Promoting, supporting & connecting Charleston's entrepreneurial community

June 12, 2025

Chucktown Startups Hits 150 Startup Profiles!

This week, Chucktown Startups celebrated its 150th startup profile—an incredible milestone for a community that’s only been active since early April!

The reception from Charleston’s entrepreneurial ecosystem has been nothing short of inspiring:

✅ Extraordinary support, collaboration, and encouragement from existing startup-focused organizations
✅ Outreach from the local financial community—including prominent investment groups—has far exceeded expectations
✅ Numerous requests for in-person meetups—even before the official launch!

Content Needed to Help Promote You!

We are asking our founder community to help us promote you by providing the submissions below:

• Member Startup Profiles — Submit yours!

• Five Founder Questions — Submit your responses!

• Actively Fundraising? — Publicize your ask!

• In the News? Press Release? — Share with the community!

• Hosting an Event? — Get it listed!

• YouTube Channel — Add your video to Chucktown Startups!

Interested in Exclusive Sponsorships?

Complete our Friends of Chucktown Startups interest form!

What is an Exclusive Category Sponsorship?

• 20 mutually exclusive categories (one sponsor per category)

• Preference and 50% discount for member startups

• Prominent placement on the website

• Featured in our bi-weekly newsletter (email + LinkedIn)

• One company profile feature in the newsletter per year (order based on signup)

• Video feature on Chucktown Startups YouTube Channel

• One webinar or event promotion per 6-month period

• Potential educational content opportunities to engage with members

Official Launch Set

With all this momentum during the pre-launch phase, we’re even more excited to officially launch on July 1st!

Get Ready for Our Newsletter: The Chucktown Lowdown

Starting in July, Chucktown Startups will publish two newsletters per month delivered via email to all founders and newsletter subscribers.

Plus, newsletters will be posted on our LinkedIn page, which just surpassed 800 followers!

Chucktown Startups Origin Story Video:

For the Investment and Capital Community:

Investment and capital firms interested in supporting and working with member startups:

Complete our Capital Connectors Questionnaire to let us know how you'd like to connect with founders.

Chucktown Startups Podcast - PODCASTER WANTED!

Are you a podcaster? We’re looking for an experienced host to launch a monthly podcast featuring our startup members. Interested?

Contact Toby Palmer at toby@chucktownstartups.com.