3Phase
At 3Phase, we simplify the SBIR grant application process by rolling up our sleeves with you to help plan the project and write the proposal.
South Carolina Resources
You can sort through the specialty areas to find the resource partner for your area of need. Click on each partner to learn more about their capabilities and get contact information.
ACRE
The research component combined with an entrepreneurship initiative is designed to help drive new ideas, technologies and solutions into the market
Aiken Technical College
The center for Energy and Advanced Manufacturing can help with prototyping
Alerion Ventures
Alerion Ventures is an evergreen venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in scalable startups
Azalea Capital
Azalea Capital is a private investment firm headquartered in Greenville, SC.
Beaufort Digital Corridor
BASEcamp is Beaufort's premier business incubator and co-working office
Brickyard
We provide dedicated offices, small team spaces, and event space to the community
Center for Manufacturing Innovation
CMI offers contract manufacturing, R&D partnerships, proof of concept studies and flexible lease space to start
Central SC Alliance
Central SC Alliance represents eight counties and the state's capital city in the recruitment of capital investment and jobs to the heart of South Carolina.
Charleston Angel Partners
Charleston Angel Partners is the area’s longest-tenured and most established angel investment group
Charleston Digital Corridor
The Charleston Digital Corridor (CDC) is a community-sourced initiative to attract, nurture and promote the region's tech economy through an array of impactful programs, products and events while leveraging Charleston's renowned livability.
Charleston Regional Development Alliance (CRDA)
The Charleston Regional Development Alliance serves as a catalyst for long-term regional prosperity by attracting the world’s best companies, talent, and entrepreneurs.
Clemson Spiro Institute Venture Accelerator
The Clemson Venture Accelerator serves all students, faculty, and staff looking to start
Clemson University Research Foundation
CURF facilitates the process of moving technology, created through research out of the lab and into commercial markets
Columbia College Women’s Business Center
Start, run, and grow your business. Be part of a women-sourced, women-driven network
Conway Innovation Center
A business incubation center that focuses on the development of emerging technology, life science, information technology
CU-ICAR
The Center is an advanced-technology research campus where education, research, and economic development collaborate
Cultivation Capital
Cultivation Capital is a venture capital firm that manages a family of funds focused on early-stage investing.
Don Ryan Center for Innovation
Location: Bluffton - Promote and support innovation and entrepreneurship for the purposes of economic development
Economic Development Partnership
The Economic Development Partnership is a non-profit public-private economic development corporation focused solely on serving the needs of new and existing industries in the Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick, and Saluda Counties of South Carolina.
eMerge @ The Garage
The City of Anderson Economic Development Division operates an entrepreneurial space for a variety of programming
Facilitated Growth
Facilitated Growth is a New York based management consultancy that provides assistance to companies and entrepreneurs in their quest for growth.
FifthT Innovation Group
Building a technology industry cluster in Conway and the Grand Strand Region
GHS Technology Transfer Office
The Office of Innovation is responsible for the development and administration of intellectual property on behalf of Greenville Health System
Good Growth Capital Ventures
Good Growth Capital is a venture capital platform focused on early stage technology companies.
Grand Strand Technology Council
We provide that nucleus of growing and involved technology professionals and businesses.
Gravity Center
The goal of Gravity Center is to bring all the various siloed entrepreneurial resources together under one roof.
Growco
GrowCo is a collaborative partnership focused on sparking an explosion of entrepreneurial activity in Columbia, SC.
Hi Mark Capital
Founded in 2020, HI Mark Capital is a diversity focused investing fund based in Charleston, SC.
IAG Capital Partners
Partnering with entrepreneurs and established businesses to bring certainty to financing and freedom to execute.
IT-oLogy
IT-oLogy is a nonprofit working to grow the number of IT professionals in SC
MDCAP
MDCAP was formed by SCRA to provide industry insight to the innovators and technology transfer offices.
