The Derby City Angels is an angel investor group in Louisville, KY that is part of the Sheltowee Angel Network.  

Louisville Entrepreneurship Acceleration Programs, or LEAP, offers resources, including educational series, networking events and mentorship opportunities tailored for healthcare startups of all stages. LEAP is where innovators come to meet corporate leaders, understand their pain points, access data available nowhere else, and bridge the gap between product and market.

The Sheltowee Business Network (SBN) is a membership based organization that assists entrepreneurs in growing their companies.  SBN is made up of a network of highly successful entrepreneurs, investors, mentors and business advisors who can help entrepreneurs reach their business goals.  SBN can mentor and provide advisory services that can help entrepreneurs raise capital, do business development, conduct strategic planning and assist in areas where the founder needs help.  SBN is a membership organization and our members have the opportunity to earn equity and fees by helping our entrepreneurs who participate in the Sheltowee Advisory Services program.  

The Louisville Healthcare CEO Council (LHCC) was formed in 2017 to leverage the strengths and assets of its members to solve important problems that extend beyond the scope of any one single member company. LHCC board members include CEOs from Kindred, Humana, Trilogy Health Services, Norton Healthcare, Hosparus Health, Anthem, Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Signature Healthcare, Galen College of Nursing, Baptist Healthcare System, and BrightSpring Health Services. These companies are the titans in the industry, collectively representing over 450,000 employees, $120 billion in revenue and 80 million lives touched. 

The Louisville Konexon's Community Portal is maintained by the Sheltowee Business Network. On this Community Portal you will find the resources that entrepreneurs need for growing their businesses.  If you have resources or information that you think could be helpful to the Louisville entrepreneurial ecosystem, please feel to reach out to us.  We hope that you find this portal to be helpful and a resource that you come back to.  

The Kentucky Community Portal is maintained by Accelerate KY.  The Community Portals are designed to help promote an entrepreneurial ecosystem across the Commonwealth.  With the Community portals, each community is able to establish their only portal where entrepreneurs, investors and entrepreneur support organizations can connect and share information and ideas.  Please help us by participating.  The Kentucky Community Portal is our top level portal with assets and resources from across the state. You can visit our other communities to learn what resources are available in those specific communities.