Red Wing Ignite

Red Wing Ignite is a business accelerator for early stage businesses and hosts events to foster collaboration and innovation. Our esteemed board of directors, community advisory group, national and regional networks are eager to support entrepreneurs by offering advice, making connections, testing solutions and encouragement. We bring together like-minded entrepreneurs, investors and advisors within a collaborative ecosystem for the Red Wing community and 11 county area to share ideas, resources and expertise. Together, we promote local and regional economic development through new company creation, product validation and business expansion.

What Red Wing Ignite Offers the Ecosystem:

Our organizational model and goals are designed to address regional economic gaps faced by rural communities and tap market opportunities as defined by our stakeholders.

Partnerships and activities are geared to stimulate and guide entrepreneurial preparedness, coordinate and leverage resources, streamline and strengthen workforce pipeline, and enhance the overall competitiveness of rural communities in the SE region of Minnesota.

Red Wing Ignite’s Contributions to the Launch Grant:

• In-kind match of $92,125 and cash match of $20,000

• Co-working space

• Meeting space § Broadband network

• Zoom technology for virtual meeting/training

• Mentors § Tech Ambassadors

• US Ignite national network § Investor Network (Golden Triangle Angel Fund)

• Startup School in partnership with Great North Labs

• Makerspace

• Ignite Cup

• CoderDojo

• Internships and workforce development with area businesses

• Technology entrepreneur training § Network connections