Awesome Inc is a startup accelerator and technology hub founded in 2009 in Lexington, Kentucky. Its technical work spans custom software development, web and app development, and coding education, delivered through a mix of client services, training programmes and community activity in Central Kentucky.
The organisation runs several distinct ventures. APAX Software provides custom web and app development for clients. Awesome Inc U delivers coding education for youth and adults, including a Web Developer Bootcamp with a reported 90% job placement rate. The Fellowship Startup Accelerator supports early-stage companies in the region and has taken in nearly 100 firms; those companies have raised more than $240m in outside investment and created upwards of 1,000 jobs. Other activities include the 5 Across Pitch Competition, in which entrepreneurs present business ideas in five minutes or less.
Awesome Inc also operates an 18,000 square foot coworking space in downtown Lexington, providing collaborative workspace alongside its events and education programmes. The organisation describes its culture as having a "give-first" mentality, aimed at supporting entrepreneurs, innovators, learners and builders.