Meeting Street Capital
Midlands Technical College Business Accelerator
This flexible, multi-bay building is designed to accommodate several emerging businesses
MUSC Foundation for Research Development
Responsible for evaluating all intellectual assets the enterprise owns and generates, extracting value, and forging industry and other relationships
NEXT
The goal of NEXT has been to provide the support entrepreneurs require to build strong, successful, globally-competitive businesses
North Dargan Innovation Center
The center offers low-cost rent for qualifying start-up businesses, small business resources and training, and workshops
North Eastern Strategic Alliance
A regional economic development organization that seeks to bring corporate investment and jobs to the nine counties of northeastern South Carolina.
Pickens Innovation Center
The center mission is to benefit local entrepreneurs, advance the development of new entrepreneurs
Project Hub
Project Hub Spartanburg is a work space for local makers to collaborate, innovate, and cultivate a community.
Rebel Capital Group
A private investment firm that provides capital to companies in the lower middle-market
Roper St. Francis Research and Innovation Center
The Innovation Center was created to turn biotechnology ideas into products/businesses by recruiting ideas from physicians and researchers
Route 2 Capital Partners
A private investment firm providing $3 - $15 million of flexible mezzanine and equity capital solutions
SC Department of Commerce
From assisting with the location of new sites and buildings to offering grants for community development
SC EPSCoR/IDeA
The Program leverages federal and state support to increase South Carolina’s research capabilities and build research infrastructure
SC Small Business Administration
Our function is to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns
SC Small Business Development Center
SBDC advances SC’s economic development by helping entrepreneurs grow successful businesses
SC State Innovation HUB
Provides students and the community with resources to ignite and nurture their entrepreneurial spirit
SCBIO
SCBIO is a member organization that exists to support and advance SC’s life science industry
SCORE
SCORE is the nation’s largest network of volunteer, expert business mentors, with more than 10,000 volunteers in 300 chapters.
SiMT
Supports the development of business through technical expertise and advanced manufacturing solutions
South Carolina I-77 Alliance
The South Carolina I-77 Alliance is a county-driven, non-profit economic development organization dedicated to positioning and marketing the five counties as a world-class business location to attract capital investment and high-quality jobs to the region.
South Carolina Manufacturer’s Alliance
SCMA is the single most effective advocate for advancing manufacturing in South Carolina
South Carolina Minority Business Accelerator
The Minority Business Accelerator supports and scales high-potential minority-owned firms by providing targeted training, access to business coaches, and access to large corporations.
Southern Carolina Regional Development Alliance
SouthernCarolina Alliance is the regional economic development organization that represents Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper Counties, in South Carolina.
Spark Center
We help entrepreneurs and businesses launch, build, expand, and reorganize.
Spectrum Venture Capital
A founder focused venture capitalist firm empowering innovators
Startsville
At Startsville, we help turn ideas into reality. We are a center of innovative thinking and innovative action.
Technology Incubator
Location: Rock Hill - Assist in the successful launching of innovative technology companies to create knowledgeable
The Harbor Entrepreneur Center
The Harbor Accelerator is a business accelerator program designed with the entrepreneur in mind.
The Link
Founded in 2014, TheLINK Economic Development Alliance operates to provide global outreach, business development, and talent recruitment.
The Mill on Park
Located in Downtown Aiken, have your own workspace that can grow as your company grows.
The South Carolina Council on Competitiveness
“The Council” is a nonpartisan, business-led, nonprofit organization that drives South Carolina’s long-term economic growth by managing the state’s industry clusters and providing the research, network, and resources that industry clusters require to thrive.
Trident Technical College
Trident Technical College offers more than 150 programs of study, multiple campuses and locations, and an Online College and Evening College.
Upstate Greenhouse Business Incubator
The GreenHouse is a business incubator space located in downtown Spartanburg.
Upstate SC Alliance
At 3Phase, we simplify the SBIR grant application process by rolling up our sleeves with you to help plan the project and write the proposal.
USC Columbia Technology Incubator
Location: Columbia - Programs for business incubation, business accelerator & co-working space
USC Technology Commercialization Office
The Technology Commercialization Office connects business interests, sponsors, and partners to innovative solutions
Venture Carolina
An organization with a mission to teach entrepreneurs how to position their company for funding and to guide investors on how to invest in early stage companies.
Venture South
Venture South is one of the largest angel investment groups in the United States.