First Flight Venture Center is an accelerator. Based in Durham, North Carolina, United States. The known portfolio counts 9 companies, including Phase, Jurata Thin Film, QATCH Technologies, AVECRIS, Akanocure Pharmaceuticals and AthemBio.
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Investment focus
- Sector
- HardwareHealthcare
- Focus
- BiotechDeepTechDiagnosticsDrug DiscoveryLab IncubatorMedTechPharma
Who to pitch at First Flight Venture Center
First Flight Venture Center portfolio companies (9)
- Phase
- Jurata Thin Film
- QATCH Technologies
- AVECRIS
- Akanocure Pharmaceuticals
- AthemBio
- PrecNA
- QUANTiSCOPE
- Regennova
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About First Flight Venture Center
The firm's listing covers sectors Hardware and Healthcare, and focus areas Biotech, DeepTech, Diagnostics and Drug Discovery; known deals cluster at Pre-Seed and Seed.
Krista Covey (CEO / President) is listed as the contact to pitch at First Flight Venture Center.
Across the known portfolio, 8 co-investors appear alongside First Flight Venture Center, including North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Colombus Capital - The Infinite Trust and WI Harper Group.
Frequently asked questions
What is First Flight Venture Center?
First Flight Venture Center is an accelerator based in Durham, North Carolina, United States, with a known portfolio of 9 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does First Flight Venture Center invest in?
Listed sectors include Hardware and Healthcare; listed focus areas include Biotech, DeepTech, Diagnostics and Drug Discovery. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does First Flight Venture Center invest at?
The known deals of First Flight Venture Center include Pre-Seed and Seed rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at First Flight Venture Center?
One person at First Flight Venture Center is on file, listed as a contact for the firm, with their own profile page.
How do I contact First Flight Venture Center?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The one person attached to the firm has their own page, which shows whether an address is on file for them.
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