Startup Tucson is a nonprofit organization dedicated to growing Southern Arizona’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Through education, mentorship, and community-building programs, Startup Tucson helps founders, innovators, and small businesses launch, grow, and thrive. By fostering collaboration and providing resources, it creates opportunities for entrepreneurs to turn ideas into successful ventures and contribute to the region’s economic and cultural vitality.

TENWEST is Southern Arizona’s premier professional development event. Held annually in Downtown Tucson, it merges a professional summit and a festival, highlighting trends in technology, entrepreneurship, and creativity while empowering attendees to spark ideas, advance careers, and create lasting community impact. 

IdeaFunding is Southern Arizona's largest pitch competition and entrepreneurial conference.

The UA Center for Innovation serves scalable science & technology ventures to connect entrepreneurs with the people, places and programming they need to move ideas from concept to market. We serve the University of Arizona's faculty and researchers as well as community and global entrepreneurs.

ASBA is a membership organization dedicated to delivering entrepreneurs the resources required to prosper in an ever-changing marketplace.

Our diverse and innovative business solutions satisfy customer needs while providing access to a wide array of employment options for people with disabilities.

Blax Friday, Spotlighting Local Black Owned Businesses. The website features by category all of the Black Owned businesses here in Tucson. 

Located in the Main Library of the University of Arizona, CATalyst Studios connects people and technology in a space that welcomes everyone.

CATALYST Creative Collective is a first-of-its-kind innovative space where culture, collaboration, and community intersect.  CATALYST combines over 14,000 square feet of flexible learning, performance, gathering, and maker spaces which highlight over 30 disciplines.

The CF Campus provides a platform for collaboration that allows the nonprofit community to share their resources and ideas more efficiently and effectively, thereby maximizing their impact in the community. CF Campus provides opportunities for nonprofits to convene, collaborate, and grow with administrative offices and event spaces.

Community Investment Corporation is a nonprofit economic development organization, assisting organizations access the capital they need to grow. 

The Flinn Foundation is a privately endowed, philanthropic grantmaking organization looking to improve the quality of life in Arizona to benefit future generations.

The Intellectual Property Clinic provides free legal counseling and services on IP matters to individuals, startups and small business having limited financial resources.

MOMENTUM is a professional conference, organized by SAACA designed to propel creatives forward and foster a strong community of professional creative in Tucson.

An entrepreneurial program available to any undergraduate or graduate student at the University of Arizona to learn the principles of entrepreneurship and innovation.

Pima Community College is a two-year college serving the greater Tucson metropolitan area at six locations throughout Pima County.  

Pima JTED offers young people tuition-free Career and Technical Education programs online and in-person to gain professional certifications. 

The Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the creation, preservation and advancement of the Arts. SAACA strengthens the bonds between people, place, and purpose through collaborative, arts-driven experiences. Southern Arizona has long served as a hub for art and culture. 

SEED SPOT is an organization deeply rooted in the community. We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to supporting all social entrepreneurs creating a product, service, or technology that improves lives or makes the world a better place. 

Modeled after traditional "VC" pitch competitions, SVP Fast Pitch invites nonprofits once a year to compete with their three-minute pitch in front of a live audience for cash grants, prizes, and exposure to Social Venture Parners vast donor network. 

SCORE offers free business consulting and mentoring services to help you start or grow your business. 

Startup Unidos is a community of binational believers. We span Southern Arizona and can be found on the ground, nurturing emerging companies, assisting in growing firms, building workforces of the future, and supporting partner organizations in reaching underserved pockets of the borderlands.

TLA ensures that technologies and innovations originating with UArizona researchers find meaningful application through patenting intellectual property and commercialization. 

The Town of Oro Valley enjoys its reputation as a place where businesses startup, expand, and most importantly, SUCCEED.

Women’s Hackathon is a women-founded non-competitive, free hackathon, designed by and for women and allies. 

The Women’s Business Center of Southern Arizona (WBC) focuses on economic development by providing business training, 1-on-1 coaching, and technical assistance designed to accommodate the varied needs of aspiring entrepreneurs and existing small businesses in Southern Arizona. Annually, we serve 1000 small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs.