{"id":3645,"date":"2024-12-20T15:53:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T15:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/?p=3645"},"modified":"2025-07-26T10:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T10:15:00","slug":"bcic-supports-local-startups-helping-turn-visions-into-reality-city-of-brownsville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/bcic-supports-local-startups-helping-turn-visions-into-reality-city-of-brownsville\/","title":{"rendered":"BCIC Supports Local Startups, Helping Turn Visions Into Reality (City of Brownsville)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following was originally published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brownsvilletx.gov\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City of Brownsville<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC) continues to champion local entrepreneurship by fostering networking, funding opportunities, and innovative programs that help startups bring their visions to life.<\/p>\n<p>One success story is Supply Pay, a fintech company that turned to BCIC for guidance in its early stages. Through BCIC\u2019s Startup Texas accelerator program, Supply Pay\u2019s founders\u2014William Steel, Jack Sawyer, and Jorge Ayala\u2014received critical insights to shape their business plan and navigate the fintech industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWilliam Steel is an incubator member at the E-Bridge Center and a participant in our Startup Texas program,\u201d said Nathan Burkhart of BCIC. \u201cThis 12-to-14-week program focuses on scalability and commercialization for tech, software development, and light manufacturing companies, in partnership with the UTRGV Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Center. Programs like this are key to building a supportive entrepreneurial ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Supply Pay\u2019s innovative AI-driven platform addresses international trade challenges by enabling safer, more efficient transactions between importers and exporters. To date, the company has financed over $1 million in trade transactions, establishing itself as a rising star in trade finance.<\/p>\n<p>BCIC\u2019s efforts, including partnerships with UTRGV and Texas A&amp;M, continue to provide valuable resources for startups, positioning Brownsville as a hub for entrepreneurial growth and innovation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following was originally published by City of Brownsville The Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC) continues to champion local entrepreneurship by fostering networking, funding opportunities, and innovative programs that help startups bring their visions to life. One success story is Supply Pay, a fintech company that turned to BCIC for guidance in its early stages. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47,48,90,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ebridge-center","category-economic-development","category-entrepreneurship","category-startup-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillecic.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}