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"While the national media has obsessed over unicorns and billion-dollar valuations such as Uber and Airbnb, Virginia’s venture capital landscape has been quietly evolving in significant ways with the rise of regionally focused and civic-minded angel investor groups such as NRV, 757 Angels in Hampton...

The Charlottesville area has been the country’s fastest-growing market for venture capital investment since 2010, according to a national report. The number of companies receiving venture capital funding, according to a report from the National Venture Capital Association, increased roughly 55 percent annually from 2010 to...

The University of Virginia’s hometown has long been a hub of innovation, but in the last five years Charlottesville has exploded with entrepreneurial growth. The National Venture Capital Association recently ranked Charlottesville as the fastest-growing venture capital ecosystem in the United States. Between 2010 and 2015,...