Business Incubation Impact
35+
Number of Business Incubation startups
20+
Number of startups still connected to their incubators
$650k
Funding generated by Business Incubation startups
Current Opportunities
Business Incubation Overview
GIST Business Incubation brings together the best international science & technology innovators and American businesses to increase cross-market access and to create opportunities for collaboration. While in residence at incubators across the United States, entrepreneurs have opportunities to make connections with the local entrepreneurial ecosystem and build business relationships for potential partners and investors. GIST Business Incubation also helps American businesses gain awareness of global entrepreneurs, innovations and markets.
COMING SOON!
In the coming year, GIST will be running three new Business Incubation programs: one specifically designed for citizens of Ukraine (OPEN NOW!), one specifically designed for citizens of Bhutan, and one designed for any citizen of the more than 130 countries GIST works in. For more information, check back here or sign up for our newsletter to be sent program updates directly to your inbox.
Business Incubation Success Stories
Vamekh Kherkheulidze of Elven Technologies
Elven Technologies is a high-tech personal protection equipment (PPE) company. Our first product is a technologically-advanced full body fire-proof suit with a cooling system to keep firefighters safe in the line of duty and help save lives.
Rituparna Das of Hydrotech Solutions
Hydrotec Solutions Private Limited has designed a Smart water ATM Kiosk that purifies and dispenses clean drinking water on pay per use basis, using sustainable energy.
Yakau Buta of StringersHub
StringersHub is a marketplace that connects stringers—freelance videographers and eyewitnesses—and media outlets, globally. Top media outlets can purchase “hot” material from these stringers.
Participating Incubators
The following incubators participated in the 2019 program:
TechTown Detroit - Detroit, Michigan, USA
Purdue Foundry - West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
mHub - Chicago, Illinois, USA
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation - Phoenix, Arizona, USA
University of Arizona Center for Innovation - Tuscon, Arizona, USA
The Station - Houston, Texas, USA
DuBose and DuBose - Cleveland, Ohio, USA
University of Memphis Research Foundation, Research Park- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Project UK - Kansas City, USA