The Center on Rural Innovation (CORI) is a social enterprise advancing economic prosperity in rural America through entrepreneurship and tech job creation. Focused on the 500 US micropolitans (rural communities with a population between 10k and 50k) with a four-year college or university, our growing Rural Innovation Network comprises 40 regions across 25 states. The organization includes a 35-person team of experts in entrepreneurship, tech talent development, and community strategy and fundraising support; a research division with best-in-class rural economic data; and a seed-stage venture capital arm that invests in scalable rural tech startups.
The Center on Rural Innovation (CORI) is a social enterprise advancing economic prosperity in rural America through entrepreneurship and tech job creation. Focused on the 500 US micropolitans (rural communities with a population between 10k and 50k) with a four-year college or university, our growing Rural Innovation Network comprises 40 regions across 25 states. The organization includes a 35-person team of experts in entrepreneurship, tech talent development, and community strategy and fundraising support; a research division with best-in-class rural economic data; and a seed-stage venture capital arm that invests in scalable rural tech startups.