Virginia Biosciences Development Center
The Park’s business incubation program, the Virginia Biosciences Development Center (VBDC), was designed to assist start-up and early-stage companies located in its 27,000 square-foot incubator facility. Since late 1995 when it opened, 68 companies have started at the Park, including three publicly-traded graduates. Functioning as a business accelerator within the Park’s incubator, the VBDC offers bioscience start-ups discounted professional services, tailored business mentoring boards, and entrepreneurial education programs. One-on-one consulting services, networking opportunities, support services and access to Executive MBA teams from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and area business schools are also available and designed to significantly reduce risks for new companies. In addition, the VBDC is a member of the National Business Incubation Association, which has recognized the VBDC for it’s “best practices” in the life sciences business incubation.
