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DTLV TECH ECOSYSTEM
TECH COCKTAIL WEEK
For 4 days each month, Tech Cocktail hosts a tech retreat/mini-conference in DTLV, inviting 25-30 founders, investors, media and industry leaders to come visit, meet interesting people and share their knowledge with the local community – and walk away inspired by what is happening in Downtown Vegas.
VEGASTECHFUND
The Downtown Project focuses on a few different areas – such as real estate, small businesses, education and arts…but the area we care the most about is TECH. The Downtown Project includes a $50MM fund called the VegasTechFund, which also includes Work in Progress, The Mill, and Progression Labs.
DTLV TECH ECOSYSTEM
DOWNTOWN PROJECT
302 E Carson Ave #200 The largest and most unique startup in DTLV, led by Tony Hsieh, the Downtown Project is committed to helping transform Downtown Las Vegas into the most community-focused large city in the world. Their goal is to inspire and empower people to follow their passions to create a vibrant, connected urban core. The project has allocated $350 million to aid in the revitalization of Downtown Las Vegas, investing $200 million in real estate, $50 million in small businesses, $50 million in education, and $50 million in tech startups through the VegasTechFund. (Schedule a tour here.)
1) Articles about Vegas startups can be found on: http://tech.co/vegas 2) VegasTechFund portfolio companies can be found here: /portfolio 3) also writes about the local startup community: /about 4) Visit this map to see where startups are located around the city:
THE LOCAL DTLV TECH SCENE
The downtown area has a burgeoning tech scene! Let’s take a closer look at its different components.
STARTUPS
There are too many to list here, but you can get a sense of the various local startups by looking in a few places.
GETTING AROUND
Downtown Las Vegas is north of “the strip” where all the big hotels reside – just about 2 miles north of the Stratosphere on Las Vegas Boulevard. The intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Fremont Street is a perfect starting point for any walking tour of DTLV! (Schedule a tour here!)
Welcome to our neighborhood!
WHO WE ARE
Tech Cocktail is a national news and events organization based in DTLV. Our mission is to help entrepreneurs enjoy the startup life journey by providing resources, connections and community wherever they may be around the globe. Aside from our daily content, we host events in over 30 communities around the country. We relocated to DTLV because the size & scope of what the Downtown Project is trying to accomplish is truly incredible, creating a great base of operations for Tech Cocktail and providing an incredible focus of our journalistic attention. We love being a part of this community.
Catalyzed by the Downtown Project, led by Tony Hsieh, DTLV has quickly transformed into a vibrant neighborhood full of entrepreneurs and other members of the creative class who are excited about building a city based on a culture that values community, passion, creativity and happiness. We also like to think that DTLV makes you smarter.
WORK IN PROGRESS
317 S 6th St. and 701 Bridger Ave 4th Floor Our local coworking facility houses over 200 members and 40 startups across both locations, as well as the VegasTechFund and The Mill.
The great news is, once you get downtown, you can pretty much get anywhere you need to go on foot. If you need a taxi, just walk to the front of the El Cortez or the Downtown Grand hotel, where taxis line up.
THE OGDEN
150 Las Vegas Blvd N The Ogden is a special place in DTLV. It’s a residential space, home to a few great restaurants (Wild, Rachel’s Kitchen and Scullery), and home base for Tech Cocktail, TicketCake and some other local coy video production filmed by friends, community members and visitors to share the stories, ideas and people that make the Downtown Las Vegas community so special.
THE MILL
The Mill awards $5,000 each week to an entrepreneur with a promising idea. Entrepreneurs get to spend 2 months working out of the Work in Progress coworking space and getting mentorship through their mentor program.
VEGASTECHFUND
PROGRESSION LABS
An “accelerator-like” program in downtown Vegas that invests $10,000 to $25,000 in very early-stage startups. This “residential immersion program” lasts 3 months, and ends with a demo-day.
