CASE Incubator Facility

The CASE incubator program provides a supportive setting to nurture start-up or young technology companies with long-term potential for high growth. The incubator members benefit from a rich intellectual and research environment, access to talented faculty and students, modern office facilities, and many networked computing resources that would be cost-prohibitive for most small companies. Technology companies remain in CASE incubator space until they become ready for venture capital or other investment, and thus "graduate" to more conventional business facilities.

Incubation Admissions Guidelines

• An Admissions Committee will evaluate all applicants and make recommendations to the Center Director. The final decision rests with the CASE Center Director at his/her sole discretion. All decisions are final.

• Companies must fit within the CASE focus areas of information technology or complex systems.

• CASE companies should be poised to compete in large markets with substantial growth potential, or promise to make important impact in technological fields.

• CASE companies should have the potential to attract long-term capital investment.

• Applicants should provide evidence of management capability.

• Companies must be willing to abide by CASE requirements for milestone assessment, reporting and graduation.

• Applicants should show the potential to provide meaningful economic impact, which is part of CASE's mission. Companies accepted into the Center must be willing to provide such numbers to CASE in written form.

• CASE will not admit companies that directly compete against current incubation firms, to avoid conflicts of interest.

• Companies should be willing to provide evidence of capability to meet CASE's monthly licensing/affiliation fee requirements. Accounts must be kept current or space vacated.