RISE Accepting Applications As Part Of $1.5 Million 2021 Coastal Community Resilience Challenge

Press release from the City of Norfolk:

Posted on: December 21, 2020

RISE is launching the next $1.5M RISE Coastal Community Resilience Challenge, focused on developing innovative, scalable solutions that help coastal communities adapt to flooding and sea level rise. We're looking for small businesses or startups with creative resilience solutions in need of funding for pilots & growth to apply and join our growing community of entrepreneurs.

Challenge Topics

• Flood Management & Infrastructure
• Data Analytics
• Protection of Buildings
• Re-Establishing Critical Utilities

We Offer

Up to $350,000 in non-equity funding, business acceleration, pilot sites and other support from our Resilience Innovation Hub & Testbed in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

APPLY TODAY

Want more information?

Be sure to sign up for an information sessions, starting in January.Learn more about RISE, including past winners, on our website. You can also email questions to katerinaoskarsson@riseresilience.org.

RISE accelerates innovation and business growth around solutions to coastal resilience challenges in the living laboratory of Hampton Roads, Virginia. Since 2018, we have deployed more than $4 million in financial support and services to 27 businesses developing new, scalable solutions that help coastal communities adapt to flooding and sea level rise.

This press release was produced by the City of Norfolk. The views expressed here are the author’s own.