Delaware Startup Resources

The mission of the Chesapeake Agriculture Innovation Center (CAIC) is to provide value-added agriculture and aquaculture producers in Maryland and Delaware with the advice, guidance, technology, and other resources that they need to scale their businesses to a viable level of success. This will ensure a secure living for producers and sufficient nutritious, local food that is readily available to consumers.

Delaware Innovation Space is a multi-dimensional, resource-rich entrepreneurial incubator. Its far-reaching goal is to transform science driven start-ups into successful businesses. The Delaware Innovation Space helps stimulate scientific entrepreneurship, tackle next generation problems, enhance Delaware’s presence as a leader in science and technology, and foster scientific growth, economic development and job creation.

The Delaware Technology Park (DTP) is a recognized leading East Coast non-profit research park, providing development-stage life science, information technology, advanced materials, and renewable energy companies with access to the resources and connections needed to drive and accelerate their economic success. 

DTP@STAR offers flexible, state-of-the art incubation space and access to the resources development-stage companies need to drive and accelerate their economic success.  The facility opened in 2016 and is located in Newark, Delaware on University of Delaware’s expansive 272-acre STAR Campus.

A business incubator that helps startup businesses learn essential entrepreneurial skills, grow their business and develop a long-term sustainable model. The Emerging Enterprise Center Incubator program is co-located with the New Castle County Chamber of Commerce and offers 5,300 sq ft of available space for early stage companies, together with on-site support that includes amenities, business training, mentoring and networking opportunities to help start-ups grow and succeed.

The Middletown Business Incubator and Collaborative Workspace (MBI) serves as an enterprise business center that provides resources for businesses and entrepreneurs. By inspiring entrepreneurship through opportunity, the MBI fosters economic growth for the MOT and surrounding areas.

NextFab Wilmington is our newest location and our first spot outside Philadelphia. Here, you’ll find all the tools and technology needed to support your entrepreneurial endeavors, as well as a tight-knit community to connect with. With department workshops, offices, communal space, and flexible space ready to be tailored to our members’ needs, we offer the latest resources and a clean, comfortable environment to work in. Located in the heart of Wilmington’s Creative District near Market Street, the Wilmington Amtrak Station, and the Riverfront, this studio is focused on revitalizing the neighborhood and supporting the Wilmington community as a whole.

The Mill is a community of driven individuals who work hard and get things done. It is located in the center of downtown Wilmington. Their community ranges from programmers to lawyers, from solopreneurs to established businesses.

The Venture Development Center (VDC) serves as a resource for inventors, technologists and creatives working on entrepreneurial projects. It also hosts activities and events for the broader entrepreneurial community. 

The WIN Factory is the premier educational, networking and wealth building resources for new and existing wealth builders. We are a group of like-minded new and experienced wealth builders committed to learning and creating wealth through entrepreneurship, real estate and investing. We train ourselves from within AND learn from outside resources through a growing network of industry professionals and newbies, networking events, virtual learning materials and much more… all while having FUN!