Movers and makers are anywhere new ideas and creativity are flowing. And nowhere, these days, is there more flow than in the Greater Cincinnati startup community. Nonprofits play a huge role in inspiring, funding and guiding startup efforts – Cintrifuse, MORTAR, Main Street Ventures, among others – … [Read more...]
Cincy tourism company, chef top annual “Flight Night” pitch competition
Two women-led startups earned top prizes at Aviatra Accelerators’ perennial “Flight Night” pitch competition this month, earning cash prizes totaling $10,000 to support their businesses.Aclipse Campervans, founded in 2019 by friends Sofia Mimendi and Emily Bruns, placed first, receiving $6,000. … [Read more...]
Aviatra Accelerators to celebrate 10 years of success in empowering women entrepreneurs across region
Aviatra Accelerators, Inc. is devoted to supporting women-owned startups and small businesses and has been empowering female entrepreneurs across Ohio and Northern Kentucky at all stages of business for more than 10 years.Now, in celebration of its milestone anniversary, the organization will … [Read more...]
Launch Dayton kicks off entrepreneurship conference
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Launch Dayton Startup Week begins its entrepreneurship conference September 13 through 16.According to a release by Parallax and Launch Dayton, this free conference will include speakers and workshops from Dayton startup founders, business-building experts and resource … [Read more...]
Meet the 11 groups selected for new accelerator program seeking fresh ideas
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Aviatra Accelerators and Transform Cincy are among 11 local nonprofits chosen for a new accelerator program looking to fund unconventional ideas.Social Venture Partners Cincinnati, a local philanthropic group, selected the groups to participate in the inaugural … [Read more...]
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In Covington, your vision can become a reality. As our City turns 200, we're ripe we're ripe with opportunity. Alive and growing in a sustainable way, Covington is creating the perfect environment for start-ups, entrepreneurs, and established businesses to prosper in our creative spaces. Our … [Read more...]
Northern Kentucky accelerator expands with office at Ohio innovation hub
A Covington-headquartered accelerator group that focuses on women-owned startups officially unveiled its second brick-and-mortar location this week at a new Ohio innovation hub. Aviatra Accelerators, a nonprofit that offers business basics, mentor guidance and capital to fledgling businesses, … [Read more...]
Aviatra Accelerators opens its doors at Dayton Arcade
Aviatra Accelerators, a non-profit organization focused on helping women entrepreneurs, celebrated its downtown Dayton office Tuesday. The Covington, Ky.-based organization expanded to Dayton in March 2020, just as the pandemic sunk its claws into the economy. The new office will focus on … [Read more...]
Aviatra Spotlight: Mavis Linnemann-Clark
The pandemic has brought many unprecedented challenges for entrepreneurs and small business owners. We asked Aviatra alum, Mavis Linnemann-Clark, owner of The Delish Dish, Made by Mavis Artisan Jams, and Kickstart Kitchen, how she has managed and pivoted amid the COVID-19 pandemic. How has the … [Read more...]