The Women’s Economic Self-Sufficiency Team dba WESST is a statewide 501(c)(3) small business assistance organization committed to supporting individuals in New Mexico who want to start a business or improve the performance of an existing one.

The New Mexico Veterans' Business Outreach Center (NMVBOC) is a valuable resource for veterans looking to start or grow a business. The center offers one-on-one counseling, business plan development, market research, and access to business plan software and industry market research reports to help veterans succeed in business.

The Santa Fe Business Incubator (SFBI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to helping entrepreneurs succeed by providing them with the resources they need to start and grow their businesses. Since 1997, SFBI has helped over 1,000 businesses create more than 2,000 jobs and generate over $100 million in revenue.

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The New Mexico Small Business Development Center (NMSBDC) is a non-profit organization that helps New Mexican entrepreneurs and small business owners succeed by offering a variety of programs and services, including business counseling, training, and access to capital. The NMSBDC's services are confidential and provided at no cost to New Mexicans.

The Archimedes Fab Lab is a part of the international Fab Lab Network based at the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It provides a place for SFBI members to prototype new ideas and foster innovation for the member companies in the incubator.

Tramway Ventures is an investment firm in New Mexico that focuses on breakthrough technologies and R&D. They invest in companies in the first institutional round after incubators and angel investors, with a target audience of New Mexico-based companies that require less than $30 million in total capital to exit.

The Chemical Analysis and Instrumentation Laboratory (CAIL) at New Mexico State University is a state-of-the-art facility providing mass spectrometry analyses and advanced research equipment to support leading-edge research in various disciplines. It houses cutting-edge instrumentation and offers services such as selective and sensitive methods for chemical detection and quantification, broad and qualitative methods for chemical identification, and bottom-up approaches for protein identification and characterization.

UNM Rainforest Innovations is the technology transfer organization of the University of New Mexico. It protects and licenses technologies developed at UNM to businesses to encourage commercialization and new startups. Located in Albuquerque's Innovation District, it connects UNM researchers with investors and companies to foster economic growth in New Mexico through nurturing innovation.

The UNM: Innovation Academy is a program at the University of New Mexico that helps students develop entrepreneurial skills and turn their ideas into businesses. They offer classes, resources, and online tools to support students in finding creative solutions to problems.

NMBIO is a trade association that supports and advances the biotechnology, biomedicine, and bioscience industries in New Mexico. They provide a collaborative forum for members, work with incubators and accelerators, offer scholarships to science students, and advocate for the industry to government entities.

Santa Fe Capital Group is an investment banking firm that provides strategic advisory services and capital investment for early-stage, middle-market, and distressed companies. They have advised on over $1.2 billion in transactions across more than 350 companies and offer services such as angel investments, leveraged buyouts, and recapitalizations.

The Sandia Science & Technology Park is a 340-acre master-planned technology community in Albuquerque, New Mexico, adjacent to Kirtland Air Force Base. It is home to a dynamic blend of high technology and quality-of-life features and amenities, with spaces ranging from 500 to 36,000 square feet.

The Navajo Tech University Innovation Center is a certified Business Incubator that connects entrepreneurs, business community, education, and health. It offers a variety of services for resident clients and surrounding professionals, as well as a specialized program for helping students start businesses.

The NM Bioscience Authority's Community Readiness Program helps municipalities in New Mexico attract bioscience businesses by assisting with location identification and offering different levels of community readiness. Currently, the program is working with five communities: Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, and Clovis.

The New Mexico Economic Development Department offers a program to help communities establish certified business incubators, providing resources and services to entrepreneurs to foster new businesses and jobs.

Lobo Rainforest is a student apartment complex in East Downtown Albuquerque that offers fully furnished two-bedroom apartments to Innovation Academy students, current UNM residents, and upper-classmen. It is a living learning community that fosters innovation and discovery and is located in the Innovation Corridor, providing access to nightlife, cultural attractions, and culinary choices.

The Economic Development of Los Lunas (EDLL) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting economic growth and job creation in Los Lunas, New Mexico. They offer a variety of programs and resources to businesses, including site selection assistance, financial incentives, workforce training, and marketing support.

The New Mexico Tech University Research Park (NMTURP) Corporation is a collaborative entity that supports the development and commercialization of intellectual property generated on the New Mexico Tech campus, offering programs and services to researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry professionals interested in leveraging this intellectual property for economic growth and innovation.

New Mexico Tech is a public STEM university located in Socorro, New Mexico. It specializes in advancing STEM education and research through licensing its patented technologies to support continued innovation. Its Office of Innovation and Commercialization oversees technologies available for licensing across industries like healthcare, energy, aerospace and electronics.