The following innovation centers strive to increase the State of Missouri's commitment to creating new knowledge, accelerating the transfer of that knowledge into the marketplace, and promoting the growth of entrepreneurial firms. These centers enhance research funding to our universities and commercialization from the universities, and promotes technology-based industry development by serving as the technology extension service.
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| Organization | Description | Value to Businesses |
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| Innovation Center - Cape | Provides services to entrepreneurs at the earliest stage in the development of promising high-growth, advanced-technology companies. | The Missouri innovation centers are a critical support structure for assistance to these advanced technology start-up companies. |
| Missouri Innovation Center, Inc. | Missouri Innovation Center supports the creation of new, high-growth ventures, particularly those with a technology component. This is accomplished by leveraging research and innovation by and with the University of Missouri-Columbia for the benefit of the region. | Stimulating technology entrepreneurship; Planning, financing and accomplishing research and development; Developing the business plan and securing startup funding and growth capital; and Incubating ventures. |
| Center for Emerging Technologies | Provides pre-tenant and tenant companies with individualized support including business needs, technology needs, and financial needs. | Develops specialized services and facilities that accelerate growth of advanced technology companies. |
| Joseph Newman Innovation Center | The center was developed to give entrepreneurs, in their start up phase, assistance and direction. Shared services allows a new company to postpone expences that would traditionally be needed during the start up phase. Shared services allows a new business owner to concentrate on their product and less on physical distractions. | Create a positive environment for developing, supporting and promoting entrepreneurs; with an emphasis on those pursuing innovative technology |
| Missouri Enterprise Business Assistance Center | From research and development to marketing, from manufacturing to facilities management Missouri Enterprise Business Assistance Center offers extensive expertise, hands-on assistance and a wealth of resources. | Addresses key issues directly affecting the profitability of your company. |
| JVIC, Springfield Innovation Center | Jordan Valley Innovation Center (JVIC) is comprised of three individual operating centers: The Center for Applied Science and Engineering (CASE), the Center for Biomedical and Life Sciences (CBLS), and a Missouri innovation center, as designated by the State of Missouri. JVIC, Inc. is a non-profit entity designated to operate the Missouri innovation center. | Provides a more interdisciplinary experience aimed at serving the technical and commercial Bachelor/Master of Science educational needs of industry. |
| Missouri Rural Enterprise and Innovation Center | Established in 2006, Missouri Rural Enterprise and Innovation Center is a non-profit innovation center located in Kirksville, Missouri is dedicated to the needs of entrepreneurs in Northeast Missouri. Its primary focus is to enhance entrepreneurship by providing a supportive infrastructure for entrepreneurs allowing them to enhance their capabilities, broaden their network and successfully grow their companies. | Giving you knowledge, tools & inspiration for your innovative & entrepreneurial ventures. Connecting you with critical resources, valuable services, entrepreneurial training & education that will help you develop your business venture. Focused guidelines to help you determine your idea's economic viability. |
| Brush Creek Enterprise Center | KCSourceLink connects a network of 140 nonprofit resource organizations that provide business-building services for small businesses. We facilitate the linking of these resource organizations to one another and to established, emerging and start-up small businesses throughout the region. | KCSourceLink’s mission is to help small businesses in the 18-county Kansas City region - from Warrensburg to Topeka, from St. Joseph to Osawatomie - grow and succeed. We provide small business with free, easy access to the help you need - when you need it. |
| Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and Development | Entrepreneurs Are Our Business The Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies & Development provides the education and sevices in business and technology skills that can help you become successful in your business. Our local experts provide consulting, training and research assistance according to YOUR needs. | Find technical support for your small-to medium sized technology-based business and high-growth enterprise. |
| Institute for Industrial and Applied Life Sciences | The Institute for Industrial and Applied Life Sciences is a joint public/private cooperative effort to enhance life sciences training in the Midwest region and possibly beyond at MWSU. One of our original interests is to start a training center that will be focused on product and API stability, analysis and characterization as well as general CMC data in the regulated environment. We will expand these efforts to Regulatory training, Bioanalytical and formulation/pre-formulation activities in the near future. | The goal of the Science and Technology Incubator is to provide facilities and assistance for start-up companies. The incubator houses a laboratory |
