Honeybee Ventures is a joint-venture between Ballard Consulting Group and WV based attorney and Co-Founder of Ridge Financial (https://www.ridge.eco/), Max Gottlieb, to mature the growing technology ecosystem in Appalachia.

BCG & Gottlieb form partnerships with high potential technology companies, entrepreneurship support organizations, and other strategic referrals.

Formed in 2023, Honeybee Ventures currently supports a growing number of clients including EdgeConnect, a Salesforce integrations company.