Santa Fe Entrepreneurial Ecosystem 2021

Santa Fe Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

In Partnership with

The City of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County & Los Alamos National Laboratory

Uplifting the Santa Fe Economy through Entrepreneurship and Small Business Support.

Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses need strong support and resources in order start, grow, and adapt their businesses. Supporting existing businesses and entrepreneurship is essential for the development and improvement of our lives here in Northern New Mexico.

Ecosystem by type:

Business & Entrepreneur Support

community

funding

education & workforce

government

healthcare

film & Digital Media

Food & Ag Tech

Outdoor Recreation

Tech & Biotech

Industry

resource

Business & Entrepreneur Support

Business support comes in many forms: mentorship, accelerators, training, incubators and technical expertise for manufacturing or finance. Find the right fit or multiple fits to help you develop your business.

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Our vibrant community full of neighbors and friends is one of our strongest assets. Click here to learn more about other community support and social networking opportunities that can help rally around you and strengthen your business!

Community

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Community investment in training and education keeps Santa Fe's workforce skilled in the latest industries to meet local businesses needs and encourage them to start their own businesses.

Education & Workforce

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Traditional Funding

If youre business is ready to grow or launch, you may seek outside capital from venture or capital investors.

Funding

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Government staff can help businesses and startups navigate by providing resources, incentives, financing, real-estate, workforce licensening and more.

Government

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With two hospitals in the region, national healthcare products, and local technology companies, Santa Fe is poised to contribute to a flourishing healthcare economy.

Healthcare

Industry

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The film industry both boosts Santa Fe’s economy and benefits from it through resources, incentives, and organizations.

Film & Digital Media

Industry

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The Santa Fe region offers opportunities in the food and agriculture sectors to create a more self-reliant economy, improve tourism, and provide for healthier residents.

Food & Agriculture Technology

Industry

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Santa Fe resides in an ideal region for the outdoor recreation economy due to its proximity to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Jemez Mountains, Ortiz Mountains, and numerous other flourishing outdoor spaces.

Outdoor Recreation

Industry

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Santa Fe’s location between Los Alamos National Laboratory and two other federal labs has created a rich ecosystem for local technology and biotechnology businesses and entrepreneurship.

Tech & Bio Tech

Industry

Debt Backed Funding

Government Funding

Contact Information

Santa Fe County

Growth Management Economic Development 505.986.6349

City of Santa Fe

Office of Economic Development 505.955.6042

The New Mexico Small Business Assistance (NMSBA) Program provides New Mexico small businesses facing technical challenges access to the unique expertise and capabilities of Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories, at no cost to the business. Small businesses can seek assistance from lab scientists and engineers to solve challenges and overcome barriers to company success.

NMSBA

nmsbaprogram.org

The Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce provides networking, business resources, and other business support services for industry in Santa Fe.

Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce

santafechamber.com

The Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists makes it possible for artists to thrive and ensures collaboration among artists, collectors, dealers, other members of the art industry, and the wider world of which they are a part. Because they are self-employed, visual artists are necessarily entrepreneurs, but like all business owners, they need training and real-world experience to achieve financial prosperity. CHF equips working artists with critical entrepreneurial skills, business tools, technology, and networks of peers and experts. Artists already work hard; we help them work smart.

Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists

clarkhulingsfund.org

The Feynman Center for Innovation provides programs, tools, support, and processes that help Los Alamos National Laboratory staff and external organizations to identify opportunities that lead to new technologies, products, and businesses. Initiatives include the New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program (NMSBA) which helps for-profit small businesses in New Mexico access cutting-edge technologies, solve technical issues and gain knowledge from Los Alamos National Laboratory experts at no cost to the business.

Feynman Center for Innovation

lanl.gov/projects/feynman-center

Kick-Ass Entrepreneurs provides local entrepreneurs with an opportunity to share their stories and develop and create a stronger entrepreneurial support community.

Kick-Ass Entrepreneurs

entrepreneurstorytime.com

Make Santa Fe is a non-profit community workspace where people can access tools, resources, and workshops in order to make, repair, invent, or create anything they dream.

Make Santa Fe

makesantafe.org

New Collar Network is a group of educators, employers, concerned citizens, parents, and policy makers that are looking to make a difference through new models of education and economic development. They offer various trainings and digital badges in technology related fields.

New Collar Network

newcollarnetwork.com

Blue Collar Jobs have become digital, creating the need for a New Collar Workforce! FabLab has a roadmap to new manufacturing jobs in automation, robotics, CAD and generative design, 3D Printing, Big Data, and more. They also train the next generation of Digital Factory workers in innovative training programs such as Digital Badges, that are now available to grasp these new opportunities. Fab Lab Hub has partnered with Creative Startups to grow entrepreneurs through helping them design and prototype new products. Watch this space for upcoming projects including a challenge as part of the Libraries as Launchpads program.

Fab Lab Hub

fablabhub.org

Creative Startups offers tailor-made workshops and seminars for entrepreneurs and creative economy leaders. They also offer pre-accelerator programming which is designed to move startups from idea-stage, past prototyping, and into the market, working with customers and earning revenue.

Creative Startups

creativestartups.org

The Santa Fe Business Incubator provides a supportive environment for entrepreneurs who have the passion and tenacity to launch and grow businesses that create new jobs, diversify the economy, and enhance the quality of life for all in the community. Their programming helps accelerate the growth of early stage startup companies through coaching, advisory councils, one-on-one and group engagement, seminars, workshops, and community building. The business incubation process can help you preserve capital, find resources, join a collaborative environment, and connect with external support systems. SFBI encourages each entrepreneur’s uniqueness and offers support and customized services to maximize potential and reduce risk and isolation. Incubated companies are four times more likely to survive their early years when risks are highest.

