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Hatch Innovation Hub
Hatch empowers WNC founders committed to building impactful, scalable companies.
Entrepreneurship is tough going, but if you’re headquartered in WNC, you don’t have to go it alone.
We have everything your business needs to hatch, grow, and scale under one physical and virtual roof: affordable space, world-class mentorship, targeted business development programs, access to capital, and a supportive community of founders.
Entrepreneurship is tough going, but if you’re headquartered in WNC, you don’t have to go it alone.
We have everything your business needs to hatch, grow, and scale under one physical and virtual roof: affordable space, world-class mentorship, targeted business development programs, access to capital, and a supportive community of founders.
So whether you want to get your idea off the ground or get your venture to the next level, we’ve got your back at Hatch Innovation Hub.
We have what high growth businesses need to succeed:
People
Our inclusive community of founders, funders, and mentors is rooted in a culture of teamwork. Though each member has a unique aim, all aim to achieve their goals together.
Programming
Together, Hatch and its partners offer dozens of world-class business development programs that support founders at every stage of growth, from ideation to expansion.
Partnerships
Hatch Innovation Hub is a team of WNC entrepreneur support organizations that have partnered to centralize the resources they offer our region’s founders.
We’re here to flip the script on entrepreneurship.
Our goal is to help our region’s residents secure economic freedom, create generational wealth, and achieve personal fulfillment by empowering WNC entrepreneurs to build successful, sustainable businesses.
Our Support Works
In just 5 years, 2 Innovation Hub partners, Hatch and Venture Asheville, have worked together to help founders:
Generate
$105
million in combined revenue.
Create
406
jobs with an average salary 1.5X the Buncombe county average.
Raise
$25
million in capital investments.
This output will only go up from here as more partners have joined and will continue to join the hub.
What’s New at Hatch
From Idea to Minimum Viable Product
Structured mentorship and strategy are helping Western North Carolina students turn ideas into real ventures through the EIR program.
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