The Office of Research Commercialization (ORC) offers creative service support opportunities to assist NC State research-based startups in creating a logo, producing branded materials, and launching a website. This service is available to all newly created startup companies that license university intellectual property.

For early-stage startup companies that spin out of universities to bring research discoveries to the marketplace, mentorship from experienced entrepreneurs and business executives can dramatically impact a startup’s development path.

I-Corps @ NC State offers a National Science Foundation (NSF) training program aimed at helping researchers transition their ideas and inventions into the marketplace through customer discovery and market research.

The Office of Research Commercialization (ORC) created the PackStart Program to assist NC State faculty and research teams in creating and launching a new venture. Managed by the New Ventures group, this program is available to all newly created startup companies that license university intellectual property.