Incubation

This week-long boot camp focuses on preparing Black-led tech startups in raising a seed round. Founders get intensive mentoring and a behind-the-scenes view of how investors vet prospective companies. The program ends with a pitch event before dozens of venture capitalists and corporate CEOs.

The Startup Stampede, with funding from NC IDEA, is a two-month incubator program focused on consumer product companies looking to scale their online sales. Accepted companies must complete a successful crowdfunding campaign or have over $25,000 in annual revenues. Applications will open for the next program January 2018.

Big Top combines networking like nothing you’ve ever experienced with hyperlocal job listings and engaging content to connect jobseekers with the hottest companies and jobs in our community. Our ambition is to serve our local community well—opening up the high tech job market to a larger and more diverse population—while also exploring opportunities to take Big Top to other local industry verticals.

Momentum is a center for  transformative education that, starting in Spring 2018, will offer learning solutions for current and aspiring software developers, and customized training for organizations. Currently, in partnership with Durham Tech, Momentum is offering students a Coding Foundations course for beginners.