BUILD TO SCALE

EDA invites organizations that are aiding technology-based companies with high growth potential (including but not limited to startups) in developing the next generation of technologies to apply for Build to Scale Program funding. The Build to Scale program aims to: • build public and private capacity for entrepreneurs and innovators to invent, improve, and bring to market new products and services in critical, emerging, and transformative sectors and industries; • expand regional knowledge ecosystems to realize economic and job growth; • accelerate the growth of regional economies that are focused on industries of the future; • catalyze regional leadership through TBED strategies; • empower communities to provide proof-of-concept and commercialization assistance to technology innovators and entrepreneurs; and • increase access to capital for technology-enabled entrepreneurs. Under the Build to Scale Program, EDA is soliciting applications for two separate competitions: (1) the Venture Challenge and (2) the Capital Challenge