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Helps new and startup companies develop by providing services such as management training or space for the business to operate. 

Supports agribusiness entrepreneurs who are ready to launch their product or process into the marketplace but need investors and/or mentors.

Homegrown innovators could get business mentoring and funding through a program aimed at helping South Carolina agribusinesses.

The Agribusiness Center for Research and Entrepreneurship (ACRE) at the South Carolina Department of Agriculture will accept applications for its 2022 Advanced Entrepreneurship program through April 29, 2022. Applicants selected will have the opportunity to pitch to a panel.

The Advanced Entrepreneurship application requires a business plan and a ready-to-launch prototype or sales history for the applicant’s company or product. Applicants’ businesses must be located in South Carolina. The application also includes a detailed guide to what ACRE is looking for in a business plan.

ACRE has a separate program each fall for beginning innovators who have an agribusiness idea but don’t have experience in business.

For more information, visit acre-sc.com/programs or contact Kyle Player at 803-734-2324 or kplayer@scda.sc.gov.

Promotes and nurtures the growth and development of South Carolina's agriculture industry and its related businesses while assuring the safety and security of the buying public.

Promotes the economic growth in communities and generally represent the business interests of the communities they serve.

An evergreen venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in scalable startups.

Promotes the economic growth in communities and generally represent the business interests of the communities they serve.

Charleston Angel Partners make investing simple and profitable and assist portfolio companies in reaching their goals.  

A multifaceted service organization for local governments, providing public administration, planning, information systems and technology, grants, workforce development, and services for the elderly population. 

An organization designed to further economic development, job creation, retention, and financially assisting in the growth and development of business concerns in six counties of Upstate South Carolina.

The Applied Research Center (ARC) was created specifically as a place for both primary technical research and collaborative discussions about applied technologies in energy, healthcare, homeland security, transportation and other applications.