Mid-Atlantic Gigabit Innovation Collaboratory (Westminster, MD) - $274,498.

Michigan Tech Enterprise Corporation (Houghton, MI) – $750,000.

Mansfield BioIncubator (Mansfield, MA) – $1.25 million.

Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA) - $600,000.

LifeX Holdings (Pittsburgh, PA) - $2 million.

Guilford College (Greensboro, NC) – $218,583.

Georgetown University (Washington, DC) - $750,000.

Elevate Rapid City (Rapid City, SD) - $100,494.

Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) - $2 million.Cleveland State University (Cleveland, OH) - $1.8 million.Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (Brownsville, TX) - $1.2 million.Biomedical Research Foundation (Shreveport, LA) - $1.3 million.Arizona Regional Economic Development Foundation (Sierra Vista, AZ) - $298,504.757 ScaleUp Alliance (Norfolk, VA) - $1.2 million.20Fathoms (Traverse City, MI) - $2 million.This competition has three tiers: Ignite (to plan and launch new tech-based economic development strategies) Build (to pilot or adapt new programs) and Scale (to scale a proven program). $44,557,977 in 40 Venture Challenge projects to support programs that enable high-growth technology entrepreneurship and foster inclusive access to proven entrepreneurship support models.These awardees are part of the FY’23 “Build to Scale” program, which is comprised of two competitions––the Venture Challenge and the Capital Challenge, which are outlined below. EDA announced 60 investments during the week of November 3-9, 2023, for $54,600,117, which will leverage an additional $55,000,000 in matching funds from an array of private and public sector sources.

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