Applications for the 2025 cohort are now open through October 31, 2024.

The Midlands Minority Business Accelerator (MMBA) is a program of the Columbia Chamber in partnership with the South Carolina Minority Business Accelerator. The South Carolina Minority Business Accelerator is a statewide initiative formed by the Greenville Chamber, the Charleston Metro Chamber, and the Columbia Chamber.

Funded with a seed grant from Bank of America, MMBA is an initiative designed to advance economic inclusion across the state of South Carolina by helping to reduce the economic disparities experienced by minority-owned businesses. The initiative provides opportunities for economic growth and prosperity for high-potential minority-owned firms. MMBA is a major economic development tool of the Columbia Chamber and is designed to make minority businesses more competitive. Its mission is clear: to accelerate the development of minority-owned businesses to strengthen and expand our region's minority entrepreneurial community.

Our mission is to advance South Carolina’s tech community through demand-driven training, connection, and support.

At Build Carolina, we’re part innovation learning lab, part tech training institute, and part community. As a South Carolina-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, we have a very specific vision of a thriving, accessible tech talent ecosystem in South Carolina.

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SCbioDrive is an accelerator program designed to advance emerging companies through expert business curricula industry guidance and mentorship.

A biannual program, SCbioDrive will select up to six seed-stage therapeutics companies for an eight-week course, consisting of seven weeks of virtual instruction followed by one week in person at SCbio facilities in Charleston, S.C.

Company founders will complete industry-specific curriculum modules, led by experts from leading companies. Each cohort will conclude with an in-person Demo Day.

eMYRGe is an ESO that provides resources to entrepreneurs and startup founders to enhance Myrtle Beach's entrepreneur ecosystem.

The BIC serves as Cola’s destination where forward-thinking individuals of all backgrounds come together to develop groundbreaking ideas that change the world. 

An entrepreneurial support organization (ESO), GrowCo supports and connects early-stage startups in the Columbia metropolitan area.

WJ Partners invests in companies whose EBITDA is less than $10 million, with particular focus given to professional, industrial and consumer services companies.

The SC Community Capital Alliance provides funding to companies in underserved communities in South Carolina to support local economic development.

Route 2 Capital Partners invests in and loans to southeastern U.S. companies whose revenue is at least $10 million.

Ranger Aerospace invests in aerospace and aviation companies in partnership with other institutional investors.