Santa Fe Business Incubator

sfbi.net

The New Mexico Federal and State Technology (NM FAST) partnership program provides SBIR and STTR proposal development assistance to small businesses throughout New Mexico. Securing federal funding for your innovative idea or technology is a critical step towards commercial success. The SBIR and STTR programs, often referred to as “America’s Seed Fund,” are an excellent source of undiluted funding, but are highly competitive. NM FAST provides the resources, support, and expertise necessary to submit a highly competitive proposal.

NM FAST

arrowheadcenter.nmsu.edu/program/nm-fast

The New Mexico Small Business Development Center (NMSDBC) serves both startup and existing businesses with no cost business consulting and low cost training in Santa Fe and portions of Torrance Counties. With expertise in small business planning, marketing and financial management, our services are strictly confidential.

SBDC

nmsbdc.org/santa-fe

SCORE Santa Fe provides free and confidential mentoring to small business entrepreneurs. SCORE Santa Fe provides clients the key benefit of access to significant mentor experience and expertise in the ownership, operation, financing, and management of small and large businesses in multiple industries.

SCORE

santafe.score.org

Activate New Mexico (ActivateNM) helps startup founders build valuable businesses that are going to disrupt a particular market through big visions and innovative, transformative ideas. They do this through their 10 week Startup Accelerator Program focused on helping companies validate their product and move towards being ready for startup investment.

ABQid/Activate NM

abqid.com/about-abqid

The Arrowhead Center provides numerous programs and resources for aspiring and practicing entrepreneurs, those looking to start or grow small businesses, those seeking to transfer their inventions, discoveries, and creative products from NMSU to the marketplace, and those seeking to learn more about collaborative efforts to improve the economic landscape of New Mexico.

Arrowhead Center

arrowheadcenter.nmsu.edu

WESST is a statewide small business development and training organization committed to growing New Mexico's economy by cultivating entrepreneurship. WESST provides services to any New Mexico resident interested in launching a new business or improving the performance of an existing one.

WESST

wesst.org

The Small Business Administration provides connections to various local resource providers, SBA-approved lenders, and a wealth of training and education documents and assistance.

SBA

sba.gov/offices/district/nm/albuquerque

The Regional Development Corporation (RDC) is a private non-profit 501(c) 3 organization dedicated to improving economic development in Northern New Mexico. The RDC provides private investment opportunities and technical assistance to facilitate job growth and diversify the economies of communities in the following seven counties: Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos, and the municipalities and Native American Pueblos therein. Current funders include the City of Española, The City of Santa Fe, Los Alamos County, New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Santa Fe County and Triad National Security, LLC.

The Regional Development Corporation

rdcnm.org

The AICCNM’s long-term strategic framework prioritizes the following five service areas to meet the needs of member businesses: business development, capacity building, workforce development, education, research and policy.

The American Indian Chamber of Commerce

aiccnm.com

To revolutionize systems and inspire innovation by investing in Native Women in business. We do this by co-creating with and convening our community to build coalition while honoring our culture, creativity, and connections

Native Women Lead

nativewomenlead.org

Business & Entrepreneur Support

Chainbreaker is a membership-based economic and environmental justice organization. They work to expand access to affordable transportation and sustainable communities for working people in the Santa Fe, New Mexico region.

Chainbreaker Collective

chainbreaker.org

Creative Santa Fe’s mission is to leverage Santa Fe’s unique sense of place, using collaboration and the power of the arts to reframe critical issues and drive positive change.

Creative Santa Fe

creativesantafe.org

The Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) is an independent arts organization forging critical inquiry and cultural exchange among artists, creative practitioners, and the broader community. We support and amplify dynamic artistic practices that engage complex social issues, inspire individual transformation, and inform collective action.

Santa Fe Art Insititute

sfai.org

Through the concept of art as a traditional path of creativity, the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) excels at skill building, provoking thought and, providing exceptional educational opportunities. IAIA is a place to embrace the past, enrich the present and, create the future. To move ahead to paths yet unexplored and undiscovered.

Institue of American Indian Arts

iaia.edu

Community

Funding

Cottonwood Technology Fund is a early-stage venture capital fund focused on investments in the areas of hard science, pre-seed, seed, and, early-stage funding. Typically Cottonwood invests between 1 and 3 million from the start (mostly pre-revenue/ pre-customer) as lead investor from the start to the end. Their investment criteria include: high-technology/ hard science (hardware) - patent based companies in robotics, photonics, optics, nanotechnology, sensor technology, telecom, automotive, cleantech, green energy, medtech, chemicals and advanced materials.

Cottonwood Technology Fund

cottonwood.vc

NMA Ventures is a New Mexico seed or early-stage, high-technology investment fund. Investment interest include all technology sectors with the exception of biotechnology and pharmaceutical development.

NMA Ventures

nmaventures.com

The New Mexico Angels is not a venture fund, and does not make investments. Rather, they serve as an intermediary between its members (investors) and potential investment opportunities. The investment focus of the NM Angels are early-stage companies in the Southwest.

