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  • The Virginia Biotechnology Research Partnership Authority (VBRPA) was established in 1993 as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia to disseminate scientific and technological research and development knowledge among public and private entities.
  • Activation Capital is the non-profit, 501(c)3 arm of the VBRPA.
  • Activation Capital manages Bio+Tech Center, located within the 34-acre VA Bio+Tech Park located in downtown Richmond, Virginia.
  • Bio+Tech Center features shared labs, private office space, and meeting/conference space.
  • Activation Capital is on a mission to grow Central Virginia’s community of advanced biotech entrepreneurs and empower them to solve the world’s toughest problems.

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Companies
Supported
483 +
People Employed by Companies
3112
Funding Raised by Companies
$ 50.9 M
Minority, Veteran, or
Female-Led Companies
43 %

Press Releases

Alliance for Building Better Medicine Earns NSF Engines Development Award by the U.S. National Science Foundation

March 6, 2024

The U.S. National Science Foundation has announced that the public and private sector stakeholders in the Richmond-Petersburg region, working together as the Alliance for Building Better Medicine, will receive one of the first-ever NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) Development Awards (Type 2) including $1M in funding. NSF Engines represent one of the single largest broad investments in place-based research

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