You're Not Building Alone

One of West Virginia’s greatest strengths isn’t a single organization—it’s the community of people working together to help entrepreneurs succeed.

From universities and incubators to investors, mentors, business coaches, and economic development organizations, there are resources available at every stage of the entrepreneurial journey.

Explore the organizations below to discover who they are, how they can help, and where your next connection might be.

  • Getting Funded
  • Growing/Expanding
  • Research & Development
  • Starting Your Business
  • Technical & Operational Assitance
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Advantage Valley

Getting FundedGrowing/ExpandingStarting Your BusinessTechnical & Operational Assitance
High Growth

AVN Corp

Growing/ExpandingResearch & Development

BioSciences Association of West Virginia (BioWV)

Growing/ExpandingStarting Your Business
Early Idea Start Up High Growth

Brickstreet Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Starting Your Business
Start Up

Business4 West Virginia

Starting Your Business
Early Idea Start Up High Growth

Center for Applied Research & Technology

Growing/ExpandingResearch & DevelopmentStarting Your BusinessTechnical & Operational Assitance
Start Up

Charleston Area Alliance

Starting Your Business
Early Idea

Chemical Alliance Zone

Growing/ExpandingStarting Your BusinessTechnical & Operational Assitance
Early Idea Start Up High Growth

Create West Virginia

Starting Your Business
Early Idea Start Up

Health Sciences Innovation Center

Research & DevelopmentStarting Your BusinessTechnical & Operational Assitance
Early Idea Start Up High Growth

Hive Network

Starting Your Business
Early Idea Start Up

Huntington Area Development Corporation

Growing/Expanding
Early Idea Start Up High Growth

Huntington Industrial Corporation (HIC) Incubator, LLC

Growing/ExpandingResearch & DevelopmentStarting Your BusinessTechnical & Operational Assitance
Early Idea Start Up High Growth

Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce

Starting Your Business
Early Idea

Idea Hub

Starting Your Business
Start Up

Indiegogo

Getting Funded
Start Up

INNOVA Commercialization Group

Getting FundedStarting Your BusinessTechnical & Operational Assitance
Early Idea Start Up High Growth

IRS Business Structures

Research & DevelopmentStarting Your Business
Early Idea Start Up

K.I.S.R.A.

Getting Funded
Early Idea Start Up

Kauffman Foundation

Starting Your Business
Start Up

Kickstarter

Getting Funded

Live Plan

Starting Your Business
Start Up

Marshall Advanced Manufacturing Center

Getting FundedGrowing/ExpandingResearch & DevelopmentStarting Your BusinessTechnical & Operational Assitance
Start Up High Growth

Marshall University Research Corporation

Research & Development

Morgantown Area Chamber of Commerce

Starting Your Business
Start Up

Mountain State Capital

Getting Funded

NAICS Identification Tools

Technical & Operational Assitance

NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium

Research & Development

National Center for Employee Ownership

Technical & Operational Assitance

National Energy Technology Laboratory

Research & Development

Polymer Alliance Zone

Growing/Expanding

Regional Contracting Assistance Center

Growing/ExpandingTechnical & Operational Assitance

Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing

Technical & Operational Assitance

SCORE

Research & DevelopmentStarting Your BusinessTechnical & Operational Assitance
Start Up

Shepherd University Center for Regional Innovation (CRI)

Research & DevelopmentStarting Your Business
Start Up

Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Tech Transfer (SBIR/STTR)

Research & Development

StartUp America Partnership

Growing/ExpandingStarting Your Business
Start Up High Growth

The LaunchLab

Starting Your Business
Start Up

Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd.

Research & Development

TransTech Energy Business Development Conference

Research & Development

U.S. Commercial Service, International Trade Administration

Growing/Expanding
High Growth

Upshur County Business Development Center

Growing/ExpandingStarting Your Business
Start Up High Growth

USDA

Getting Funded

West Virginia Jobs Investment Trust

Getting Funded

West Virginia Wood Technology Center

Growing/ExpandingStarting Your Business
Start Up High Growth

Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce

Starting Your Business
Start Up

Women’s Business Enterprise National Council

Growing/ExpandingResearch & DevelopmentStarting Your BusinessTechnical & Operational Assitance
Start Up High Growth

WV Business One Stop Portal

Starting Your Business
Start Up

WV Community and Technical College System

Technical & Operational Assitance

WV Department of Commerce

Starting Your Business
Start Up

WV Economic Development Authority

Getting Funded

WV Economic Development Council

Growing/Expanding
High Growth

WV Higher Education Policy Commission

Technical & Operational Assitance

WV Higher Education Policy Commission, Division of Science & Research

Research & Development

WV MEP

Technical & Operational Assitance

WV Regional Technology Park

Research & Development

WV Research Trust Fund/Research Challenge Fund

Research & Development

WV S.C.O.R.E

Starting Your Business
Start Up

WV Secretary of State

Starting Your Business
Start Up

WV Small Business Development Center

Starting Your Business
Start Up

WV State University Economic Development Center

Growing/ExpandingResearch & DevelopmentStarting Your Business
Start Up High Growth

WVU Industrial Extension – Manufacturing Extension Partnership

Technical & Operational Assitance

WVU Innovation Corporation

Research & DevelopmentStarting Your BusinessTechnical & Operational Assitance
Start Up

WVU LaunchLab

Starting Your Business
Start Up

WVU Shared Research Facilities

Research & Development

WVU Statler College

Technical & Operational Assitance