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GREATER RICHMOND INNOVATION MAP MAJOR INDUSTRIES: 1,270,540 Population 2012 Health & Life Sciences 24,674 Total number of businesses Supply Chain Management Advanced Manufacturing 24 minute average commute Professional & Creative Services THE GREATER RICHMOND, VIRGINIA ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM Food & Beverage Data Centers Corporate Headquarters Randolph-Macon College Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Medical Center VCU Brandcenter 1,312 Students 31,627 Students #1 Hospital in VA 2012 #1 Advertising Program 2009 Virginia Union University VCU School of the Arts 1,678 20+ Public Art & Design Arts & #1 Students School 2012 VA Bio Tech Park Cultural Institutions 1.3 million ft² of research space Richmond Arts & 2,700 life science employees G40 Art Cultural District Summit 15+ squared 2 Virginia Museum Breweries & of Fine Arts Wineries VCU Institute for Growing America Through Contemporary Art R 3,675 2015 1 Entrepreneurship 40,000+ Life Science Firms participants in the Monument 10K Professional Football Team One of the best races in the country by Training Camp 13+ USA Today Virginia Active angel and State Foot Races and venture 3,400+ Capitol Creative Firms 55+ Marathons capital groups per year 30+ 2013 Carytown Shockoe Design District University of Monthly events 500+ attendees Richmond to support Mile of Style start-ups 30+ speakers & performers 4,348 Two-Year Colleges #3 Students Incubators, Most 15+ 175+ Institutions accelerators and 11 Tattooed City Restaurants support facilities Students Downtown 27,618 40+ Golf Courses 1.25 miles RECENT AWARDS Canal Walk Best River Town Outside Magazine Top 3 Outdoor Cities Blue Ridge Outdoors 24 Farmer’s Markets Virginia Capital Trail 50+ miles long Top 3 Best Large Cities for Job Creation Gallup 40+ City Festivals per year Top 3 Best State for Business CNBC Union Cycliste Internationale 10 Up and Coming Cities for Entrepreneurs Forbes.com Road World MOUNTAINS WASHINGTON, D.C. OCEAN 10 Most Affordable Big Cities for Renters Kiplinger.com NORTHERN VA Championships 2015 The James River 2 HRS 2 HRS Top 10 Fastest Growing Cities for Tech Jobs Dice Report The only urban Class III and IV rapids in the U.S. 2 HRS Virginia State University Top 10 Best Cities for Working Mothers Forbes.com 50+ miles of mountain bike trails 5,890 students NOTABLE COMPANIES IN GREATER RICHMOND ENTREPRENEURIAL INFRASTRUCTURE Ampliphi Carmax (Fortune Rank: 279) Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc. Martin Agency Pfizer Consumer Health 804 RVA Dominion Resources Innovation Center New Dominion Angels StartRVA BluePrint Genomics, Inc. Centreva ImmunoTox, Inc. McKesson Medical Surgical, Inc. PlanG, Inc. 80amps Gangplank New Richmond Ventures TechHatch Boehringer Ingelheim Cupron, Inc. Intelliject, Inc. MeadWestvaco (Fortune Rank: 406) Shockoe Denim Advantech GRCC i.e. Paiscik Passport Incubator Venture Forum Bonfire Funds Dominion Resources (Fortune Rank: 187) Ledbury MedCPU Universal (Fortune Rank: 781) BizWorks Greater Richmond Partnership Rich Tech Virginia Biotechnology Association Brink’s (Fortune Rank: 577) Genworth Financial (Fortune Rank: 258) LucyPhone NewMarket (Fortune Rank: 882) Wako Chemicals USA, Inc. Business Center International InnoVA Partners, LLC. Rivers Bend East Technology Center Virginia BioTech Park CarLotz GPB Scientific, LLC Markel (Fortune Rank: 769) Owens and Minor (Fortune Rank: 298) C3 Lighthouse Labs Small Business Development Center Virginia Inventors Network (VINE) This infographic was produced by the following partners: Information: Version 2014 Designed and created by: Office of Technology Transfer, Virginia Commonwealth University Greater Richmond Partnership, Inc. Nicole Colomb: [email protected] This infographic is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike License: additional terms may apply. Hilda LeStrange & Joe Seddon The Creative Disruption Lab, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University Trademarks are property of their respective owners. GREATER RICHMOND INNOVATION MAP THANK YOU Greater Richmond has a thriving a business community and an exciting entrepreneurial