Testing startup earns $20M loan to invest in expansion
In 2020, Gravity Diagnostics went from testing 20 COVID-19 samples a day to more than 20,000.
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Despite the pandemic, new companies, new jobs, and new investment were created in 2020
Twenty-seven companies either expanded or relocated to Northern Kentucky in 2020, exceeding the goal of Northern Kentucky Tri-ED, the primary economic development organization for Boone, Kenton, and Campbell counties.
Financial services firm plans to move 100 employees to the Covington riverfront and expand
The new office space will be home to about 100 employees initially, and the company says it has plans to double that over time.
With a 100-year history here, DAV designs a new headquarters in Northern Kentucky
DAV expects to move about 175 employees into a new headquarters under construction in Erlanger by the summer of 2021.
Locally grown IT firm expands and adds jobs
The project will consolidate the company's operations from three facilities in Boone and Kenton counties.
The pandemic jumpstarted innovations in telemedicine
As heartbreaking as the COVID-19 pandemic has been, the virus brought about an innovation in health care that might not have occurred otherwise.
Women entrepreneurs compete in virtual pitch night
The event was a competition for women business founders who have completed Aviatra Acclerators' nine-week entrepreneurship program.
Lightship Capital invests the largest venture capital fund in the Midwest for minority-led startups
The company has closed nearly $48 million for a $50 million fund for underrepresented groups seeking investment money.
Can Florence’s economic development efforts survive the pandemic? Y’all better believe it
Despite restaurant, movie theater, salon, and retail shop closings last spring, the city of Florence has kept its focus on long-term and big-ticket economic development, with the most promising being Churchill Downs’ commitment to renovate Turfway Park.
Health innovation accelerator SoCap Accelerate names its inaugural class of startups
SoCap based its selections on the strength of the team, product readiness, and willingness to buy into the region, among other factors.
Despite the pandemic, new companies, new jobs, and new investment were created in 2020
Twenty-seven companies either expanded or relocated to Northern Kentucky in 2020, exceeding the goal of Northern Kentucky Tri-ED, the primary economic development organization for Boone, Kenton, and Campbell counties.
Financial services firm plans to move 100 employees to the Covington riverfront and expand
The new office space will be home to about 100 employees initially, and the company says it has plans to double that over time.
With a 100-year history here, DAV designs a new headquarters in Northern Kentucky
DAV expects to move about 175 employees into a new headquarters under construction in Erlanger by the summer of 2021.
Locally grown IT firm expands and adds jobs
The project will consolidate the company's operations from three facilities in Boone and Kenton counties.
The pandemic jumpstarted innovations in telemedicine
As heartbreaking as the COVID-19 pandemic has been, the virus brought about an innovation in health care that might not have occurred otherwise.
Women entrepreneurs compete in virtual pitch night
The event was a competition for women business founders who have completed Aviatra Acclerators' nine-week entrepreneurship program.
Lightship Capital invests the largest venture capital fund in the Midwest for minority-led startups
The company has closed nearly $48 million for a $50 million fund for underrepresented groups seeking investment money.
Can Florence’s economic development efforts survive the pandemic? Y’all better believe it
Despite restaurant, movie theater, salon, and retail shop closings last spring, the city of Florence has kept its focus on long-term and big-ticket economic development, with the most promising being Churchill Downs’ commitment to renovate Turfway Park.
Health innovation accelerator SoCap Accelerate names its inaugural class of startups
SoCap based its selections on the strength of the team, product readiness, and willingness to buy into the region, among other factors.
