VIPC'S Mission
Connecting innovators with opportunities is our business.
The Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC) was formed to support the Commonwealth’s vision for the expansion of innovation, opportunity, and job creation here in Virginia.
VIPC creates technology-based economic development strategies to accelerate innovation, imagination, and the next generation of technology and technology companies. VIPC, a non-profit corporation, bridges gaps at the earliest stages of the Innovation Continuum. Through commercialization and seed funding VIPC helps entrepreneurs launch and grow high-growth technology companies and create high-paying jobs for the future. VIPC helps facilitate national innovation leadership and an accelerated rate of technology adoption through partnerships with innovative technology start-up companies, ecosystems, and advanced technology consumers.
The Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC) is the operating non-profit of the Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority (VIPA).
-Board of Directors-
Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority (VIPA) | Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC)
CEO, the National Spine Health Foundation
Commonwealth Secretary of Commerce and Trade
Executive Director, Institute for Engineering and Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University
Executive Director, 757 Angels
Managing Director, Orion Capital
President & CEO, Washington Resource Associates
Executive Chairman of the Board, NTELX
Managing Partner, Kefiweh Group; President, Kelley W. Powell, Inc.
Director, Federal Funding Programs
Vice President, Communications & Marketing
Manager, Portfolio Analysis
Senior Human Resources Generalist
Senior Investment Associate
Data Analytics Manager
Senior Director, Investment Services
Investment Director
Portfolio Analyst
Vice President, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Senior Writer & Editor
Director of Grants and Research, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Chief Technology Officer, Vice President Strategic Initiatives
Vice President, Smart Communities
Social Media & Marketing Assistant
Executive Financial Assistant
Director, Smart Data
Director, Contracts and Grants
Vice President, Commercialization
Director, University Programs
Senior Investment Associate
Senior Investment Director
Chief Human Resources Officer
Controller
Senior Director Investments
Director, Public Safety Innovation Center
Project Manager
Senior Grants Associate
Investment Associate
Graphic Designer and Marketing Assistant
Director, Private Sector Grants
Events Director
Director, Unmanned Systems
Jr. Contracts & Grants Administrator
Manager, Information Systems
Chief Investment Officer, Vice President Division of Investment
Director, Business Operations
About Us
VIPC creates technology-based economic development strategies to accelerate innovation, imagination, and the next generation of technology and technology companies. VIPC, a non-profit corporation, bridges gaps at the earliest stages of the Innovation Continuum. Through commercialization and seed funding VIPC helps entrepreneurs launch and grow high-growth technology companies and create high-paying jobs for the future. VIPC helps facilitate national innovation leadership and an accelerated rate of technology adoption through partnerships with innovative technology start-up companies and advanced technology consumers.