Accelerators and investors help startups refine ideas and prove promising concepts.

VEDP Interim President and CEO Jason El Koubi spoke with Chandra Briggman, president and CEO of Activation Capital about her organization’s mission and activities, the pharmaceutical cluster emerging in Richmond and Petersburg, and the nuances of supporting life sciences investment during a global pandemic.

VEDP Interim President and CEO Jason El Koubi spoke with John Newby, CEO of Virginia Bio about recent life sciences success stories in the Commonwealth and Virginia Bio’s efforts to grow the industry, including the recently announced industry hub, Virginia Bio-Connect.

Richmond and Petersburg host a new pharmaceutical cluster making essential medicines with innovative techniques.

With the global threat of terrorism, Virginia technology security services firms are parlaying security concerns into surging revenue growth overseas.

Harris Healthcare is creating jobs in Virginia by expanding its global reach. 

Steven Brint, distinguished professor at the University of California, Riverside, discusses his work in, and analysis of, higher education in the 21st century.

New subsea cables landing in Virginia Beach have created a burgeoning data center market in Hampton Roads and Richmond.

Tad Deriso, president and CEO of Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation (MBC), speaks about his work creating world-class fiber infrastructure in rural Southern Virginia. 

Microsoft's investments and partnerships in Boydton and South Boston are positioning Southern Virginia as a tech destination.