Geekdom, eBridge Center launch Startup Bootcamp in Brownsville

  SAN ANTONIO and BROWNSVILLE, Feb. 23, 2023 – The eBridge Center for Business & Commercialization will host a Startup Bootcamp in partnership with Geekdom, San Antonio’s premier collaborative startup community. The free, three-day workshop will take place from March 31 to April 2 at the newly opened facility in downtown Brownsville, 1304 East Adams […]

eBridge Center Grand Opening Celebration

BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – The Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation has announced the official Grand Opening of the eBridge Center for Business & Commercialization, scheduled for Thursday, March 9th beginning at 3:00 PM, sponsored by PNC Bank. The Center is the culmination of over 3 years of design and construction efforts in partnership between the Brownsville Community […]

The Ebridge Center for Business & Commercialization Receives Award at 2022’s IEDC Annual Conference

BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS- The Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC) was recognized for its eBridge Center for Business and Commercialization project during the 2022 International Economic Development Council’s annual conference in Oklahoma City in September. BCIC and their partner, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Center, received a Bronze Award in the […]

BCIC Now Accepting Applications for Third Annual StartUp Texas Ideation Pitch Summit

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – The third annual “StartUp Texas Pitch Summit,” hosted by the Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation, is now open and accepting applications. The event will be the first ever in-person version since the program began in March of 2020. The Startup Texas Pitch Summit, a live event where early-stage companies pitch their product/service to […]

U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Makes Historic Visit to Brownsville and Tours Construction of Future eBridge Center

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Alejandra Y. Castillo, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development (EDA) made history for being the first EDA assistant secretary to ever visit a project of this scale in Brownsville. Castillo and her delegation saw firsthand how the construction of the future “eBridge Center for Business and Commercialization” is coming along, a […]

BCIC Announces StartUp Texas Pitch Summit 2021 Finalists

The Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC) announced the finalists for their second annual StartUp Texas Pitch Summit today, taking place on Friday, February 26th, 2021. The seed fund program is part of BCIC’s ongoing efforts to cultivate a culture and ecosystem of entrepreneurship in Brownsville and the greater Rio Grande Valley. “This is our second […]

Over $5 Million Invested in Brownsville Community for COVID-19 Relief

This is the eBridge Center network at work, these partnerships will not only assist in addressing the pandemic we’re in now, but towards future programing that will help Brownsville businesses accelerate, innovate, and grow sustainably Nathan Burkhart, BCIC Director of Marketing & Small Business Development Over $5 Million Invested in Brownsville Community for COVID-19 Relief […]

StartUp Texas Inaugural Pitch Summit Set for Wednesday

BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – On the border, by the Sea, …and Beyond? The added ending to the otherwise official slogan for the city of Brownsville, rings true today as the Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC) is set to host the inaugural StartUp Texas Pitch Summit this Wednesday, July 8th 2020 via livestream from the Brownsville Performing […]