ecosystem. The innovation map was a collaborative effort undertaken by various partners within that ecosystem, showcasing the truly collaborative TO THE MAP “system” that exists. To download this map, or to learn more about the resources available to entrepreneurs around CREATORS: Greater Richmond, visit the VCU Squared website at: www.squared.vcu.edu. Keep on creating RVA! MARTI BELLER Founder and CEO, PlanG ACE CALLWOOD Coordinator for Entrepreneurship, VCU School of Business PETER FRASER Principal, Fraser Design MICHAEL IVEY Communications Director, Greater Richmond Partnership JUSTIN KAUSZLER Founder, Coffitivity LUCY MEADE Director Marketing & Development, Venture Richmond Lucy Meade, Nicky Colomb Monk, Chrystal Neal, ACe Callwood, Ivelina Metcheva and Justin Kauszler are part of the collaborative team that created the Greater Richmond Innovation Map. IVELINA METCHEVA Executive Director, MORE DETAILS ON SELECTED ORGANIZATIONS: VCU Innovation Gateway NICKY COLOMB MONK Enterprise and Economic Development Executive, squared 2 Virginia Commonwealth University squared.vcu.edu ie-rva.org advantechva.org CHRYSTAL NEAL Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is The Greater Richmond Chamber launched the i.e* AdvanTech is a non-profit, small business incubator Director of Creativity committed to supporting the growth of greater movement to transform this city from a civil-war designed to foster companies that are in the sec- Richmond’s innovative and entrepreneurial attraction into a nationally renowned hotbed of ond stage of business development. In 1999, the & Innovation, Greater ecosystem. The Venture Creation University creative talent. We subscribe to the notion that Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond Chamber Initiative, also called VCU Squared, represents the best and the brightest people and companies Richmond, in cooperation with the Department of of Commerce VCU’s strategy for enhancing the culture of are attracted to the most innovative cities. At the Commerce Economic Development Administration entrepreneurship within VCU and harnessing the i.e.* launch event in June 2011, we exchanged and the Commonwealth of Virginia's Department TOMMY NICHOLAS talent of our students, research community and ideas with innovators on the front lines of their of Business Assistance, contributed resources to Co-founder and CEO, alumni population. Launched by VCU Innovation industries and became inspired, motivated, and create the first small business incubator in the thecityswig.com Gateway and daVinci Center, VCU Squared is energized. Afterward, the momentum has been Greater Richmond area. charged with continuously evaluating the entre- going strong with Shop Classes, Bar Talks, The preneurial environment both at VCU and within Entrepreneurial Trilogy, with more to come. TODD NUCKOLS the region, coordinating related activities around Founder, Lighthouse Labs the University, collaborating with our regional partners and developing new programs. PAUL SPICER Vice President of Marketing & PR at Health Diagnostic Laboratory; Editor/Publisher 80 of Grid Magazine PAUL NOLDE Small Business Capital Strategist, Virginia 80amps.com 804rva.com lighthouselabsrva.com Community Capital 80amps is a world-class team of successful We are ruby on rails developers, wordpress At Lighthouse we have a network of over 150 entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, creatives, lovers, graphic designers, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs, technologists, market, brand MATT WOOLMAN and subject-matter experts dedicated to grow- startups, freelancers, and anyone with a and investment specialists from central Virginia Director of Creative ing brands, products, and the technologies that passion for technology and creativity with a and beyond prepared to invest time and energy support them. Our interests leverage 80amps’ need to get out of their house or coffee shop. into your success. You provide the inspirational Entrepreneurship, contacts in the retail, media, manufacturing, idea and we align to make it happen. No fees, VCU School of Arts and technology industries. no book driven classes, just action! Cover art by Grid Magazine.