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Launch Chapel Hill: a startup accelerator and community of innovators where we value and support all people to encourage innovative thinking, individual empowerment, community outreach, economic development, and impactful change that lifts us all.

We very gratefully rely on a vast network of founders, mentors, coaches, advisors, partners, alumni, supporters and community members. Please look around this site, reach out to us, and consider stopping by 306 West Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, NC

Launch Chapel Hill, an international award-winning startup accelerator and co-working space founded in 2013, owes our existence to the incredible generosity of, and amazing partnership among, the Town of Chapel Hill, and the University of North Carolina

In ten years, Launch companies have generated more than $105 million in revenue and raised $63 million in total funding. Our alumni ventures employ at least 802 people, including 684 in North Carolina and 435 in Orange County.

  • 197 Ventures

    Have come through the Launch Chapel Hill accelerators since 2013

  • 4,105 People

    Work at Launch Chapel Hill alumni companies in 2023

  • $91.1 million

    Investment in Launch Chapel Hill alumni companies (since 2013)

  • $99.3 million

    Revenue generated by Launch Chapel Hill alumni companies in 2023