How NACET got started
NACET : Northen Arizona Center for Emerging Technologies NACET provides business assistance to startups in the energy, biotech, and other technology-based industries About NACET :: History
NACET, northern Arizona's technology incubator

NACET’s History

The Northern Arizona Technology & Business Incubator, Inc., (“NATBI”) was founded in 2001 by community and business leaders intent on diversifying the greater Flagstaff economy. Funds for this project came from the City of Flagstaff, the Arizona Department of Commerce, and community investors, including Northern Arizona University, Coconino Community College, the Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce, the Coconino County Board of Supervisors, Arizona Public Service, Bank of America, McCoy Motors, LNN Enterprises, and others. In addition, many volunteers and supporters have donated their time and energy.

In August 2007, the organization went through a “rebranding” with a new trade name, a new president, and plans for a new facility. The Northern Arizona Center for Emerging Technologies (NACET) began building pathways to client companies, starting with technology transfers in collaboration with NAU. We hosted a series of workshops on the NAU campus to solicit client companies with technology transfer opportunities, most notably in the Colleges of Engineering and Biology. Our signature event, “Invention to Venture — Northern Arizona,” draws inventors, entrepreneurs, service providers and graduate students from around the region to learn from NACET’s community of entrepreneurs who have successfully launched businesses.