NM Angels

nmangels.com

The New Mexico Startup Factory brings laboratory technologies to market. The program works with scientist looking to commercialize their technologies and provides them with the educational tools and coaching to achieve this. Companies and scientists completing the educational piece of the program are open to investments from the Start-Ip Factory Fund.

Startup Factory

nmsuf.com

The Verge Fund brings together entrepreneurs as investors, founders, managers and advisors to develop world class companies in NM. Through their investments, the Verge Fund seeks to leverage the $5 billion in research dollars spent in NM every year.

Verge Fund

vergefund.com

Tramway Venture Partners is an early stage venture fund investing in biotech, medtech, and healthtech. Typically, the Tramway Venture Partners will invest in the first institutional round after incubators and investors.

Tramway Ventures

tramwayventurepartners.com

Flywheel Ventures focuses on seed-stage and early-stage companies with solutions that address key global challenges in digital services, infrastructure technology, energy technology, and water technology.

Flywheel Ventures

flywheelventures.com

Sun Mountain Capital is a private equity firm with investment strategies in both direct investment and fund of funds programs spanning venture capital, private credit, and growth equity.

Sun Mountain Capital

sunmountaincapital.com

Epic Ventures are early stage tech investors.

Epic Ventures

epicvc.com

Aspen Vista Capital is an early stage venture capital firm engaged in technology investments in the Southwest United States. It focuses on startups in software as a service (SaaS) and materials sciences, within six months of full commercialization.

Aspen Vista Capital

aspenvistacapital.com

BlueStone Venture Partners is a life sciences venture capital fund focused on investing in the Southwest. The focuses areas of investment are life science, information, and technology.

BlueStone Venture Partners

bluestonevp.com

ABQid identifies and develops high-growth, early-stage businesses and invests in them with the knowledge, resources, and connections they need to succeed. The ABQid Fund is associated with ABQid and exists to invest in early-stage startups.

ABQid

abqid.com

Arrowhead Ventures is a post-accelerator program that provides follow-on support for businesses who have participated in one of Arrowhead's accelerator programs. Arrowhead Ventures provides accelerator graduates with resources, guidance and traction to assist with continued growth of their business.

Arrowhead Center (Ventures)

arrowheadcenter.nmsu.edu

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs are highly competitive programs that encourage domestic small businesses to engage in Federal Research/Research and Development (R/R&D) with the potential for commercialization. Through a competitive awards-based program, SBIR and STTR enable small businesses to explore their technological potential and provide the incentive to profit from its commercialization.

SBIR/STTR

sbir.gov/funding

Funding (Debt)

The Loan Fund is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that offers loans, lines of credit, pre-loan counseling/consulting, and loan training services to financially underserved small businesses and nonprofits across New Mexico.

Loan Fund

loanfund.org

DreamSpring is a nonprofit organization providing an increased access to credit, loans and other community financial support to small businesses and entrepreneurs in New Mexico.

DreamSpring

dreamspring.org

WESST is a statewide small business development and training organization committed to growing New Mexico's economy by cultivating entrepreneurship. WESST is a microlender that specializes in financing viable businesses that do not meet the criteria of banks or other traditional lenders.

WESST

wesst.org/business-loans

The Small Business Administration provides both loans and debt or equity investments that can be used to expand or start your business.

SBA

sba.gov/offices/district/nm/albuquerque

The Regional Development Corporation

www.rdcnm.org

The New Mexico State Investment Council manages New Mexico's $26 billion permanent endowment. Part of the purposes of this fund is for economic development. In April 2020 the State Investment Council authorized the emergency short-term loan fund called the New Mexico Recovery Fund.

SIC

sic.state.nm.us

Industrial Revenue Bonds are a form of public-private partnership whereabout governments can offer tax subsidies for new or expanding businesses that create jobs and improve communities. Subsidies may include a property tax exemption, a gross receipts tax deduction and compensating tax exemption if certain equipments is purchased with bond proceeds.

IRB

financenewmexico.org

The New Mexico Collateral Assistance Program (CAP) encourages banks and other financial institutions to make loans to small businesses in "underserved" markets. The New Mexico Economic Development Department can pledge cash to cover a collateral shortfall of a loan in order to enable financing that otherwise might not be available to a small business.

CAP

gonm.biz

The Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) allows for local governments to assist expanding or relocating businesses in New Mexico with funding for public work improvements, the purchase, lease, grant, construction, reconstruction, improvement or other acquisition or conveyance of land, buildings or other infrastructure, and loan guarantees securing the cost of land, buildings or infrastructure. The provision of funds is dependent upon the project providing public benefits pursuant to LEDA.

LEDA

gonm.biz

The NCNMEDD Revolving Loan Fund partners with Northern New Mexico banks to provide participation loans that fill financial gaps for businesses located in the counties of Colfax, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, and Taos.

North Centeral New Mexico Economic Development District (NCNMEDD )

ncnmedd.com

Funding (Government Backed)

The Northern Workforce Development Board exists to design and implement a locally-delivered workforce development system which will enable government, business, education and labor to provide the Northern New Mexico Area with a well-trained, highly-skilled, and competitive workforce. They offer a variety of services to youth, adult, dislocated workers, and businesses.

Northern Workforce Development Board

northernboard.org

Workforce Solutions provides an array of services and resources for job seekers, workers, businesses, and, researchers. Through their services you can access career resources and services, apply or certify for unemployment insurance benefits, find information about your legal rights as a worker, minimum wage, working as a teenager, discrimination, access recruitment assistance, and, services to find and employ perfect candidates, find information about unemployment insurance tax, minimum wage, and much more!

