Type LLC Key people Vic Ahmed (founder) | Headquarters Centennial, Colorado Website innovationpavilion.com | |
Founded Colorado, United States | ||
Innovation Pavilion is a business incubator founded by Vic Ahmed in Centennial, Colorado in 2011. The incubator describes itself as an ecosystem for entrepreneurs and is modeled after Plug and Play, a Silicon Valley startup incubator. The Pavilion houses member companies in technology, digital health, media, entertainment, marketing and finance, operating from a startup level to seasoned professionals. The incubator has also held several Youth Entrepreneur programs with the Denver Youth Entrepreneurship Network.
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The building itself, was purchased in 2013, in a strategic partnership between Innovation Pavilion and Northstar Commercial Partners, with plans to open more incubators. Northstar, a privately held commercial real estate firm, is headquartered in Denver.
The Innovation Pavilion hosts the monthly meetings for the Opportunity Coalition, a nonprofit organization focused on entrepreneurship in Colorado.
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As one of their funding mechanisms, Innovation Pavilion offers endorsements to startups on the peer-to-peer microlending platform, Kiva Zip.