What we do

Missouri Innovation Center provides unparalleled entrepreneurial support centered in Columbia, Missouri, and offers a wide range of services. Our resources propel your business through research and development towards product commercialization strategies. We offer state-of-the-art facilities, mentoring, access to world-class university research facilities and financing possibilities.

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Incubate

Our Life Science Business Incubator provides space near the University of Missouri with access to wet labs and shared equipment.

Mentoring

MIC offers business mentoring from our staff and a network of established advisors. Learn from other’s experiences.
 

Accelerate

The Mid-MO Tech Incubator provides funding and office space to help launch technology-based companies.

Connect

Through our network of relationships, we connect you with investors, service providers, business partners, and customers.

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The Incubator

MIC operates the MU Life Science Business Incubator at Monsanto Place, which offers biomedical and life science wet labs and engineering (including software) suites for startup companies. MIC counselors reside at the business incubator and offer ongoing mentoring services and technology commercialization assistance as described above.

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The Mid-MO Tech Incubator

MIC launched the Mid-MO Tech Incubator in 2016 to provide space and facilities for over 20 new technology related start up companies. We build out our last remaining shell space into state-of-the-art offices for companies that want to improve the world.

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Missouri Innovation Center has partnered with an entrepreneurial support system within Columbia to provide access to a variety of support options.

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Understanding the Key Differences Between Boards of Directors and Boards of Advisors

At Missouri Innovation Center, we offer the mentorship and resources required to build operational frameworks around great business ideas. Part of that is establishing proper governance structures to oversee the establishment and growth of a business.  While it’s easy to understand the roles of, say, a CEO or Director of HR, some leadership structures are…

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How MIC’s Facilities Foster Creativity and Problem-Solving: The Role of Environment in the Innovation Process

Environment plays a key role in innovation. It is a critical piece of the creative puzzle that can facilitate ideas, spark synergy, and guide processes. Speaking about the importance of workspaces and where ideas come from, science author and media theorist Steven Johnson said, “If you look at history, innovation doesn’t come just from giving…

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Phone:
(573)884-0496

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Address:
1601 S. Providence Rd
Columbia, MO 65211-3460