Ascent Innovation is focused on nurturing startup and new-to-the-area businesses in the tech industry striving to grow in the Rapid City area for both entrepreneurs and students alike.
At Ascent Innovation, fostering a link between entrepreneurs, community members, and students is held as a high priority through mixers, presentations, and workshops.
Bringing a rise of technology to Rapid City is at the heart of Ascent Innovation's mission. The resources and services we offer to new-to-the area and startup businesses makes it possible.
“When you are a young business you have to choose where your money is going to go...a space as large as this for as low cost it is allows us to use our resources to do something better.”
NanoCoatings, Inc. was recently awarded a 9-month Air Force Small Business Innovation Research project to develop and demonstrate corrosion-resistant coatings as possible replacement for hard Chrome plating.
Ascent Innovation and local leaders are honored to be awarded a grant by the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) at the amount of $3 million towards the Rapid City Economic Development Foundation’s expansion project of the Ascent Innovation facility.
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