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Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange (eiX) Interest Form

Register your interest in supporting eiX as a coach or Mentor, or participating as an existing startup in the upcoming Accelerator.

The Entrepreneurship & Innovation Exchange (eiX) venture studio is a new initiative of SC NEXUS designed to launch cutting-edge startups around advanced energy technologies in South Carolina. eiX is sponsored by the SC Department of Commerce in partnership with SCRA, led by NextGEN and powered by FedTech.

The program sources innovative intellectual property from universities and national labs, then matches each technology with entrepreneurs to build spinout companies around it. Over the course of the program, teams work through customer discovery and market validation, with access to expert mentors, industry partners, and SC Nexus’ testbed infrastructure.

Focus areas include:
- Grid resilience technologies
- Advanced energy generation, transmission, distribution and storage
- Cybersecurity for energy infrastructure
- Grid modernization tools