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Arthur M. Spiro Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Pickens

Provides outreach assistance to pre-ventures, early ventures and established firms through service-learning projects that match Clemson students with entrepreneurs and inventors through volunteer mentors.

Tri-County Entrepreneurial Development Corporation (TCEDC)

Oconee
Provide low rent office space for start-ups as well as one-on-one counseling and mentoring services to both new and existing small businesses.

NextGEN

Greenville

NextGEN is an entrepreneurial support organization (ESO) that provides connections, resources, education and more to high-potential startups in the Greenville area.

SC Minority Business Accelerator

Greenville

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.

The Kelly Center for Economic Development

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

Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology (SiMT) Manufacturing and Business Incubator

Florence

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.

SCRA Applied Technologies Center

BerkeleyCharlestonDorchester

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

Colleton Commercial Kitchen

Colleton
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.

Charleston Digital Corridor

Charleston
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.

LowCountry Innovation Center

Charleston

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.