NCTC Hot Topics

Workforce Development

• The Workforce Development Committee is actively solicting help for the upcoming year.  Take a look at the 2000/2001 Strategic Plan to find out more about the Committee and its latest plans.  

• To help you brush up on current legislative items, visit the website: <http://legis.state.va.us/>, or check out "The General Assembly Email Report of the Northern Virginia Technology Council."

• Internet Web Page Privacy Statement Guidelines -- Draft 2 (41 KB PDF doc)

• NCC Workforce Model package.  This is an Adobe Acrobat file.  The free Adobe Acrobat reader can be downloaded from Adobe's web site.  You may download the file as a whole (which may take a while because of the large file size) or in sections.  Choose the desired links below to download.

  • Entire file (Sections 1, 2, 3, 4); Size:   1667 KB

  • Section 1, pages 1-10; Size:   546 KB

  • Section 2, pages 11-20; Size: 440 KB

  • Section 3, pages 21-30; Size: 367 KB

  • Section 4, pages 30-42; Size: 328 KB

Funding Sources

• The Charlottesville Venture Group - Three times a year, along with the Annual Greater Charlottesville Venture Forum, CVG provides member companies the opportunity to have their business and investor presentation reviewed by and presented to the membership as well as an expert panel at the "Business Spotlight."  For more details on the Charlottesville Venture Group see www.cville-venture.org  

   

• Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA) - The Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA) is "an organization of business leaders from the venture capital industry and entrepreneurial business community working together to enhance awareness of the region's excellence and are committed to helping the Mid-Atlantic region grow and prosper."
  
  MAVA members and associates are located throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, including Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and North Carolina. For more information see www.mava.org or phone 410.560.5855.

• Southside Rising Venture Fund -  A group of over 85 private investors with a capital base of over $7 million with a typical investment $500,000 to $1 million dollars per company. A private venture capital fund focused on investing in early stage, technology-based companies located in the central and southern portions of Virginia.

  Investment candidates are young companies beyond the initial research and development stage who have at least modest revenues and products with proprietary advantages in rapidly expanding markets.

  Southside Rising welcomes investment proposals from a company's principals or intermediaries. They appreciate referrals from venture capitalists, investment bankers, commercial bankers, accountants, lawyers, consultants and other sources.

  For more information contact Gryphon Capital Partners online at http://www.gryphoncapital.com who serve as the Managers of Southside Rising. By voice contact Managing Director Leigh Huff at 540-985-6609 or email at huff@gryphoncapital.com

• The Women's Growth Capital Fund - an investment fund to target early and expansion-stage women-owned and/or managed businesses.  More information at http://www.wgcf.com.

• Hall Skywire Venture Partners - for companies involved in creating new devices.  http://www.hallskywire.com.

• ScienceWise Alert – an email service that delivers research and education funding opportunities from major federal agencies (including those from the federal Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs) and from foundations, corporations, and the European Union targeted to your specific areas of interest. Register online at http://www.usalert.com.

• CIT Technology Award$ Program

Companies located in Virginia and interested in working with Virginia's intellectual resources may participate in the CIT Technology Awards program. Support is focused on the development of the following industry sectors: Advanced Manufacturing, Aerospace and Transportation, Biotechnology and Biomedical Applications, Electronics and Advanced Materials, Information Technology and Telecommunications.

 

The Challenge Awards support projects for up to one year and range from $25,000 to $80,000. Due dates for Challenge proposals: October 1 for November awards, February 1 for March awards, May 1 for June awards, July 1 for August awards.

 

Innovation Awards are normally engineering-based. Commercialization of the technology is expected within 12 months after the project is completed. This award supports projects for a maximum of six months with a maximum of $25,000.

 

Contact Gary Atkinson, our CIT regional director, at 540-857-7304 or gary@cit.org, to help you further with this process.