SkySong

Support For Success

ASU SkySong supports entrepreneurial ventures and established businesses through a variety of unique ASU services. These services focus on business and organizational development, product and service innovation, and technology transfer to accelerate corporate interests while driving beneficial social change.

access new clients

ASU SkySong has a dedicated global business development director who works to generate business leads in the U.S. market for ASU SkySong companies. New industry partners receive access to this robust business network to build new, profitable relationships.

Optimize ASU Resources

ASU SkySong saves partners time and money while simultaneously increasing their capabilities. Along with the global business development director, ASU’s corporate liaison engages with ASU SkySong partners to evaluate specific needs. From this initial evaluation, dedicated professionals assist with implementing an action plan to optimize the company’s management of ASU SkySong resources. ASU SkySong also provides continuing support as the company’s needs change. These resources may include partnership opportunities with ASU researchers, other educational opportunities, computing/IT resources, library access, intellectual capital and amenities. Through their relationships with ASU SkySong, industry partners increase the quality and efficiency of mission critical resource management, allowing them to develop products, improve services and increase profit margins faster.

Sustain a world Class Workforce

ASU SkySong corporate partners increase their capabilities by utilizing continuing business education services. ASU Technopolis, a leader in entrepreneurial training, offers a vareity of services for innovation-based, early-stage, U.S. companies, as well as global companies seeking to enter the U.S. market. ASU Technopolis assists with marketing strategy, business plan development and accessing capital -- increasing the likelihood that new ventures will turn into long-standing pillars of industry.

ASU SkySong provides larger companies with a professional training location outfitted with the latest in flexible space and business communication technologies as well as an environment for tailored, executive education. This range of continuing education services ensures that ASU SkySong partners have the opportunity to attract, train, and retain the best employees -- a true competitive edge in the marketplace.

Increase Funding Opportunities

ASU SkySong corporate partners gain access to multiple capital networks, procuring both short-term and long-term funding. In addition to hosting Invest Southwest, the largest capital conference in the U.S. Southwest, ASU Technopolis at SkySong has developed an extensive network of venture capitalists and angel investors. As the premiere commercialization gateway center for the University, ASU SkySong also hosts meetings for accredited investors and investor groups who support technology-focused, early-stage projects. A number of capital firms (ATV, Pacific Southwest Ventures and TEKcelerate) call ASU SkySong home. Additionally, ASU SkySong arranges custom visits for capital providers to see the “best of the best” technologies and innovations at ASU SkySong.

Innovate Products and Services

ASU offers two innovative product development programs to support corporate partners. Using Innovation Space, an ASU product development program located at ASU SkySong, corporate partners can accelerate the design, prototyping and market entry of new products and services while ensuring customer satisfaction. As an Innovation Space corporate sponsor, companies gain access to ASU professors and students who use proven innovation methodologies to develop products that are desirable, practical and beneficial. The Advanced Technology Innovation Center (ATIC), an ASU program that facilitates technology collaborations, also provides product innovation services by contract. ATIC develops highly effective and efficient solutions by using top science and technology talent. Working with ATIC, ASU SkySong corporate partners receive support in proof of new product concept, innovative technical concept creation, and product development tutoring and advising. Both programs are available at below market rates.

Appropriate Intellectual Property

ASU SkySong protects corporate partners’ return on investment while fostering innovation and growth. Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE) licenses ASU innovations through a streamlined process for technology venturing that focuses on building long-term partnerships with external organizations. Technology Ventures Services Group, an ASU graduate student program, works with clients to provide intellectual property research, marketing research and other support of technology venturing. These two programs serve as navigators for ASU SkySong corporate partners to efficiently explore ASU’s $240 million research enterprise.