Tech After Five connects the tech community. We invite IT Professionals, Startups, Entrepreneurs and their community of support to come together and make meaningful professional connections.
We are at a new location! We now meet in North Charleston at the Reforged Gaming Lounge! Meetings are on the 4th Tuesday of EVERY MONTH!
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You may be looking for work or looking to hire. You might be looking for customers or prospects. You may need co-founders, partners or mentors. We’ve got you covered.
Tech After Five is not like other networking events. We work particularly hard to make sure we get the right people in the room and then make sure it’s easy for you to find each other. Sign up using the right ticket type for you. We will then follow up with custom emails that let you know who you can expect to meet. We will print custom badges for the event that make it easy for you to find the people you are looking for.
We know that networking can be hard. We try to make it as easy as possible for you to meet the right people. We know that when smart people come together we can make things happen. We hope you will join us and become part of our community.
Every week, 1 Million Cups gives entrepreneurs a platform to present their business to a supportive community for ideas and connections to grow it. It's not a pitch; it's a chance to learn and collaborate.
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Most outbound teams today rely on multiple tools just to generate and manage leads.What if you could replace your entire outbound stack with one AI-powered platform?Join us on March 25th at 3PM for a live event where we’ll show how ATAPIC helps teams:
Revenue shouldn’t feel like a lucky streak. Join us March 25th when we bring together growth leaders Luke Mancini, Sophia Perlee, Phil Gerard, and Andrew Strickland for a lively, practical conversation on building predictable revenue without betting the business on hiring. We’ll unpack where sales, marketing, operations, and AI technology actually increase capacity and clarity, and how to design a coordinated revenue system that scales across teams, not personalities.
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Hustle & Flow: COLLISION is a high-energy happy hour at The Harbor Entrepreneur Center—built for founders, builders, operators, creatives, and community partners who want to be in the room where momentum happens.
This isn’t a panel. It’s not a pitch night.
It’s the kind of night where conversations turn into intros, intros turn into opportunities, and ideas get sharper just by being around the right people.
Come for a drink. Leave with new connections, fresh perspective, and at least one “we should definitely talk next week.”
Big Opportunities for Lowcountry Small Businesses!You are invited to the City of Charleston Small Business Opportunity Expo on March 27th! Whether you are looking to scale, secure your first government contract, or simply find the right mentor, this event is designed to open doors.Why you should be there:
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Sound of mind is Quest’s flagship fundraiser and music event meant to share with the community our mental health nonprofit, student testimonies, and the inspiration we get when we gather to lift others up.
Our Intention
To open people’s minds and hearts through the power of music, storytelling, and community.
Event Theme: Love & Loss
This year’s theme, Love & Loss, centers on a simple truth: grief is unexpressed love asking to be felt. In a fast moving world that often avoids pain, we hope Sound of Mind creates space to slow down, reflect, and feel, together. As Caiola, one of our 2025 performers, writes: "is it only real when shared.”
Through music and shared experience, we honor what has been lost while reminding one another that connection and support can carry us forward. Every donation helps ensure these valuable moments of connection and vital mental health resources can be provided to college students FREE through Quest on Campus.
Quest Mission Statement
Quest's purpose is to strengthen the mental fitness of students and young adults through community, peer support, and recreational activities.
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2025 Sound of Mind Video
This is not your father's Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce. Under the bold, new leadership of President/CEO Kevin Sheilley, CCE, entrepreneurs and startups are being prioritized.
To reinforce this commitment, the Chamber has recently hired a Vice President of Business Creation: Campbell Wiltshire.
Melissa Fiore, the Chamber's Director of Membership Engagement, will introduce us to Campbell and tell us how the Chamber is supporting startups and entrepreneurs across the Charleston region.
Presenter: Melissa Fiore, Director of Membership Engagement, Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce with special guest Campbell Wiltshire, VP of Business Creation at the Chamber
Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:00 PM
Registration: Click here to register
Change Your Inputs | Change Your Outcomes
Personalized small-group guidance to help you reduce pain, boost energy, and improve long-term health through smarter daily inputs.
What You’ll Explore
How exercise supports getting and staying out of pain, improving function, and strengthening your odds against aging.
How daily food choices, stress patterns, and nervous system regulation influence energy, motivation, and long-term health.
How reducing chemical burden from food, water, air, and everyday products can support resilience and well-being.
March 13, April 10, May 8, June 12
Offered In-Person and Virtually
8-10am, 8:00 coffee & connection - workshop begins at 8:30am
$35 per session
$119 for the full 4-part series
Attend one or attend all four — each session provides meaningful value.
For April, we’re taking the party just outside of downtown—making it easier for our suburban founders to join us (looking at you, Summerville!).
