Advancing Entrepreneurship
EQUITABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NC IDEA empowers North Carolinians to achieve their entrepreneurial potential by offering support when and where they need it most.
Support our work and engage directly with North Carolina startups.
NC IDEA ENGAGE supports individuals and organizations to facilitate activity that brings like-minded folks together.
An ambitious goal to embolden the power of entrepreneurial thinking through the deployment of Ice House.
ATTENTION GRAD STUDENTS: Have a demonstrated interest in startups and entrepreneurship? Join our team in 2022 as a Startup Analyst Fellow. Interested candidates must apply by November 5th for consideration.
Our work is based on a simple but powerful goal; foster economic development in North Carolina. Since 2006, NC IDEA has awarded grants to over 265 companies and hundreds of communities and partners from across the state with more than $14.7M+ in funding and tens of thousands of support programming hours.
Helping Entrepreneurs When They Need It Most
Our LABS program helps entrepreneurs take their first steps toward building a successful company through a guided approach to customer discovery.
Beyond funding, we look to provide value to all entrepreneurs by sharing resources needed to build, launch and scale a successful business.
Strengthening Economic Opportunity for All Communities
By working together with our network of statewide partners , we achieve our shared goals of advancing entrepreneurship in the state of North Carolina.
Entrepreneurship advocates come together to collaborate and address what is needed to support all entrepreneurs, creating a shared vision of making North Carolina the best place to start and grow a business.