Workforce Solutions

dws.state.nm.us

The Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP) funds classroom and on-the-job training for newly-created jobs in expanding or relocating businesses for up to 6 months. The program reimburses 50-75% of employee wages. Custom training at a New Mexico public educational institution may also be reimbursed.

JTIP

gonm.biz

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) is designed to help job seekers access employment, education, training, and support services. To access services in the Santa Fe Area should contact HelpNM https://helpnm.com/

WIOA

dol.gov/agencies/eta/wioa

St. John’s distinctive liberal arts curriculum and educational practices have long given it a highly respected place among American colleges and universities. Its strong commitment to collaborative inquiry and to the study of original texts makes St. John’s College a particularly vibrant community of learning. Through close engagement with the works of some of the world’s greatest writers and thinkers—from Homer, Plato, and Euclid to Nietzsche, Einstein, and Woolf—undergraduate and graduate students at St. John’s College grapple with fundamental questions that confront us as human beings.

St. John's College

sjc.edu/santa-fe

The Santa Fe Higher Education Center provides access to education that connects students with supportive community every step of the way. Perhaps you are exploring the new Pre-Forestry degree at SFCC and want to see how your career opportunities expand through completing your Bachelor’s degree in Forestry at New Mexico Highlands University. If you graduated with your Associate’s degree in business, but decided you are really interested in Information Technology, you may be interested in the online cyber-security program at Bellevue University. Or maybe you are curious about llearning how to use a 3-D printer, and have an itch to play with a laser cutter. In that case, the Santa Fe FabLabHub is available to connect you with fast, MIT-accredited digital badges to encourage your curiosity and strengthen your resume.

Higher Education Center

sfcc.edu/higher-education-center

Through the concept of art as a traditional path of creativity, the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) excels at skill building, provoking thought, and, providing exceptional educational opportunities. IAIA is a place to embrace the past, enrich the present and create the future. to move ahead to paths yet unexplored and undiscovered.

Institute of American Indian Arts

iaia.edu

For more than 35 years, Santa Fe Community College has been the gateway to success for individuals and the community by providing affordable, high-quality educational programs that serve the social, cultural, technological and economic needs of a diverse community. SFCC is designated a Best for Vets and a Military Friendly school. The college serves more than 13,000 students per year in its credit, noncredit and adult programs.

Santa Fe Community College

sfcc.edu

New blue collar cobs have become digital, creating the need for a new collar Workforce! Fab Lab has a roadmap to the new manufacturing jobs in automation, robotics, CAD and generative design, 3D Printing, Big Data and more. They also train the next generation of digital factory workers in innovative training programs such as Digital Badges, which are now available to grasp these new opportunities. Fab Lab Hub has partnered with creative startups to grow entrepreneurs through helping them design and prototype new products. Watch this space for upcoming projects including a challenge as part of the Libraries as Launchpads program.

Fab Lab Hub

fablabhub.org

The New Collar Network is a group of educators, employers, concerned citizens, parents, and, policy makers that are looking to make a difference through new models of education and economic development. Collectively people can come together to utilize technology to build strong communities where families can thrive. Check out our programs, Digital Badge trainings, collaborations, and, materials. Join us today in utilizing new, cool technologies like 3D Printing, robotics, CAD design, and, more for common good.

New Collar Network

newcollarnetwork.com

MAKE Santa Fe is a 501(c)3 non-profit community workspace where people can access tools, resources and workshops in order to make, repair, invent or create anything they can dream. It’s like a gym, but with powerful tools instead of exercise equipment and skilled craftspeople instead of personal trainers. We invite you to join us and exercise your creativity.

MAKE Santa Fe

makesantafe.org

ChainBreaker's BRC University is a popular education based skill sharing program to develop new community leaders and support the Bicycle Resource Center (BRC). Over a 10-week comprehensive course participants learn the skills to become certified mechanic instructors and help run the BRC.

Chainbreaker Collective

chainbreaker.org

New Mexico Workforce Connections provides access to career resources and services for individuals, employers, and training providers. Career resources and services include: apply or certify for unemployment insurance benefits, recruitment assistance and services to find the perfect candid, post training opoprtunities, and register to apply for provider services and training providers.

Workforce Connections

jobs.state.nm.us/vosnet

YouthWorks is a cutting-edge, innovative organization offering a continuum of services designed to reconnect “at-risk” and disadvantaged youth with our community through education, employment training, and job placement.

YouthWorks

santafeyouthworks.org

The PILAS Internship program (Programa de Internos, Los Alamos) is a workforce development project that gives students the opportunity to work with local businesses to gain employable skills while earning an hourly wage and academic credit.

PILAS (Programa de Internos, Los Alamos) Paid Internship Program

sfcc.edu/pilas-pip

Education & Workforce

Santa Fe County is here to help your local business succeed. Business Advocate, Santa Fe County’s Business Retention & Expansion (BR&E) program, was created out of our ongoing commitment to assist communities, businesses, and entrepreneurs in Santa Fe County with their expansion efforts and retention needs.

Santa Fe County

santafecountynm.gov/growth_management/economic_development

It always helps to talk with experienced business executives who have been through the same process. There are many local organizations and individuals who are dedicated to helping young companies start up and thrive. Vist the Free Business Consultants / Specialists page and you will find information on a variety of organizations and individuals who are dedicated to helping young companies start up and thrive.

