Resource Organizations
From local chambers of commerce to statewide trade groups, Connecticut is full of organizations that can assist your business. Find the professionals who can enhance your company with everything from grants to networking opportunities.
- CTNext is Connecticut’s innovation ecosystem, like an incubator helping entrepreneurs validate their ideas
- For entrepreneurs, CTNext has unique mentor programs, seminars and onsite workspaces
- CTNext is a support system that steps in with customized help right when entrepreneurs need it most
- An “Innovation Place” offering support to entrepreneurs and small businesses in the New Haven region
- Oversees numerous programs, shared facilities, and other initiatives
- Solicits public input for economic development strategies
- A nonprofit focused on industry research, innovation, policy development, and communications initiatives
- The voice of businesses building a world-class clean energy hub in the Northeast
- Convenes clean energy stakeholders dedicated to growing the state and the region’s clean energy economy
- A shared work environment for small businesses and entrepreneurs
- Allows businesses to share resources
- Entrepreneurs from different businesses can interact socially
- A business incubator for insurance technology entrepreneurs
- Fee-free resources such as office space and marketing support
- Networking connections to a variety of professionals
- A six-month program to support those pursuing entrepreneurial activities in bioscience
- Participants receive pitch support as well as access to mentors and investors
- Designed to foster bioscience innovation and commercialization in Connecticut
- A business accelerator specializing in women-owned companies
- Annual pitch competition offers grants to winners
- Entrepreneurs are connected with mentors to provide guidance on a variety of topics
- A business incubator and co-working space, owned and developed by the Hamden Economic Development Corporation
- Members receive working space, access to an on-site mentor, connections to professional services, and more
- Workforce education and financing services also offered
- A university-based incubator for high-tech startups
- Provides access to campus facilities, as well as opportunities for networking and grants
- Goal of fostering economic development in the southwestern Connecticut and the state as a whole
- Provides co-working and office space for the biological business community
- Offers commercial-grade labs with affordable leases
- Led by a team of expert scientists and entrepreneurial professionals
- Works with innovators, entrepreneurs, investors and industry partners
- Transforms ideas into companies and jobs
- Fuels economic innovation and development
