First Flight Venture Center

First Flight names new director for its Hangar6 prototyping facility

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Oct 24, 2023

First Flight Venture Center is excited to announce Ben Provan will be taking the position of Director of Hangar6, First Flight Venture Center’s advanced prototyping facility dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs and startups.

Advanced Animal Diagnostics is First Flight Venture Center award winner

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Aug 23, 2023

First Flight Venture Center has chosen Advanced Animal Diagnostics as its 2023 High Flyer Award recipient. Here are the details.

First Flight Venture Center is forming next ‘entrepreneurial design’ cohort

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jul 20, 2023

Propeller is a 6-week entrepreneurial design thinking program which helps founders and entrepreneurs determine whether there is sufficient value to pursue a product or service idea.

RTP panel to discuss: Does gender make a difference in the entrepreneurial world?

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Sep 7, 2022

Women entrepreneurs face unique challenges ranging from boldly leveraging skills for success, building a team or board, accessing a resource network or pitching to a predominantly male funding audience. Check out this panel discussion either in person or virtually to hear what a group of experts has to say.

Triangle Startup Guide exclusive: Going inside the First Flight Venture Center

Posted by Sarah Glova | Jul 18, 2022

This in-depth report about the First Flight Venture Center in RTP is the first in a series of in-depth reports about startup-focused hubs across the Triangle region. The Startup Guide is an exclusive feature from WRAL TechWire designed to help entrepreneurs launch and grow entrepreneurial companies.

First Flight Venture Center offers 25 scholarships for entrepreneur program

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Apr 5, 2022

First Flight Venture Center, a science and technology incubator in Research Triangle Park, NC, is excited to announce that it has 25 scholarships available for two categories including female entrepreneurs and product manufacturing startups, in order that they might participate in First Flight’s Propeller Program.

First Flight’s Hangar6 hires new director

Posted by Jason Parker | Mar 29, 2022

A program of the First Flight Venture Center that assists entrepreneurs develop prototypes will have a new director, the organization announced this week.

First Flight Venture Center has big plans for its next 30 years.

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Dec 31, 2021

Editor’s note: LimeLight is a regular feature from WRAL TechWire offering another means of publishing noteworthy news. Be sure to check out more LimeLight worthy news at this link. +++ RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – First Flight Venture Center (First Flight), the Research Triangle Park-based science and technology business incubator for North Carolina entrepreneurs, recently held a celebration reception in the holiday setting of NC Executive Mansion. First Flight President Krista Covey shared the news of First Flight’s bold vision for the next 30 years to an audience of innovation stakeholders, First Flight donors, investors/venture capitalists, elected officials and Triangle leaders. Covey announced the three pillars of...