University of Arizona Center for Innovation at Biosphere 2 Grand Opening

The University of Arizona Center for Innovation held a grand opening today to celebrate its new startup incubator at Biosphere 2, which will support renewable energy and sustainable tech startups.

UACI at Biosphere 2 was launched with three startups, all of which will go through UACI’s structured 27-point road map that takes them through a continuum of education provided by mentors, advisers and community collaborators. Entrepreneurs will use various physical spaces at Biosphere 2 that allow them to test and demonstrate the tech in specific environments.

At today's ribbon-cutting ceremony, University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins was joined by government officials, business leaders, innovators, community members and other senior UArizona leaders.

UACI is Arizona’s leading startup incubator network with 68 companies in the program and locations across Southern Arizona. UACI offers leaders of science and technology startups the benefit of connections with UArizona experts, incubation programs and the office and lab space needed to turn ideas and inventions into scalable and sustainable businesses that ultimately provide high-paying jobs and fuel Southern Arizona’s economy. UACI and Biosphere 2 united to provide the ideal partnership to translate research into impact.