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Let your business reach greater heights with the Naples Accelerator

 

 

Naples' top business hub for stellar entrepreneurial results

 Southwest Florida's No. 1 business accelerator. A joint government and non-profit community of entrepreneurs, inventors, investors, pioneers, students and technologists. 

 


 Together
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.
            Henry Ford

 

The Naples Accelerator, located at 3510 Kraft Road, Suite 200, off Pine Ridge Road, is a public-private partnership between Collier County's Office of Business & Economic Development and non-profit Economic Incubators Inc. It's Southwest Florida's top business accelerator. Since it opened, it's assisted 88 companies and brought in more than $12.2 million in venture and capital investment. 

The 10,000-square-foot business accelerator provides companies with offices, conference rooms, networking, mentoring and training to grow their startups and small businesses and brings businesses closer to sources of funding by offering its own venture funding angels, the Adrenaline Venture Fund and Fusion Pointe, a member that's an offshoot of the successful JumpStart program in Cleveland.

Our businesses have received mentorship from industry leaders, pitched to numerous well-connected, successful CEOs and entrepreneurs and have gained access to numerous investors and sales leads. Our 35 current tenants are local and global, coming from as far away as Finland, Norway, Hungary, Slovakia, Britain, Germany, France and the Ukraine to get their start in the Southwest Florida area.

 

Training and mentorship:

Our members receive training from a variety of leaders in technology, business and public administration. We're partners with Naples SCORE, the Small Business Development Center at Florida Gulf Coast University, and Fusion Pointe, a group of entrepreneur mentors and investors started by a co-founder of Cleveland's successful JumpStart program, which is its partner.

 

Network and publicity:

Our clients gain access to an extensive network of entrepreneurs, developers and planners, including recurring opportunities to present and participate in various Southwest Florida events, conferences and symposia.

 

Accelerate your business:

Throughout the process involving the six steps described on The Naples Accelerator Certification page, our members have access to:

  • SBDC/SCORE representatives

  • global support specialists

  • business plan specialists

  • client support specialists

  • web architecture specialists

  • social media advisors

  • The Adrenaline Venture Fund, the accelerator's group of angel investors

Options:

  • Single or shared hard-walled and furnished offices
  • Half-offices and double-offices
  • Open-desk work spaces
  • Modern cubicles
  • Sit-stand desks
  • Virtual and co-working memberships

 

Members Enjoy:

  • Large executive conference rooms with high-quality teleconferencing and A/V equipment
  • Shared kitchen, free snacks, coffee and water, depending on membership levels
  • Private conference rooms
  • Copy machine, break-room, ping-pong
  • Large meeting, event space with large A/V screen
  • Free onsite parking
  • Networking opportunities, including monthly workshops, twice monthly brownbag Lunch & Learns
  • A prestigious Naples office address
  • General research and social media/marketing/website guidance
  • Consultations with SBDC and SCORE

 

Need more information?

Learn more about our options and pricing. Contact us for more information, a tour or to talk: info@naplesaccelerator.com 239-249-5911, or call toll free, 855-949-5911

You can fill out an application here.

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