St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands August 25, 2020 - The Research and Technology Park (RTPark) announced the steady attraction and activation of new technology companies in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic with a total of 10 new firms reviewed and approved by its Board of Directors over the course of Fiscal Year 2020 thus far. Nine of the ten activated companies have been approved since March when the territory began their public response to the novel coronavirus disease. RTPark Executive Director & CEO Peter H. Chapman said that the organization’s team has been very aggressive in their business attraction efforts prior to and during the pandemic which has translated into the RTPark hitting key performance indicators and goals.

THE RTPARK IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE ITS PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS TECH VILLAGE Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands August 6, 2020 - The Research and Technology Park (RTPark) is proud to announce its proposed construction of the Virgin Islands Tech Village in Estate Lower Love, in accordance with the legislative mandate of promoting sustainable economic development that created the RTPark back in 2002.

Via The St. Thomas Source According to the Npower and CitiBank report “Breaking Through and Rising Up,” women of color make up less than 10 percent of the computing workforce in the United States.

Via The Virgin Islands Consortium: The Research and Technology Park, called the RT Park, has launched two programs aimed at advancing economic development in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The first, an accelerator program that provides help to tech startups in the territory, will launch later this year with six companies, five of which are locally-owned.

EIGHT TECHNOLOGY EMERGING COMPANIES SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN VIRTUAL STARTUP ACCELERATOR AND DEMO DAY Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands May 13, 2020 - The Research and Technology Park (RTPark) has selected eight startups to participate in Cohort 2 of its business accelerator and demo day. The program, originally slated to take place at RTPark’s new coworking space in downtown Christiansted has been converted to a virtual curriculum designed to offer mentorship, guidance, advisory support, access to capital and an assortment of startup perks for the budding enterprises.

THE STARTUP ACCELERATOR AIMS TO BUILD A PIPELINE OF PROMISING EARLY-STARTUP COMPANIES AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO GROW AND SCALE FROM THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

UVI MUSIC PROGRAM RECEIVES GENEROUS DONATION The University of the Virgin Islands Music Program received a $30,000 donation from Intellectual Global Concepts USVI LLC during a formal check presentation in the Music Building, on the St. Thomas Campus, on Thursday Nov. 14.

XINUOS ANNOUNCES RELOCATION OF ITS OPERATIONS TO THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS Xinuos™, is pleased to confirm today its move to the U.S. Virgin Islands. The move, which occurred on May 21, 2019, is part of the company’s ambitious plans to build upon the legacy of its three proprietary operating systems, OpenServer 5, OpenServer 6 and UnixWare 7, to grow through significant investment in new products and services, and to optimize the ways in which it continues to serve and service its current global customer base.

ACCELERATE VI, TERRITORY’S FIRST TECH ACCELERATOR PROGRAM, LAUNCHES WITH 2019 COHORT OF EIGHT STARTUPS The University of Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park (RTPark) is pleased to offer, ACCELERATE VI, a program targeted for local, high growth startup founders that will provide participating, early-stage companies tools to grow and scale in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

CANE BAY PARTNERS CONGRATULATES RTPARK EFFORTS TO LEVERAGE INNOVATION FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN USVI The Research and Technology Park of the University of the Virgin Islands is leading the territory toward economic growth, technological advancement and innovation, and on Monday Cane Bay Partners VI LLLP congratulated them on their efforts while pledging its support.