Hampton Roads’ innovation and startup community continues to flourish.
In late June, 757 Startup Studios added 23 early-stage entrepreneurs to its ever-growing roster. Since its launching in May 2021, more than 100 startups have participated in the nonprofit incubator program aimed at diminishing difficulties for participants’ business growth.
Each of the startups will work within the Assembly building in downtown Norfolk for the next six months. In addition to free rent, amenities include customized programming, mentors, access to experts, self-paced learning modules and workshops.
Paul Nolde, 757 Collab managing director, said in a news release that 757 Startup Studios continues to evolve its model to better serve the needs of high-growth entrepreneurs across all industries in the high-tech space.
The newest cohort includes the following startups:
- Arros Ventures: a bookkeeping and accounting business driven by artificial intelligence automation, personalized financial advice and real-time insights
- assemblageCO: software as a service company focused on bringing to light the architectural, engineering and construction sectors
- Audytion: an all-inclusive service for musicians to book gigs
- Best Date Ever: weekly ideas to help keep your romance alive
- Black Boy Joy Fest: fosters healing and wellness for men of color
- Boomchuck: provides legal, affordable and user-friendly song sheets to musicians and teachers
- Brace Face: a portal for dental providers to use for patient care and resources
- Doctor Doprah: cannabis education and consulting services for seniors
- Dora Breaux Photography: a multimedia studio focused on camera product production and education primarily to underrepresented groups
- Elevated Pursuit: software as a service company that taps into outdoor experiences
- Fitsmalife: for women of all shapes and sizes looking to achieve their health and fitness goals
- FLICC: a two-way mobile app used to connect users to photographers
- Free Life LLC: a social recovery platform offering peer support, education and community engagement
- Gingerhale’s: locally made ginger lemonade
- Kilsar Inc.: an augmented reality and machine-learning solution
- Lilley Brothers Canna Co.: provides a CBD-based product for pets
- Love You Too LLC: self-care and self-discovery for women going through changes in their lives
- NeoSoulYoga: provides yoga and wellness retreats, classes and events for women of color
- Oceanty LLC: a mobile gaming company with simple and character-driven games
- PicBNB: an on-demand photography app to link clients with professional photographers
- Radiant Living Institute: helps guide women to live radiantly again after experiencing major life changes
- VroomBrick: a money-saving tool to facilitate the homebuying and selling process
- Washington’s Hammer: a tech company aimed to advance the tools and techniques used by the ship repair industry
