board of Advisors helps over twenty current operating companies navigate management, growth, legal, financing, operations, and acquisitions.

advisoryasset managementbusiness accelerationcapital raisingdigital marketingequity investingfractional CFO servicesgovernment contracting

B2A Holdings is a vertically-integrated conglomerate company headquartered in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. The company focuses on long-term investments, small businesses, and off-market opportunities, and operates as an incubator that purchases small businesses or buys a percentage to help them become successful. It manages a well-balanced portfolio and has acquired millions in assets. B2A operates offices in Washington DC, Athens, Greece, and Sofia, Bulgaria.

acquisitionsinvestment managementpartner support

Blue Note Junction is a health, business incubator and resilience hub coming soon to West Asheville's Historic Burton Street Neighborhood. It is a partnership between Hood Huggers International, Peace Gardens & Market, and Asheville Creative Arts, transforming a long-overlooked site into an off-grid community resilience hub combining emergency shelter, environmental education, cultural preservation, and local business incubation. It is described as the first community-owned commercial real estate project in Asheville.

community resilience hubcultural preservationEnvironmental educationworkforce development & training

Bubbly Dynamics LLC is a social enterprise founded in 2002 whose mission is to create replicable models for ecologically responsible and sustainable urban industrial development. It incubates small businesses in formerly vacant industrial buildings in disinvested communities, and was founded to support the redevelopment of a derelict industrial building in Chicago's Central Manufacturing District. Its staff of seven full- and part-time employees is based at its current project, The Plant, and focuses on all aspects of facility development, from hands-on

building redevelopmentdevelopment of smart building technologiesfacility developmenthands-on build-out

ESO Ventures is a for-profit business in the entrepreneurial support services industry. It developed the Entrepreneurial Infrastructure Stack, a framework equipping underinvested entrepreneurs with education, support, and capital. It offers a guided 1-year incubator program focused on business operations, financial management, sales strategy, and capital readiness, plus the Capital in the Community Fund providing non-dilutive small business loans up to $100,000.

capital readinessentrepreneur educationfacilitationfinancial management trainingoutcomes trackingrecruitmentsales strategy trainingsmall business lending

Consultores Comunitarios (ConsultCom) are experts in community economic development and business incubation. They promote solidarity entrepreneurship and provide business training and business consulting services, drawing on three decades of experience in community economic development, including creating a business incubation model (Incubadora de MicroEmpresas Comunitarias® Solidarias - iMECs). They serve nonprofits, business incubators, government agencies, municipalities, cooperatives, companies, and individuals seeking to create new businesses.

Business consultingbusiness trainingcommunity economic developmentWorkshops and seminars