VIRAL Level(s): 5

Lighthouse Labs is a non-profit, mentor-driven startup acceleration program connecting promising founders with proven mentors, investors, support services, working space and lean startup education to move from idea to viable high growth venture in three months.

VIRAL Level(s): 1, 2, 3, 4

The Roanoke Blacksburg Regional Accelerator and Mentoring Program

VIRAL Level(s): 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Automotive Dealers struggle to accommodate online clients, challenged by the complexities of logistics and off-site document completion. Current processes discourage fully remote purchases in favor of the in-person transaction, but our services provide an all-inclusive suite of solutions: test drives, vehicle deliveries, guaranteed appraisals, and repair pick-ups and drop-offs all from the convenience of a customer's home via our proprietary app, pairing dealerships who want to supply remote services to customers with the vendors who can make it happen. While competition exists in this space, it is disadvantaged to our model where competitors employ brokerage-style tactics to dispatch a transportation solution (nothing more than the dealer calling a local tow truck to transport a vehicle). Instead, our solution centers around the at-home car purchase, and we proudly adhere to auto manufacturer and dealer standards at the buyer's preferred location. The SBD app's ease-of-use and transparency with built-in location tracking and secure document transfer in real-time allow both customers and dealers to have clear data and make decisions on the spot. Other transportation service firms have attempted to develop a similar model, but there persists a lack of consistent, customer-service oriented standards of practice, leading to the absence of trust. SBD will solidify local partnerships but ultimately scale to a nationwide network of vendors. Using our proprietary app, SBD will match dealerships with vendors to service customers who want to enjoy the car-buying experience at home, and every interaction will be guided by an in-person SBD employee. White-glove customer service and partnership satisfaction will always be at the heart of everything we do.

Sector(s): Other

VIRAL Level(s): 6

To increase the utilization of UAS service providers. ~80% of civil UAS operations are battery powered multi-rotor UAS. With these operations, service providers are acquiring only ~3.5 hr of data in an 8 hr work day. Their revenue is proportional to the number of acres imaged. By buying our technology, AAC offers the opportunity for the service providers to acquire up to 6 hrs of data in a 8 hr work day. Thus, lowering their cost per acre by 45%, which is a huge improvement for a services industry.

VIRAL Level(s): 4

VIRAL Level(s): 3

As part veteran co-founders for hire, part incubator, and part design agency, BLDR makes tech companies in as little as 16 weeks

Sector(s): Information and Communication Technologies, Artisanal, Education, Energy, Financial Services, Food, Health, Housing, Infrastructure/facilities development, Other, Retail, Supply Chain Services, Technical Assistance/Consulting, Tourism, Water

VIRAL Level(s): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

VIRAL Level(s): 3