Hangar6 /
First Flight Venture Center
Profile
Mission
To propel early-stage science companies through the delivery of comprehensive resources, and to empower innovators to transform good ideas into great successes.
Vision
To be a global center of excellence empowering science innovators to impact positive change.
Values
Entrepreneurship: We live the ethos of Entrepreneurship by bringing value to all we encounter.
Integrity: We will be genuine; we will be honest; we will live our values.
Collaboration: At First Flight we don’t walk alone and neither will you.
Inclusion: We believe access to resources for ALL science innovators must be reflected in all our actions.
First Flight Venture Center™ (FFVC) is a non-profit science-based technology innovation hub and well-known as a business incubator that focuses on supporting early-stage science and technology startups. Since 1991, we have supported the development and growth of high science, high impact entrepreneurial companies by providing the tailored resources, guidance, connections and support required for sustained commercial success.
Through our Hangar6 offerings, First Flight aims to support entrepreneurs and startups who are developing high-science, high-impact, high-technology prototypes in their path to commercialization through the development and fabrication of mechanical and electronic devices.
Hangar6 / First Flight Venture Center program, is the Research Triangle region’s premier prototyping and design assistance space for technology-based companies. First Flight enables designing, building and modeling product prototypes using tools, such as 3D scanners, CO2 lasers, metal fiber lasers, CNC mill, 3D printers and more.
Krista Covey
CEO and President
Andrea Conner
Ecosystem Development Director
Emil Runge
Director of Programs, DRIVE Initiative
Ben Provan
Director of Hangar6
Darlene Bascombe
Office Manager
James Wagner
Accounting Manager
Kathy Morris
Controller
Danielle Galmore
Program Facilitator
Colleen Lozano
Marketing
Anne Schwab
Administration Support
Ashley Davis
Program Manager
Jak Kesselring
Program Manager
Phone
919.990.8558
What Customers are Saying
“Moving into First Flight was one of the best decisions I made when we started NALA. Being there was formative to who we are as a company. NALA Membranes was a resident at FFVC for four years and very early on we became part of the First Flight Family. Over that time NALA grew from an idea funded by NSF to an emerging CleanTech company supported by Venture Capital. We took advantage of First Flight programming and support opportunities that helped us build contacts, camaraderie, and experience that we needed. First Flight isn’t fancy but it’s functional, educational, and feels like home.”
— Sue Mecham, CEO, NALA Membranes