The
Business Venture Acceleration Network (B-VAN)
At GIRVAN, our primary mission is to enable the development of exciting new products
based on cutting edge technologies by supporting the inventor and/or
champion of the idea and all the organizations and people that can contribute to the
execution of the same.
The Girvan Business Venture Acceleration Network (B-VAN) is a physical and virtual
small business accelerator, with its operational center at Girvan headquarters in the
heart of Silicon Valley. The B-VAN provides support services and business assistance to start-up
companies to grow and become robust high technology
businesses. This program uses a "technology pull" approach, leveraging the
technological output of the nations research labs and the innovative ideas from
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and pairs them with appropriate markets in Fortune 1000
companies and federal agencies such as NASA,
the Department of Defense, the US Air Force, and the Department of Energy,
and R&D organizations such as the Aerospace Corporation, the Jefferson Laboratory,
and the California NanoSystems Institute.
The accelerator helps private enterprises "source innovation"from such organizations and then
provides access to a "know-how" network of business experts in marketing, sales,
high tech management and operations, financing and patent and corporate law. The
B-VAN also offers low cost office space at Girvan headquarters in Silicon Valley and
access to equipment, labs and other special
purpose facilities located in the region. B-VAN companies are provided support in business
planning, market development, intellectual property protection, patent filings and a
host of other start-up services.
In addition to the services afforded our affiliates, GIRVAN’s B-VAN Affiliates
also receive:
