Innovate Collaborate Oregon (ICOregon) is a statewide network that promotes and supports innovation and entrepreneurship across Oregon to benefit the global community.
Oregon is an emerging hub for innovation. The state has a robust infrastructure, including universities, an academic research hospital, regional incubators and a number of engaged entrepreneurial organizations. Oregon’s burgeoning innovative workforce is fueled by the state’s universities, which provide a pipeline of new skilled talent, and Oregon’s beauty and unmatched outdoor recreation, which make it easy to recruit the best and brightest.
ICOregon is a collaborative joint alliance of Oregon universities, which aims to further support and encourage the growth of innovation and entrepreneurship across the state. By bringing together resources across the state, we aim to promote innovative discoveries, establish successful collaborations, form new companies, and increase economic development in Oregon.
We provide:
Industry partners and investors with a centralized resource for licensing and investment opportunities across four major Oregon universities.
Innovators and entrepreneurs with regional education, funding opportunities, and a networking platform to advance their technologies and companies.
Public officials with measures of economic development arising out of university innovation programs.
The public with the latest innovations and companies that are striving to improve the lives of Oregonians and beyond.
Read the Innovate Collaborate Oregon 2022 Impact Brief
The ICOregon 2022 Impact Brief highlights recent accomplishments within the ICOregon network, many of which were made possible by leveraging state funding programs. Learn more about success from programs established by the Oregon legislature, including the University Innovation Research Fund and the University Venture Development Fund, including startup milestones and university grants aimed at promoting innovation and economic growth across the state. Read the full Impact Brief.
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