City of Santa Fe

santafenm.gov/economic_development

The New Mexico Partnership is designated by the State of New Mexico to be the single-point-of-contact for locating and expanding businesses in New Mexico.

New Mexico Partnership

nmpartnership.com

USDA rural Business Programs provide financial backing and technical assistance to stimulate business creation and growth. The programs work through partnerships with public and private community based organizations and financial institutions to provide financial assistance, business development, and technical assistance to rural businesses. These programs help to provide capital, equipment, space, job training, and entrepreneurial skills that can help to start and/or grow a business.

USDA

rd.usda.gov

As a science agency, the Energy Department plays an important role in the innovation economy. The Department catalyzes the transformative growth of basic and applied scientific research, the discovery and development of new clean energy technologies and prioritizes scientific innovation as a cornerstone of US economic prosperity. Through initiatives like the Loan Programs Office and the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), the Department funds cutting-edge research and the deployment of innovative clean energy technologies. The Department also encourages collaboration and cooperation between industry, academia and government to create a vibrant scientific ecosystem.

DOE

energy.gov/energy-economy

Los Alamos National Laboratory invests and partners in economic development initiatives and programs that help stimulate business growth, create jobs, and strengthen our communities. It also collaborates with education partners to create workforce development paths to in-demand jobs, and works with regional businesses to purchase goods and services. The Laboratory's Feynman Center for Innovation provides programs, tools, support, and processes that help Laboratory staff and external organizations to identify opportunities that lead to new technologies, products and businesses.

Los Alamos National Laboratory

lanl.gov

The mission of the New Mexico Economic Development Department is to Improve the lives of New Mexico families by increasing economic opportunities and providing a place for businesses to thrive.

NMEDD

gonm.biz

Sandia National Laboratories is operated and managed by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International, Inc. National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia operates Sandia National Laboratories as a contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and supports numerous federal, state, and local government agencies, companies, and organizations.

Sandia National Laboratory

sandia.gov

The Technology Engagement Office supports that mission by connecting the private sector and academia with AFRL resources to develop new technology and create opportunities for industry growth.

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

afrlnewmexico.com

Government

It’s an exciting time to launch a career in health care. Study at Santa Fe Community College and get on a fast track to your dream job of helping others. Whether you’re seeking a role in nursing or medical assisting or are drawn to the fast pace of the emergency room, you’ll receive top training at SFCC. Experienced, highly qualified faculty will help you become a skilled, caring professional in a health care career.

Santa Fe Community College

sfcc.edu

Healthcare Support

Stagecoach Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of our new Project Based Mentor Program. The program is designed to provide professional mentorship for New Mexican film & tv talent to hone their skills and further develop their craft in the frame of the mentees’ projects. This unique program is tailored for Mentee Candidates to submit a sample of their project for Mentor consideration and selection. Mentors will choose their mentee from project sample submissions and provide 5 hours of mentorship related to their mentee’s project. Areas of mentorship are: Screenwriting, Storyboarding for Directors, Line Production, Post-Production Editing.

Stagecoach Foundation

stagecoachfdn.org

IATSE Local 480 represents professional film technicians working “below-the-line” on TV and movie productions in the state of New Mexico.

IATSE 480 & 600

local480.com

The New Mexico State Film Office serves the film and television industry locally, nationally, and, internationally. Our purpose is to market the state to this industry, service the productions, and, promote jobs for New Mexicans. We offer many resources to producers, film, crew, an,d local filmmakers.

NM Film Office

nmfilm.com

The Santa Fe film offices provides an overview of resources and incentives for filmmakers.

Santa Fe Film Office

sffo.film

Harnessing the power of the arts and community, we take an innovative approach to problem-solving that can build bridges of understanding and shape a stronger future for generations to come.

Creative Santa Fe

creativesantafe.org

The Santa Fe Higher Education Center provides access to education that connects students with supportive community every step of the way. Perhaps you are exploring the new Pre-Forestry degree at SFCC and want to see how your career opportunities expand through completing your Bachelor’s degree in Forestry at New Mexico Highlands University. Perhaps you are exploring the new Pre-Forestry degree at SFCC and want to see how your career opportunities expand through completing your Bachelor’s degree in Forestry at New Mexico Highlands University.If you graduated with your Associate's degree business, but decided you are really interested in Information Technology, you may be interested the online cyber-security program at Bellevue University. Or maybe you are curious about learning how use a 3-D printer, and have an itch to play with a laser cutter. In that case, the Santa Fe FabLabHub is available to connect you with fast, MIT-accredited digital badges to encourage your curiosity and strengthen your resume.

Higher Education Center

sfcc.edu/higher-education-center

Through the concept of art as a traditional path of creativity, the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) excels at skill building, provoking thought and, providing exceptional educational opportunities. IAIA is a place to embrace the past, enrich the present and create the future. To move ahead to paths yet unexplored and undiscovered.

Institute of American Indian Arts

iaia.edu

SFAI

sfai.org

Santa Fe is a major film making center that has been voted the second best city in the United States for independent filmmakers. Attracting film and television productions as well as actors and crews from around the world, New Mexico provides a wealth of opportunities for the novice filmmaker. Our graduates can be found in New Mexico working as location managers, camera assistants, electricians, grips and many graduates own small businesses producing film and media for national and international markets. Our film program focuses on collaboration, team building and altruism.

