Prepares minority-owned businesses for growth and expansion to create a competitive advantage for Upstate, SC by growing and promoting the economic success of disadvantaged organizations through business development services, mentoring, technical assistance and access to large corporations for partnership opportunities.

Offers business incubation, small business outreach, and various regional economic development initiatives.

SIMT offers South Carolina businesses a number of expert resources, including 3D printing for prototyping and custom manufacturing, advanced visual training solutions and an incubator for startups.

Fostering collaboration through state-of-the-art facilities for startups and academic researchers to provide collaboration spaces essential to advance technology

Provides the physical kitchen infrastructure and training opportunities needed to support, incubate, and educate present and future local food business entrepreneurs in order to assist in the creation of farm-to-table food service business ventures, restaurant start-ups, and commercial food preparation, presentation, and production job opportunities.

A community-sourced initiative to attract, nurture and promote the regions tech economy through impactful programs, products and events while leveraging Charleston's renowned livability.

A spacious environment to grow individual businesses including start-ups, implement some of the newest technology, accommodations for remote workers, as well as larger organizations.

Helps scalable companies grow through accelerators for innovative startups, forum groups for further-stage founders, and other powerful resources.

South Carolina's life sciences industry association. A statewide, not-for-profit, public/private life sciences industry association and economic development organization formed to actively promote, build, support, expand and convene South Carolina's life sciences industry. 

Identifies new funding opportunities, assists in the development of complex grant proposals, and provides a variety of research education offerings.