2025 NC SBIR Showcase

Highlighting Success, Sharing Best Practices

September 19, 2025 | 1:00 PM to 5:30 PM | Hybrid

Location: In person at First Flight or via Zoom.

We will be announcing grant awards from NC Idea and Wells Fargo!

Thank you to our sponsor!

PROGRAM BACKGROUND

First Flight Venture Center, North Carolina’s premier science and technology incubator, is hosting a half-day celebration to highlight the achievements of NC companies in the non-dilutive funding arena through the US Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs - America’s largest seed fund.

First Flight has since 2018, implemented the SBA’s Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program and this 2024 SBIR Showcase is part of the FAST program designed to support a diverse portfolio of startups and small businesses across technology areas and markets to stimulate technological innovation. It will bring together members of the innovation ecosystem to focus on efforts to increase the number of competitive proposals and winning SBIR grants to advance the work of early stage, science-focused companies.