CONCEPT • ACCELERATORS AND INCUBATORS

Consider the benefits of business accelerators and incubators in developing your business concept, and supporting your new business.

Business accelerators and incubators are for-profit and non-profit organizations that provide services to entrepreneurs and early-stage businesses.  These services include industrial and office space, coaching, consulting, shared support services, and financial backing at below-market rates.  For-profit entities often take an equity stake in participating companies.  Non-profits are often affiliated with an industry association or public organization, and serve as economic development tools for these constituencies.

Arizona offers unique accelerator and incubator services to empower your business:

The University of Arizona’s Arizona Center for Innovation is a technology incubator focused on business ventures in aerospace, advanced composites and materials, information technology, environmental technology, life sciences and optics/photonics.

ASU Technopolis is a business accelerator for technology entrepreneurs at Arizona State University.  Currently, their programs include Launchpad, Technology & Life Science Entrepreneurship, and SBIR/STTR proposal writing workshops.

The Arizona Business Accelerator provides technical, managerial and financial resources to technology startups. 

The Northern Arizona Technology and Business Incubator (NATBI) offers incubation services to start-ups in northern Arizona.

Stealthmode Partners is an advocate and accelerator for entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs: a network of people and companies working together to help support and accelerate new initiatives - be they new or emerging growth companies or new directions, projects, or products within existing companies.

The Phoenix Biotechnology Accelerator (P-Bio) is gearing up to provide affordable, flexible leases for startup biotechnology companies, plus shared meeting, conference and break rooms, a shared receptionist, and the use of some equipment such as ice machines, autoclaves, centrifuges, fume hoods and nanopure water.  Stay tuned for updates!

For more information, please visit Arizona's research resources.

Arizona is also home to two research parks:

The ASU Research Park, a 324-acre business and industrial park, is committed to facilitate technology transfer through university-industry research relationships, and serves to further its development as a nationally recognized Carnegie Foundation Research I Institute. Its mission is to enhance Arizona's high value research based economic development and to build ASU's capacity to educate and advance knowledge.

The University of Arizona Science and Technology Park, one of the nation’s premier research and development facilities, offers a unique environment dedicated to the transfer of technology from the laboratory to the marketplace.