The Innovation Space: Giving Startups Room to Grow [Video]

In 2017, there was a dearth of laboratory space in Delaware for startups and small scientific businesses that were looking for room to grow.

To meet this need, a group of scientists, educators and business and government leaders, led by the State of Delaware, the DuPont Company and the University of Delaware, founded a nonprofit organization originally called The Delaware Innovation Space, located in a vacated building on the grounds of the DuPont Experimental Station with “the goal to transform science-driven startups into successes.”

Seven years later, The Innovation Space’s founder, president and CEO, Bill Provine, says the organization is helping meet that need. “We have 130,000 square feet of laboratory space, and we are home to everything from two or three people with a great idea to established companies who need room to grow.

We also provide virtual assistance to companies across the country, letting them know that Delaware …