Santa Fe Community College

sfcc.edu

Their accelerator program is uniquely suited to startups scaling not just in their region, but across the world. An intensive 8-week course includes both online course work/mentorship and an on-site Deep Dive Week with Demo Day and investor pitching, driving entrepreneurs to uncover the value in their own market instead of moving to a new region. Applicants are welcome to pick whichever location works best and have access to the global mentor network. They have various business programs: Libraries as Launchpads, Food Pre-Acclerator and an Outdoor Industry Acclerator.

Creative Startups

creativestartups.org

Film & Digital Media Support

The New Mexico Restaurant Association (NMRA) has actively represented and promoted the foodservice industry in New Mexico. They present all foodservice outlets in New Mexico with a membership of over 1000 locations statewide. The restaurant industry statistics in New Mexico show that restaurants employ over 82,000 persons and represent over 2 billion dollars in sales annually.

NM Restaurant Association

nmrestaurants.org

The new mexico brewers guild exists to promote and protect new mexico's craft brewers and help cultivate a collaborative spirit across the state and beyond.

NM Brewers Guild

nmbeer.org

NM Distillers Guild is New Mexico’s first guild devoted to the love and distilling of craft spirits. They have a wide range of members from across the state and are proud to be adding more all the time. They host events, they distill, they talk, they laugh, they drink.

NM Distillers Guild

nmdistillers.org

E-ship Rio Grande is aligning around the food and agriculture sectors in North Central New Mexico. Work is initially focused across a geographic area that includes Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Los Alamos, and Espanola.

E-Ship Rio Grande

forwardcities.org

Sustainable agriculture practices affect the ecological health of New Mexico and the world. In this program, you will learn how Controlled-Environment Agriculture assists in efforts to revitalize agriculture production and to support local food systems. Specifically you will learn greenhouse operations and management techniques; Aquaponic and Hydroponic production systems; and a variety of sustainable methods to enhance all crop production efforts.

Santa Fe Community College

sfcc.edu

Arrowhead’s services cover the spectrum of entrepreneurial learning, business creation and growth, and on-campus intellectual property issues. Their people and programs can help you, wherever you are on the innovation and entrepreneurship journey.

Arrowhead Center

arrowheadcenter.nmsu.edu

Creative Startups

creativestartups.org

Cooperative Extension Service provides the people of New Mexico with practical, research-based knowledge and programs to improve their quality of life. The Santa Fe County Extension Service is dedicated to meeting the needs of a diverse population. Rich in history and culture, Santa Fe County is home to New Mexico's capital city.

Santa Fe County Cooperative Extension Service

aces.nmsu.edu/county/santafe

The AgriGate of Santa Fe County cultivates connections within our local food community. We bring food producers, food buyers and community members together to buy, sell, exchange information, and share resources—and to tell a few stories along the way.

The AgriGate of Santa Fe County

agrigatesfc.org

Food, Agriculture and Ag Tech

New Mexico State Division is committed to growing and championing the outdoor recreation economy, which we recognize as an immensely powerful engine to grow wealth and job opportunities in our state. Written into the law was the first-ever Outdoor Equity Fund, a grant intended to help disadvantaged youth get outside.

NM Outdoor Recreation Division

nmoutside.com

Outdoor Recreation Support

From funding, to incentives, to community readiness and labor initiatives, the NM Bioscience Authority connects all the potential collaborators: universities, research & development, technology transfer, entrepreneurs, funders, elected officials and workforce – to grow bioscience in New Mexico. We are well-poised to help create a thriving bioscience industry.

Bioscience Authority

nmbioscience.org

NMBio has supported the needs of companies in pharma/biotech, diagnostics, medical devices, nutraceuticals, scientific instrumentation/manufacturing, and biofuels/agriculture. In addition, it fosters networking and partnership with the state’s universities, research institutes, and national laboratories. NMBio provides a forum for information exchange related to life science activities, develops initiatives to enhance small business success, provides education regarding the biosciences, helps establish collaboration, and publicizes New Mexico’s bioscience industry.

NM Bio

nmbio.org

The New Mexico Technology Council (NMTC) is a member-driven association of businesses, organizations and tech professionals working together to promote the growth and success of New Mexico’s technology business sectors.

NM Tech Council

nmtechcouncil.org

Santa Fe Community College has been the gateway to success for individuals and the community by providing affordable, high-quality educational programs that serve the social, cultural, technological and economic needs of a diverse community.

Santa Fe Community College

sfcc.edu

Santa Fe Innovates is a business accelerator for tech and solution-oriented startups with a vision for social good. The Santa Fe Innovates Business Accelerator Program includes an eight-week curriculum focused on creating and validating customer and business models, investment preparedness, leadership basics for social enterprise startups, business planning, financial modeling, strategic thinking, and more. Another key element of the accelerator is a three-month structured mentoring program.

Santa Fe Innovates

santafeinnovates.com

Santa Fe Business Incubator (SFBI) is a non-profit providing a supportive environment for entrepreneurs who have the passion and tenacity to launch and grow businesses that create new jobs, diversify the economy, and enhance the quality of life for all in the community. The Santa Fe Business Incubator’s 30,000 square foot campus includes private office, lab, warehouse, and light manufacturing units along with a fully equipped shared bioscience lab, the Archimedes Fab Lab, a coworking space, and conference & meeting rooms.

Santa Fe Business Incubator

sfbi.net

BlueStone Venture Partners is a best-in-class life sciences venture capital fund capitalizing on the strength, creativity, and innovation found in entrepreneurial companies in the southwestern United States. They focus on high-technology startup companies in the Southwest United States. It is a fertile environment for new technologies, driven by an annual $4.6 billion investment by the Federal Government in scientific research and development at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories. They concentrate on software companies employing the latest in artificial intelligence, and companies with game-changing materials science technology.

