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Meet RAMP mentor and Pareto Insight Founder Tom England! 🌟

Tom has been a key part of the regional innovation community for years, bringing 40 years of business experience to the startups he mentors. His focus is Voice of Customer research and he has helped RAMP founders with VOC, engineering, design and general marketing. Now he is also launching Coffee Catalysts, a new venture centered on connecting with and coaching people on their journeys. ☕️

Read the full Mentor Spotlight → https://ramprb.com/tom-england-mentor-spotlight/

What a night at The Highlander Hotel! 🎉

A huge congratulations to the Spring 2026 RAMP Cohort for taking the stage and delivering their pitches:

💡 AdaptivXR
💡 Helix Hydrogen, Inc.
💡 Randao.net
💡 S1P Therapeutics
💡 Vectorial Corporation

Thank you to everyone who came out to Radford to support these founders. Here's to the Spring 2026 RAMP alumni and we can't wait to see what you build next!

Last chance to register for RAMP Spring Demo Day! 🚀

Join us this Thursday at The Highlander Hotel in Radford for an evening of live pitches, networking and celebration. The Spring 2026 Cohort will take the stage to share what they have been building:

💡 AdaptivXR
💡 Helix Hydrogen, Inc.
💡 Randao.net
💡 S1P Therapeutics
💡 Vectorial Corporation

Doors open at 5:00 PM and programming begins at 5:30 PM with a reception to follow. Don't miss it!

Register now → https://member.rbtc.tech/events/ramp-spring-demo-day-2026/

RAMP Spring Demo Day is next week! 🎉

Five startups. One stage. Join us June 4 at The Highlander Hotel in Radford to hear the Spring 2026 Cohort pitch live. Doors open at 5:00 PM with a reception to follow.

Register now → https://member.rbtc.tech/events/ramp-spring-demo-day-2026/

RAMP Spring Demo Day is coming up! 🚀

On June 4 at The Highlander Hotel in Radford, five innovative startups will take the stage to share their pitches live. From gene therapy and clean hydrogen to extended reality software, this Spring 2026 Cohort is tackling big problems across multiple industries. Doors open at 5:00 PM with programming starting at 5:30 PM and a reception to follow.

Register now → https://member.rbtc.tech/events/ramp-spring-demo-day-2026/

Meet the RAMP alumni making waves in AgTech! 🌱

Toni Sperry co-founded Pod Farms, a startup specializing in vertical hydroponic growing systems for controlled environment agriculture. In the past year, they earned the VIPC Launch Grant, made their trade show debut at Indoor Ag-Con in Las Vegas and were featured in the CEAg World Industry Report. Now they're heading into the RIoT Accelerator Program and preparing to launch a pre-seed round this spring.

Read the full Alumni Update → https://ramprb.com/alumni-update-toni-sperry-of-pod-farms/

Every RAMP Cohort culminates in Demo Day, where our community comes together to hear pitches from the founders and celebrate their graduation from the program. Join us on June 4 to support the five incredible companies of our Spring 2026 Cohort and send them off to find success.

RSVP here 👉 https://member.rbtc.tech/events/ramp-spring-demo-day-2026/

This year held a major milestone for RAMP alumni company Code One Training Solutions: the opening of their 100th location. 🎉

Read all about Code One, their journey, and what this achievement means to them here 👉 https://ramprb.com/ramp-alumni-code-one-opens-100th-location/

The Spring 2026 On RAMP Cohort has officially kicked off! This group will spend 4 weeks learning about entrepreneurship and business strategy while making critical connections. This year’s founders include:

💡 John Dorlini - Founder of BuildSpecs AI, a platform focused on helping homeowners and contractors clearly understand their contracts and project scopes.

💡 Carlos L Chacon Jr. - Founder of Kovoco, a software platform that helps companies monitor and manage how their data is used.

💡 Maxell Collignon & Cullen Danilowicz - Founders of Narro Trucks, a company developing fully electric low-speed vehicles for commercial, industrial, and agricultural use.

💡 Sheri Bender - Founder of PulseHR Check, a SaaS compliance tool that swiftly assesses HR and regulatory requirements for companies based on multiple factors.

💡 C**t Taylor - Founder of Struxon, a construction tech platform that helps crews be more efficient and effective on the job site.

💡 Chris Conte, Colby Stakun-Pickering and Grace Hurst - Founders of Centso Investing, a values-based investing platforms that connects investors to causes and industries that they care about.

Please help us wish the Cohort well as they move through their pre-accelerator journey. 👏

Newsletter: Demo Day is Coming! — https://mailchi.mp/ramprb/spring-cohort-9319794