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PORTFOLIO COMPANY APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Accelerator portfolio firms are scalable, SEDI-owned business enterprises with high-growth potential. Qualifications for inclusion include, but are not limited to the following:
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No minimum revenue requirement.
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Business plan or defined growth strategy that indicates strong potential for accelerated growth in 2-5 years.
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Doing or intending to do business in the State of Nevada.
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Desire to receive guidance and training to scale the business.
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Business model includes participation in industries aligned with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Industries would have a close nexus to infrastructure; construction; power infrastructure; climate related technologies or services; transportation; high-speed internet access; drinking and wastewater; water storage, efficiency and recycling; food security; affordable housing and ancillary services that serve these industries.
EXPECTATIONS OF PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
The Accelerator provides accepted companies with business development services. Our goal is to help business owners achieve their highest potential. To make the greatest impact, portfolio companies and business owners should understand some of the expectations:
The business owner will work closely with the Accelerator to develop a business strategy that defines where your business will play and how it will successfully execute its strategy.
The business owner has a willingness to confidentially share financials, strategy, processes, and other key company data.
The business must strategically align with the Accelerator’s four-year goal of creating an additional 1,000 new jobs and $50 million in aggregate annual sales among our portfolio companies.
AS A PORTFOLIO COMPANY
REQUIREMENTS
Once you are a portfolio company, you will be assigned an advisor that will support you with any and all of your growth needs, which might include:
SUCCESS STORIES
As part of the “Silver State Capital Readiness” campaign, The Accelerator partnered to share stories of eleven high-potential minority businesses in Nevada that it has been able to support during the years
HERE IS A LIST OF FEATURED BUSINESSES:
Validity Construction
is a Las Vegas based general contractor. The core tenet is to provide clients with the highest quality products at the most economical cost possible.
Nationwide Outdoor Advertising
is a minority owned business with over 3 decades of experience in the fabrication, manufacturing, and delivery of signage nationwide and in Canada.
G3 Commercial & Construction Electrical
is a full-service electrical contract company operating in the Las Vegas Valley.
KME Architect
is a full service architectural firm with offices in Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Guam. KME Architects proven processes in architectural and interior design as well as in construction administration.
Empire Painting & Drywall
provides a wide range of services to meet all your Painting and Drywall needs.
KME Architect
is a full service architectural firm with offices in Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Guam. KME Architects proven processes in architectural and interior design as well as in construction administration.
Empire Painting & Drywall
provides a wide range of services to meet all your Painting and Drywall needs.
The Nevada Capital Readiness Program is an economic development initiative borne from the joint efforts of the member organizations of the Silver State Nevada Capital Readiness Consortium. Our mission is to increase economic inclusion and empowerment in the Nevada region by providing customized analysis, resources, and funding to accelerate the growth of scalable socially and economically disadvantaged (SEDI)-owned businesses. Our focus is on serving scalable, underserved SEDI-owned businesses in partnership with targeted regional and national stakeholders aligned around the shared mission of accelerating business development.
Silver State Consortium
Capacity Building
Access to Capital
Access to Networks