Bluestone Venture Partners

bluestonevp.com

Aspen Vista Ventures

aspenvistacapital.com

Investing in Biotech, Medtech and Healthtech Companies in New Mexico, Tramway Ventures are a highly experienced, nationally and internationally connected team that understands the challenges of seed and early stage investment in out-of-the-way places where opportunities abound.

Tramway Ventures

tramwayventurepartners.com

Cottonwood Technology Fund is a top-decile performing early-stage venture capital fund. Cottonwood Technology Fund is active on two continents (USA and Europe) and has offices in the USA and in The Netherlands. Cottonwood Technology Fund provides disruptive capital to disruptive technology businesses. Cottonwood’s investment approach and focus is on hard science, pre-seed, seed, and, early-stage funding (Series A). Typically, Cottonwood invests between 1M and 3M from the start (mostly pre-revenue / pre-customer) as lead investor from the start to the end. This stands in contrast to the dominant VC model, which focuses on later stage consumer and niche technology companies that creates limited big winners and low average returns with many losers. Cottonwood invests primarily in the Southwestern USA and Northwestern Europe. The Cottonwood team screens around 1,500 technologies and companies per year, but invests only in 2 to 3 new disruptive companies per year (0.2% of all opportunities). In total we lead 8 – 10 investments per year (including Series B, C, D, E, F, and follow-on rounds).

Cottonwood Technology Fund

cottonwood.vc

Arrowhead’s services cover the spectrum of entrepreneurial learning, business creation and growth, and on-campus intellectual property issues. Our people and programs can help you, wherever you are on the innovation and entrepreneurship journey.

Arrowhead Center

arrowheadcenter.nmsu.edu

The OST strives to lead and execute programs that encourage and enable the start-up, growth, and, relocation of technology-based industries in and to New Mexico by focusing on growing and diversifying existing technology companies, rapidly commercializing technologies, and promoting research and development in emerging technologies.

NMEDD Office of Science and Technology

gonm.biz

Sandia National Laboratory

sandia.gov

The Technology Engagement Office supports that mission by connecting the private sector and academia with AFRL resources to develop new technology and create opportunities for industry growth.

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

afrlnewmexico.com

Internationally recognized, master-planned, and strategically located, Albuquerque’s Sandia Science & Technology Park (SS&TP) is home to companies, engineers, and researchers involved in advancing new technologies. Currently, 50 companies and organizations and more than 2,300 employees reside in SS&TP’s 340-acre high-tech campus. Adjacent to the multibillion-dollar engineering and science facilities of Sandia National Laboratories and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the SS&TP’s mature companies and startups collaborate with these top laboratories on a broad assortment of technologies, products, and services.

Sandia Science and Tech Park

sstp.org

The Feynman Center for Innovation provides programs, tools, support, and processes that help Los Alamos National Laboratory staff and external organizations to identify opportunities that lead to new technologies, products and businesses. Initiatives include the New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program (NMSBA) which helps for-profit small businesses in New Mexico access cutting-edge technologies, solve technical issues and gain knowledge from Los Alamos National Laboratory experts at no cost to the business.

Feynman Center for Innovation

lanl.gov/projects/feynman-center

Los Alamos National Laboratory

lanl.gov

The New Mexico Consortium (NMC) supports new research companies as they develop their capacity to bring cutting-edge technologies to market by providing facilities and equipment, conference services, professional support, and management expertise.

The New Mexico Consortium

newmexicoconsortium.org

Tech & Biotech Support

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New Mexico is building the cannabis industry by legalizing both medicinal and recreational. New Mexico offers a program with some unique aspects that may work well for cannabis entrepreneurs. This program includes a provision that does not limit the number of licenses the state issues for businesses related to medical or adult-use cannabis.

Cannabis

Industry

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Numerous non-profit organizations and foundations cultivate vibrant communities and economies in the Santa Fe region through a plethora of resources and support networks.

Non Profit

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Santa Fe Innovates is a social entrepreneur program and community to guide the next generation of startups and business leaders. Santa Fe Innovates supports disciplined, purpose-filled entrepreneurs, bringing together the program, mentors, investors, and community to launch and grow. Our primary focus is on startups who have a scalable idea with a focus on technology or other solutions.

Santa Fe Innovates

https://santafeinnovates.com

If you are an innovator in science or advanced technology, New Mexico LEEP matches you with the unique expertise and resources of New Mexico’s national laboratories, seed capital, and connections to a large network of mentors, customers, and investors over a two-year period.

New Mexico Leep

https://nmleep.com/

The Four Winds Diversified Project provides access to unlimited opportunities, access to capital, and access to resources & new markets for American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian and Minority-owned businesses located in the Southwest rural reservation lands and local community areas.

Four Winds Diversified Project - Native MBDA

https://www.santafeinterns.com/

The Santa Fe Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is committed to our business community by advocating for small business and economic growth in Santa Fe and the preservation of the Hispanic heritage. Our pride and passion is to serve our members.

Santa Fe Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

https://www.santafehispanicchamber.org/

As the only federal agency created to foster the establishment and growth of minority-owned businesses in the United States, we are committed to promoting the development and global competitiveness of minority-owned enterprises.

