Tech Business Incubator

Office space is available for incubator clients on a rolling basis as companies graduate. Startups initially not requiring office space have the option of becoming an affiliate member of the incubator enabling access to a subset of resources offered to resident clients.

• Technology and Industry Application: in industries that are an area of focus at ERAU
• Relationship to ERAU: commercialization license or research agreements, faculty or student founders, needing use of labs and facilities, and/or wanting access to ERAU faculty and students
• Market Opportunity: a significant, technology-based target market size and growth potential
• Capitalization: current and anticipated resources needed to get to market
• Management team: full time, dedicated effort and coachable
• Company legal structure and intellectual property portfolio status
• Job Creation: projected growth

• Infrastructure: furnished office space with dedicated phone and IT services
• Labs within the MicaPlex
• University resources
  • Conference and meeting rooms
  • Business/mail box address
  • Electronic journal collection and research librarians
  • Business service providers network
  • Fitness Center and Pool
  • Partners and Programming
  • Incubator Partners: expertise in legal, accounting, IT, and venture capital investing offering some levels of pro bono services to incubator client
  • Education and Training: tailored to each client and may include assistance in customer discovery, market research and intellectual property, developing business models and plans, designing timelines and milestones for R&D, investor pitch coaching, fundraising and business growth, human resource management
  • Events: founder talks, CEO forums, investor panel discussions, demo days, hackathons, and extensive networking opportunities

Incubator client goals and milestones will be reviewed at least every 6 months and companies are ready to graduate when they are generating revenues through product sales or other forms of commercialization, have raised significant investments, expanded their workforce, or need substantially more space.