The Blue Ridge Entrepreneurial Council

About

The Blue Ridge Entrepreneurial Council, or BREC, is a nurturing organization for entrepreneurs in western North Carolina that focuses on education, networking and mentoring, communications and capital formation. BREC has helped local businesses raise capital, brought private equity investors to western North Carolina to evaluate businesses, hosted venture capital conferences in Asheville, and recruited businesses with high-growth potential to the region. See Services to learn more about BREC’s services and the entrepreneurial support provided by the Western North Carolina Center for Technology Commercialization. BREC is a program of the AdvantageWest Economic Development Group, Western North Carolina’s regional economic development commission. Another AdvantageWest initiative is the Blue Ridge Angel Investor Network, or BRAIN. Currently $5 million is being raised for BRAIN Fund I, which will be used to invest in local businesses that have exit strategies for investment return. During

Investment Focus

Location

Fletcher, US