NEXT Innovation Center raised more than $50 million in brand-new capital expense in 2019 – UPSTATE COMPANY JOURNAL

Greenville’s entrepreneurial advancement program NEXT raised just under $50.4 million in capital expense in 2019, bringing the overall capital raised since the program’s starting to more than $296 million.

The info was exposed Thursday, May 14, in NEXT’s Annual Impact Report, collaborated in collaboration with Furman University.

“We’re actually thrilled how it ended up,” said Christy Ashkettle, director of communication and culture with NEXT.

The report also kept in mind 204 brand-new jobs were developed last year, raising the overall number of full-time workers under the NEXT umbrella to 1,458.

Here are the essential takeaways from the impact report:

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