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RESOURCES
GROW DELAWARE FUND
www.growdelawarefund.org
Will Minster info@growdelawarefund.org
302-658-4171
This consortium of private, public and nonprofit organizations provides small and medium-sized businesses with access to favorable financing terms.
KEIRETSU FORUM MID-ATLANTIC
www.keiretsuforum.com
Howard Lubert hlubert@keiretsuforum.com 610-971-4067
Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic is committed to being the most successful and distinguished private equity angel-investment organization in the region.
KENT ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
www.choosecentraldelaware.com
info@ccded.com
302-678-3057
The partnership works to attract new businesses to the area, while ensuring that established companies continue to thrive.
LEADING EDGE VENTURES
www.leadingedgevc.com
Rick Birkmeyer rick@leadingedgevc.com
Leading Edge Ventures provides financing and guidance to launch- imminent entrepreneurs and those seeking capital to expand.
MID-ATLANTIC DIAMOND
VENTURES GROUP www.fox.temple.edu/ institutes-and-centers/ mid-atlantic-diamond-ventures Ellen Weber ellen.weber@temple.edu Mid-Atlantic Diamond Ventures Group (MADV), located at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, helps emerging, tech-based companies by better positioning them for funding.
NEW CASTLE COUNTY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT www.nccde.org/756/ economic-development 302-395-5959
The office’s main priority is to help new, developing and existing businesses grow and contribute to the local economy. That includes helping local and national companies navigate government regulations and
the permitting process.
OSAGE VENTURE PARTNERS
www.osageventurepartners.com
Robert Adelson ovp@osagepartners.com 484-434-2255
Osage Venture Partners has been investing in early-stage, post-revenue B2B software startups for the past decade.
PETE DU PONT FREEDOM FOUNDATION
www.petedupontfreedom foundation.org info@petedupontfreedomfoundation. org
302-388-1552
The Pete du Pont Freedom Foundation is dedicated to championing innovative ideas that create jobs and improve the lives of Delawareans. The foundation is collaborating with Barclays and
the Wilmington Alliance on E3, a program that provides coaching and other resources to Black and Brown entrepreneurs.
ROBIN HOOD VENTURES
www.robinhoodventures.com
info@robinhoodventures.com 215-839-6256
Robin Hood Ventures is a group of experienced entrepreneurs and accredited investors looking for high- growth startups. Investments generally range from $250,000 to $1 million.
SBDC (SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER)
www.delawaresbdc.org
Sarah Mailloux delaware-sbdc@udel.edu 302-831-1555
The Delaware SBDC is part of the University of Delaware’s Office of Economic Innovation and Partnerships (see page 106). Both organizations are guided by a mission to develop the university and state’s entrepreneurial, technology and business community.
SCORE DELAWARE
delaware.score.org
Bridget Weston contact.0042@scorevolunteer.org 302-661-2366
SCORE provides free, confidential, face-to-face interactions with certified business mentors.
SEEDCOPA + SEEDCODE
www.seedcopa.com
Sherwood Robbins srobbins@seedcopa.com
302-660-1783
Supported by federal, state and local agencies, Seedcopa + SeedcoDE’s
loan programs help businesses in Pennsylvania and Delaware grow and create jobs. Possible benefits include a long-term, below-market fixed interest rate and less money out of pocket.
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FIRST STATE INNOVATION:
Growing the Entrepreneurial Economy www.firststateinnovation.org
First State Innovation (FSI) has been proud to support Delaware’s and the surrounding region’s entrepreneurial economy for the past 15 years. When FSI was formed in 2006, there was little interest in
the entrepreneurial economy and FSI played an important role in high- lighting the importance of the entrepreneurial. As a result, since then, the general awareness of entrepreneurism in Delaware has grown dramatically and many initiatives are now underway to help grow the entrepreneurial economy. This has led to an impressive increase in entrepreneurial activity in Delaware and the surrounding region.
In 2015, FSI sponsored the formation of an early-stage venture fund. The fund, Leading Edge Ventures, raised $10 million for investments in early-stage companies, focusing on Delaware and the surrounding region. Over the past six years, the fund has invested in 15 early-stage companies.
In addition, FSI continues to represent Delaware from a regional economy perspective, including ongoing collaboration in Philadelphia with organizations such as the University Science Center and Select Greater Philadelphia. We will continue to promote Delaware and the many great strengths it has as part of the sixth-largest regional economy in the country.
FSI will continue to collaborate with entities that grow the entrepreneurial economy in Delaware and the region.