Innovation and Coworking Hubs

Join us to hear from innovation hubs that support business growth and development across Vermont. These hubs are engines for innovation, community-building, and economic development in their regions. Learn about the services they provide to founders and entrepreneurs, from mentoring to investment support and accelerator programs designed to launch businesses to the next level! 

Hula 

Inspiring dreamers to become doers from our 14-acre lakeside innovation hub designed for builders in Burlington’s South End Innovation District. Click here to connect, collaborate, and join our vibrant community! 

Black River Innovation Campus

Black River Innovation Campus (BRIC) is an innovation space based in Springfield, Vermont providing STEAM education, start-up support, and coworking for community members. BRIC's mission is to activate thriving communities through STEAM education, startup incubation and acceleration, and collaborative initiatives. Learn more here! 

Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies

Since 2005, Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET) has worked with entrepreneurs helping to crystallize concepts, assemble teams, craft business models, secure resources and locate early customers. Based in Burlington, VCET offers actionable advantages to entrepreneurs through people, platform, and capital. Learn more about our offerings here. 

Do North Coworking 

Do North Coworking is a place for connection and collaboration in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. We serve those who need a place to work, seek connection with others, and launch a business, out of a coworking space in Lyndonville in partnership with the Northeastern Vermont Development Association. 

The Hub CoWorks

The Hub CoWorks, located in the heart of historic downtown Rutland, VT, offers day passes, monthly and annual memberships, dedicated desks, artist studios, and private offices across its 24,000-square-foot space. Five conference rooms are available for hourly rental, accommodating up to 75 people. Additional amenities include shared areas, private telecom rooms, a podcast studio, and a self-serve café. A public-private partnership between the Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region and MKF Properties, The Hub CoWorks strives to provide programming and opportunities that support entrepreneurs, startups, local businesses and remote workers throughout Southern Vermont.

Organized by Summer Colley

Student Entrepreneurship Part 2

Organized by Mollie Davis

SBIR/STTR

Organized by Tina Thornton

Student Entrepreneurship Part 1

September 12, starting at 9am, join us for this special hybrid EForum focusing on student entrepreneurial actives across campus. Hear from the Academic Research Commercialization program, Entrepreneurship Club, Catamount Innovation Fund, Woman in Business and Entrepreneurship at Hillel! This EForum will be held in Leahy 129 and hosted on Microsoft Teams. 

Join The Conversation

Organized by Mollie Davis

Innovations in Housing

Friday October 10th, 9AM – 10:30AM | UVM Jeffords Hall, Room 112

Vermont is in the midst of a housing crisis—rising costs, limited availability and accessibility, sustainability concerns, and inadequate wastewater infrastructure all stand in the way of progress. But there are solutions. Join us at UVM for a discussion with entrepreneurs and companies innovating in the housing sector, and learn how investing in innovation can help shape a more affordable, accessible, and sustainable future for Vermont. 

View slides from the presentations here:

E-forum Innovations in Housing 10.10.2025.pdf

Presenters:

• Brightwater Tools
• WheelPad L3C
• Up End This
• M&S Development LLC
• New Frameworks 

Organized by Summer Colley

Tech Jam

Once again, the EForum team will be showcasing Seven Days’ fabulous Tech Jam.  Our friendly spies will find interesting local tech startups at Tech Jam and we’ll invite them to present in the November program. Thank you to our Seven Days partner Cathy Resmer and the Tech Jam team for the fourth installment of this fun EForum!

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Organized by Dan Harvey

Investor Network

Join the Eforum on Friday, February 13th, at 9 AM for a conversation with investors and funds from across the state. Hear from these funds about what they look for in investments, goals for the funds, and about Vermont companies that have received investments. 

Vermont Seed Capital - VCET: VCET makes early-stage investments into Vermont-based teams and companies. Our aim each year is to make a few select investments into undeniable founders who are offering a specific insight within inevitable markets.

Red Clover Venture Partners: "Seeding the next generation of female founders." Red Clover Venture Partners is an impact fund focused on investing in women-founded and women-led businesses. 

Green Mountain Accelerator Fund - Center on Rural Innovation: The Green Mountain Accelerator Fund, created by the Center on Rural Innovation in partnership with the Vermont Economic Development Authority, supports scalable entrepreneurship and tech job creation in rural Vermont by investing in early-stage tech startups. This capital fund only invests in Vermont startups that operate outside of Chittenden County, and is currently seeking opportunities to support scalable tech startups that meet the investment criteria.

Flexible Capital Fund, L3C: The Flexible Capital Fund (Flex Fund) is an impact fund providing patient risk capital in the form of revenue-based financing to growing New England-based companies in the food, forestry and clean technology sectors. Revenue based financing (RBF) is repaid based on a company's revenue stream instead of selling ownership. RBF allows for flexible repayment that adjusts to a growth company’s actual revenue, and offers a “natural” way to exit the deal.

Organized by Dan Harvey and Summer Colley