We invest in programs that build an infrastructure of opportunity for New Haven residents to achieve economic well-being through entrepreneurship, social innovation, and access to growing local technology sectors.

As the New Haven recipient of CTNext’s “Innovation Places” award, the Innovation Collaborative helps direct state funding to support new programs through matching grants. From talent development to specialized facilities, grant awards have built new programs in software, food business, bioscience, manufacturing, and the creative economy.

Innovation Collaborative projects are made possible with grant funding from the CTNext Innovation Places program and a variety of project-based donors.