We’ll be gathering at Reforged Gaming Lounge, one of Charleston’s best-kept secrets. With its high-end setup and growing reputation as a ‘third space’ for tech professionals and entrepreneurs, RGL is the perfect backdrop for our next event.
Coffee from Camino Caffeino.
Good conversations.
Builders, founders, operators, entrepreneurs.
New opportunities.
See you there.
Join Us for our 2026 Innovation CelebrationInnovation at the Medical University of South Carolina happens because of the people who push ideas forward. Researchers, inventors, entrepreneurs, and collaborators who turn discoveries into real-world impact.Next month, the Zucker Institute for Innovation Commercialization will host our annual Innovation Celebration to recognize this year’s innovators, celebrate major achievements, and bring together the community advancing healthcare and technology.If you are passionate about innovation, commercialization, and the impact of research, we invite you to join us as we recognize the people advancing discovery at MUSC.We look forward to celebrating with our innovation community.
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Cost: $25
Join Leveling the Fields at Paradiso Charleston for an evening of live music, great food, and exciting raffle prizes as they celebrate something big: the launch of the Grounds Crew!
Leveling the Fields is proud to introduce the Grounds Crew, a new monthly giving program. The Grounds Crew is the foundation for operations here at Leveling the Fields. When you join the Grounds Crew, you become part of the team keeping LTF strong all year long! This monthly giving program directly helps fund their after-school sports programs.
Be a part of something meaningful. Opening Day is the perfect time to step up to the plate.
Save the date—this is one you won’t want to miss!
Join us April 21–22, 2026, at the Columbia Convention Center for SCRA’s Annual Summit, where South Carolina’s innovation community comes together to connect, collaborate, and celebrate.
With the theme Made in SC, we’re spotlighting the ideas and homegrown innovation powering our state’s economy. Stay tuned for more details!
Startup Grind Charleston is thrilled to host JT White for an inspiring fireside chat about building, scaling, and leading AI technology ventures.
With over 20 years of experience, JT White is a rare blend of entrepreneur, product visionary, and operational leader. He doesn't just launch ideas—he turns them into sustainable, market-defining businesses. JT has co-founded and led companies across AI, media, and digital product innovation, forging partnerships with OpenAI, Adobe, Amazon, and other industry giants.
His track record includes multiple successful exits, millions raised in venture funding, and the creation of products that have reshaped industries. What sets JT apart is the combination of hands-on product and UX expertise with the discipline of a COO who knows how to scale teams, manage finances, and run organizations that last.
As a speaker, advisor, and author of Build for Better, JT brings practical insight to entrepreneurs, executives, and investors who want more than theory—he delivers proven frameworks for growth, ethical technology adoption, and operational excellence.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn from one of the most versatile leaders in tech. Whether you're a founder, operator, or investor, this event will give you actionable takeaways to build better.
In a digital-first world, it’s hard to connect. Built for More is an active, small-group experience for dads who want a lot for themselves and, in turn, their families. This isn’t about being told how to parent. We’re not bringing in parenting experts or handing out step-by-step advice. There are plenty of books for that. This is about breaking up the routine to be around other dads who care and are setting their bars high. Movement, time outside, new friends, good food, and straight talk.
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Founders. Builders. Operators. Investors. Ecosystem champions.
Join us this May 12 at Over the Horizon Brewing for an evening of real conversations and real connections inside Charleston’s startup community.
Come early, grab a drink, and meet someone who could change the trajectory of your business.
Demo Day provides each Drive cohort company the chance to showcase its breakthrough science before a curated audience of investors and industry leaders. After completing the Drive Accelerator, a hands-on program that equips founders with business fundamentals, mentorship and expert guidance, participants take the stage to pitch their innovative science and gain the visibility, traction and potential funding needed to propel their startups forward.
Fueled by a collaboration between SCbio and MassBio, Demo Day is designed to strengthen the life sciences ecosystem by supporting early-stage innovators and connecting them with the resources needed to grow and scale their revolutionary science.
Seats for Demo Day are limited, with priority given to accredited investors; attendance is subject to approval.
The best week of the year for innovators in the Holy City is Charleston Tech Week, capped off by Dig South's Tech Summit.
Charleston Tech Week is the region's first and only decentralized festival celebrating tech, entrepreneurship and innovation across the Lowcountry. CTW is a mighty alliance of technology, business and creative communities uniting to champion, support and grow the regional ecosystem. We invite you to participate, attend, sponsor, speak, network, collide and collaborate with us. Celebrate innovation.
Stanfield Gray, the Founder and CEO of Dig South, will preview this year's festivities and share insider tips on how founders can get the most out of this week.
Presenter: Stanfield Gray, Founder and CEO of Dig South Tech Summit and Creator of Charleston Tech Week
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2026
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