SBTDC technology counselors assist technology businesses through management counseling and SBIR outreach.

SBTDC commercialization assistance

SBIR/STTR federal R&D funding

Services to manufacturers

Other R&D funding

• North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC)
• Advanced Technology Program (ATP)
• Funding from foundations
  • Background readings
  • Venture philanthropists

Download video about North Carolina's biotechnology industry (from Biotech2004)

Private investor initiatives

• Power of Angel Investing
• Angel funding
• Venture capital
• State sources
• Capital Opportunities for Small Businesses report

Intellectual property (IP) resources

Wetlab/incubator facilities

Find an SBTDC technology counselor

Technology links

Helping businesses succeed

• Altadonics: "The SBTDC helped focus our message to potential investors."
• Norcarex Bio Corporation: "The SBTDC's knowledge of the SBIR program gave us better insight."
• PhytoMyco Research Corporation: “The SBTDC reviewed our SBIR Phase 1 proposal and provided a critique that helped us obtain USDA funding."
• Targacept: “Much of the credit for our winning this award goes to the SBTDC.”
• United Packaging and Industrial: "The SBTDC went to bat for us."
  
  
  

University of North Carolina biotech partnerships

Watch this short video to find out how the University of North Carolina is actively partnering with industry to fuel the state's biotech boom.

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