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757 Angels

May 30, 2024

From seed to success

On an early morning in summer 2021, a small group of engineers and drone operators gathered at Lake Elsinore in California to see if their machines would fly as designed. With newly incorporated sensor technology, it was the first time the founders of Leesburg-based Flying Ship Co. attempted to fly one of their autonomous vehicles […]

May 30, 2024

Ecosystem insights

Leaders from across Virginia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem discuss investing in new companies, challenges facing startups and advice for success. RASHEEDA CREIGHTON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JACKSON WARD COLLECTIVE FOUNDATION, RICHMOND WHAT LED TO YOU CO-FOUNDING JACKSON WARD COLLECTIVE FOUNDATION? JWC Foundation’s mission is to learn, grow and own in the Black community. The organization bega[...]

Roanoke entrepreneur Laura Godfrey has founded or co-founded five companies in the last two decades. She’s co-founder and chief operating officer for Bookelicious, which is in used in 3,500 schools nationwide. Photo by Don Petersen
May 30, 2023

Pivot points

Talk to those on the front lines of startups — entrepreneurs, investors and those running incubators and accelerators — and one word comes up over and over: pivot. If an entrepreneur isn’t able or willing to be flexible, chances are poor their business will succeed. “Those unduly connected to what they started with must understand […]

Apr 7, 2023

Lighthouse Labs exec jumps to 757 Angels, 757 Collab

Paul Nolde, executive managing director of Lighthouse Labs in Richmond, will be the new managing director of Norfolk-based 757 Angels and 757 Collab. He replaces Monique Adams, the current executive director of 757 Angels and managing director of 757 Collab, who will leave the organizations this summer. Nolde starts his new role May 30. In […]

757 Angels Executive Director Monique Adams plans to step down this summer, after the angel investment group launches a partnership with VentureSouth. Photo by Mark Rhodes
Dec 29, 2022

757 Angels will partner with VentureSouth

757 Angels, a Hampton Roads angel investment group that matches venture capitalists with local entrepreneurs, is partnering with VentureSouth, one of the largest angel investment networks in the United States. Effective in June, the partnership will provide more access to capital and investors to 757 Angels‘ 140 members. Established in 2015 and based in Greenville, […]

Nov 18, 2022

757 Angels to join VentureSouth network

757 Angels, a Hampton Roads angel investment group that matches venture capitalists with local entrepreneurs, is partnering with VentureSouth, one of the largest angel network groups in the United States, the group announced Friday. The partnership, effective June 2023, will provide more access to capital and investors to 757 Angels‘ 140 members. VentureSouth has about […]

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