A Raleigh startup is joining a high-profile startup mentorship program that’s helping St. Louis tackle its brain drain problem. But the founder is promising to keep his roots in Raleigh, according to ExitEvent. ExitEvent is a news partner of WRAL TechWire.
RALEIGH – A Raleigh startup is joining a high-profile startup mentorship program that’s helping St. Louis tackle its brain drain problem.
BetaVersity’s co-founder Sean Newman Maroni — a founder of N.C. State’s Garage, HQ Raleigh and ThinkHouse member and very involved startup founder in town—promises he’s keeping his roots here (he has a co-founder in St. Louis). But the high-profile, global Arch Grant program awards a $50,000 grant and promises access to the higher education market he’s anxious to present with BetaVersity’s plan to make learning more interactive and engaging.
In particular, Maroni wants to put permanent interactive BetaSpaces and shipping containers-turned-makerspaces called BetaBoxes, on college, high school and corporate campuses around the nation. Here’s a video to show how they work. Outfitted with 3D printers and other prototyping equipment, the first BetaBox was used during last month’s Maker Triangle Startup Weekend.
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