New Mexico Minority Business Development Agency

https://www.cabqmbdacenter.com/

The Santa Fe Small Business Development Center (SBDC) serves both startup and existing businesses with no cost business consulting and low cost training in Santa Fe County and portions of Torrance County. With expertise in small business planning, marketing, and financial management, our services are strictly confidential. We are one of 18 centers in the New Mexico Small Business Development Center (NMSBDC) Network, which also provides assistance with government contracting through the Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), international trade through the International Business Accelerator (IBA), and intellectual property protection through the Technology Commercialization Accelerator (TCA). The NMSBDC is a fully accredited member of the national organization America’s SBDC. Funding for this program is provided by the New Mexico State Legislature and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Santa Fe SBDC

nmsbdc.org/santafe

UNM Rainforest Innovations is the technology-transfer and economic-development organization for UNM. We protect and commercialize technologies developed at UNM by filing patents, copyrights, and trademarks and transferring these technologies to the marketplace. We connect the business community (including companies, entrepreneurs, and investors) to these technologies for licensing opportunities and for the creation of start-up companies. We also provide numerous economic development activities, events and entrepreneurial training and mentoring available to the statewide-community. (http://loborainforest.com/).

UNM Rainforest Innovations

https://innovations.unm.edu/

New Mexico Community Capital is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to change the status quo in Native-owned business through tailored mentorship, financial literacy and digital skills programs, and specialized technical assistance and services for tribes and tribal enterprises. We seek to build and support a more equitable future, by providing economic and sustainability tools for success to Indigenous people in New Mexico, and throughout the United States.

New Mexico Community Capital

www.nmccap.org

Start Good!, located in Santa Fe, provides organizational consulting and specialty compliance services to nonprofit charities, foundations and hybrid organizations.

Start Good!

https://www.startgoodtoday.com/

PROTEC offers preparatory training for entry-level employment in a variety of industries and is designed for individuals who are currently unemployed, under-employed,or looking to increase their hire-ability in Santa Fe County. Accepted participants will prepare for industry badges in Business Technology Systems and Social Media Basics through hands-on training and online workshops to gain key job-readiness skills through more than 30 hours of accelerated training online followed by up to 80 hours of paid online internships.

PROTEC (Professional Readiness and Technical Experience for Careers)

www.protecsantafe.com

CLN is a nonprofit dedicated to building stronger communities through real-life learning. We steward the regional Tech Task force and NM TechWorks initiative to expand Tech access, education, employment, and enterprise development. We also support STEAM and Tech education and career pathways, CommUNITY Ambassadors training, entrepreneurship, and work-based learning internship opportunities through community projects such as the 1000 Websites in 1000 days, Teaching and Learning with GIS, and Career Academies.

CommUNITY Learning Network (CLN)

www.communitylearningnetwork.org

New Mexico’s business and community development calendar, a collaborative web-based calendar designed for quick reference to events that can help you grow your business and career.

NM Finance Business Calendar

bizcalendar.org/about-us

The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Foundation has been investing in education, learning, and human potential in Northern New Mexico since 1997. Through our diverse programming and collaboration with key partners, we work to ensure that all New Mexicans have the skills and confidence they need to be self-sufficient, lifelong learners who are engaged in their communities.

LANL Foundation

https://www.lanlfoundation.org/about-us

Santa Fe Community Foundation (SFCF) is a tax-exempt public charity that provides an avenue for donors to satisfy their charitable intents and for nonprofit organizations to receive funding that will enable them to carry out their essential work.

Santa Fe Community Foundation

https://www.santafecf.org/who-we-are/about-us

New Mexico Minority Business Development Agency

https://www.cabqmbdacenter.com/

New Mexico Minority Business Development Agency

https://www.cabqmbdacenter.com/

This online resource is a free work-based learning portal to highlight local interns and internship/apprenticeship programs in Santa Fe and throughout northern New Mexico.

Santa Fe Interns

https://www.santafeinterns.com/

Santa Fe Community Foundation

https://www.santafecf.org/who-we-are/about-us

This online resource is a free work-based learning portal to highlight local interns and internship/apprentiveship programs in Santa Fe and throughout northern New Mexico.

Santa Fe Interns

https://www.santafeinterns.com/

New Mexico Minority Business Development Agency

https://www.cabqmbdacenter.com/

Non Profit

LANL Foundation

https://www.lanlfoundation.org/about-us

Product Placement Central provides an affordable marketing platform for products and brands seeking placement in the film industry while offering productions a significant database to find local film-friendly props, set decoration, costumes and locations.

Product Placement Central

http://www.productplacementcentral.com/

Santa Fe Community Foundation

https://www.santafecf.org/who-we-are/about-us

The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable’s "Rural Economic Development Toolkit", aims to help rural communities grow their outdoor recreation economies.

Outdoor Recreation Roundtable

https://recreationroundtable.org/rural-development-toolkit/

endeavOR New Mexico, the State’s first outdoor recreation (OR) business alliance, is endeavoring to make OR businesses and organizations more successful throughout New Mexico.

endeavOR New Mexico

https://www.endeavornm.org/

PROTEC (Professional Readiness and Technical Experience for Careers)

www.protecsantafe.com

CommUNITY Learning Network (CLN)

www.communitylearningnetwork.org

Cannabis

A state-specific guide covering everything from available license types to fees, regulations, and what you should include in a New Mexico cannabis business plan. Explore the guide by topic or go straight to our sample cannabis business plan.

New Mexico Cannabis Startup Guide

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