Company type | LLC |
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Founded | Colorado, United States |
Defunct | 2018 |
Headquarters | |
Key people | Vic Ahmed (founder) |
Innovation Pavilion is a business incubator founded by Vic Ahmed in Centennial, Colorado in 2011. [1] The incubator describes itself as an ecosystem for entrepreneurs and is modeled after Plug and Play, a Silicon Valley startup incubator. [2] The Pavilion houses member companies in technology, digital health, media, entertainment, marketing and finance, operating from a startup level to seasoned professionals. The incubator has also held several Youth Entrepreneur programs with the Denver Youth Entrepreneurship Network. [3]
The building itself, was purchased in 2013, in a strategic partnership between Innovation Pavilion and Northstar Commercial Partners, with plans to open more incubators. Northstar, a privately held commercial real estate firm, is headquartered in Denver. [4] [5]
The Innovation Pavilion hosts the monthly meetings for the Opportunity Coalition, a nonprofit organization focused on entrepreneurship in Colorado. [6]
The Innovation Pavilion space has been listed for lease amidst allegations of sexual assault [7] of founder Vic Ahmed. [8]
On November 13, 2019, Thrive Workplace announced they would be opening their fourth location in the former space that was once home to Innovation Pavilion. [9]
As one of their funding mechanisms, Innovation Pavilion offers endorsements to startups on the peer-to-peer microlending platform, Kiva Zip. [10]