Do you know a company that is transforming industries through innovation? A company whose vision, growth, and commitment to impact are creating meaningful change in the world?

First Flight Venture Center invites nominations for the prestigious High Flyer Company Award, recognizing exceptional companies that have leveraged innovation, entrepreneurship, and determination to achieve significant growth and success. This award celebrates organizations that embody the spirit of First Flight by advancing high-science, high-technology, and high-impact solutions while contributing to a more equitable, sustainable, and prosperous future.

Why Nominate?

• Recognize an outstanding company that is driving innovation and industry advancement.
• Celebrate measurable growth, business success, and long-term impact.
• Highlight organizations that exemplify entrepreneurship, integrity, collaboration, and inclusion.
• Showcase companies whose innovations are improving lives, communities, and markets.
• Inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators within our ecosystem.

High Flyer Company Award Criteria

• Must have participated in a First Flight Venture Center program, incubator, or educational initiative.
• Demonstrates sustained growth and measurable success since engaging with First Flight Venture Center.
• Creates significant long-term value and makes meaningful contributions within its field of innovation.
• Exemplifies First Flight's core values of Entrepreneurship, Integrity, Collaboration, and Inclusion.
• Shows strong financial performance and sustainable growth metrics.
• Positively impacts its industry, community, customers, or stakeholders through its products, services, or social responsibility efforts.
• Has received awards, honors, or industry recognition that demonstrate excellence and leadership.
• Maintains a strong commitment to innovation through ongoing research, development, and future-focused initiatives.

Nominate a company that is reaching new heights, creating lasting impact, and helping shape the future of innovation.