First Flight Venture Center
Krista Covey is an accomplished leader and innovator in the field of entrepreneurship and economic development, currently serving as the Founding Advisory Board Member at Carry Venture Capital since April 2024 and as CEO/President of First Flight Venture Center and its Hangar6 program since May 2020. With a strong commitment to supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs in North Carolina, Covey brings extensive experience from various roles including Managing Partner at Edison Max, Past Chair and Executive Board Member of InBIA, and Director of the SmartStart Business Incubator in Pasco County. Covey has held leadership positions in organizations focused on economic development and entrepreneurship, such as the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and VelocityTX, and possesses a robust academic background with an MBA in Organizational Leadership from Saint Leo University.
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First Flight Venture Center
First Flight (FFVC) is a science and technology incubator located in the heart of Research Triangle Park. Established in 1991 to serve the initial needs of entrepreneurs and early stage companies. FFVC strives to produce companies that graduate from the facility as financially viable and freestanding businesses. These incubator graduates migrate into the mainstream of the business community, creating jobs and commercializing important new technologies that contribute to a stronger North Carolina economy. We have more than 30 years experience in successfully launching new businesses in North Carolina. This success lies in First Flight’s turnkey approach—the ability to enable tenant businesses to reduce both their initial capitalization requirements and their annual operation costs by providing affordable space with flexible leases, shared business services, technology support services, and management guidance and counseling. FFVC offers 25,000 square feet of leasable office and laboratory space for up to 40 emerging technology companies.