Industry Clusters
 BRAIN investors focus on companies within the ten industry clusters identified through a visioning effort led by AdvantageWest as having the greatest promise in western North Carolina.
A cluster encompasses companies that may buy and sell from each other, and may also share common inputs such as labor, capital or equipment. A cluster incorporates innovation and is more dynamic than just an industry. It can include companies in multiple industries.
The industry clusters of interest to BRAIN investors include:
- Advanced manufacturing
- Communications and information technology
- Food
- Life sciences and agribusiness
- Retirement-related
- Arts, crafts and design
- Health care
- Environment-related
- Recreation and tourism
- Security
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