Who can benefit?

If you are an entrepreneur

looking to start a business or a business owner looking to take the

next step in revolutionizing your business processes, you can utilize Innovate SoDak’s services! The program currently has special interests in these fields but can assist other companies as well.

• agriculture
  
• education
  
• energy
  
• healthcare
  

• manufacturing
  
• service industries
  
• small businesses
  

Here are some guidelines to help you determine if your project may be a fit for the program. All projects are unique, and the criteria below is suggestive. Any business or community can submit a project idea!

• You are a business or community within South Dakota.
  
• You are a community with a population of 50,000 or less or a business with 500 or less full-time employees.
  
• Have a critical need you may require assistance solving.
  
• Have an estimated timeline of 6 month or more for completion.
  

How We Can Help You

Project Examples

Innovate SoDak has partnered with entrepreneurs, businesses, and community organizations to identify technical solutions and growth opportunities to advance the organization’s business initiatives.

• parking studies
  
• electronic design alternations
  
• assistance with identifying funding sourcing
  
• product analysis for process improvement
  
• product prototyping
  
• systems studies - i.e., transformers heat study
  

Technical Assistance

Looking to commercialize their research, Pioneer Biotech utilized our services to improve their protein purification processes for canola meal. We also helped them model different mixing conditions in fermenters, a project that was crucial for their scale-up work.

Product Design

LifeScape needed a system for the coordination of assistive devices that assess and address air quality in their facilities. They contacted us to help design this system. Thus far, the devices have improved the air quality in their facility making it a safer and more enjoyable space for their clients.

How the Application Process Works

Does your business need assistance with designing a product, accessing cutting edge technology, gathering data, or other processes? Submit an application at the link below to see if Innovate SoDak can assist you. The application requires some information about your business and/or community as well as the problem you are facing. Once you have applied, we can assess how we can provide aid so we can begin a conversation about how we can help!

Apply

Click on the “Apply Now” button to submit an application for assistance.

Review

Allow us two weeks to review your application.

Contact

We will reach out within the two week time period if we can assist with your problem!