UACI IS ON A MISSION TO GROW SCALABLE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STARTUP VENTURES THAT FUEL ARIZONA’S ECONOMY.

As a land-grant university, our mission is to serve our state, and we work to build the conditions for economic prosperity. UACI is a critical part of how that mission is pursued.

Since its founding in 2003, UACI has assisted more than 1,500 entrepreneurs via workshops and training, and directly supported 300+ startups that have accumulated $180.6 million in capital investment and funding.

Between 2021 and 2023, UACI had an economic output of $664.8 million. UACI startup clients also contributed a total of 886 jobs and $19.1 million in state and local taxes.