Sirti Mission
Sirti is a Washington State-funded economic development agency. Our mission is to accelerate the development and growth of technology companies in the Inland Northwest, especially in eastern Washington. Our target clients are innovative technology companies with defensible intellectual property, large market potential, and principals who show a strong desire to grow their business.
Sirti Strategy and Services
Sirti focuses on three primary strategies, to:
- Assist the creation of new companies from innovations at regional research universities and institutions, as well as the private sector
- Help accelerate existing technology companies to grow
- Develop special projects to enhance and complement our mission
We offer a long-term relationship and a comprehensive package of client services
- We understand the development and time-to-market cycles of high technology
- We offer varying levels of assistance, with typical timeframes ranging from months to a couple of years
- We work side-by-side with entrepreneurs
We provide entrepreneurs, early-stage and high-growth technology companies with an unmatched breadth of assistance:
- Commercialization: strategic planning, product development, marketing, business planning, financial modeling, organizational development and more
- Technology Review: technology and intellectual property (IP) assessment; licensing assistance
- Legal Services: intellectual property (IP) protection and business contracts
- Financing Guidance: advice and counsel for public, private and institutional funding; debt and equity; a $3 million revolving technology growth fund for business acceleration
- SBIR Funding Assistance: solicitation search; proposal review; SBIR coaching
- Incubator Facilities: flexible office, wet lab and manufacturing space, as well as critical business services, including start-of-the-art IT systems, tailored to technology enterprises
- Marketing Development: branding, marketing and sales collateral development, corporate identity (logos, letterhead, business cards, etc.), PR support and trade show support
- Sirti staff assistance at no cost
Additional benefits of this approach include:
- We can “cover” areas of expertise across the business spectrum that most startups cannot
- We are that “trusted advisor” that will tell you the truth—even if the message is tough
- We link our clients, through our established relationships, to external sources of support necessary for most startup businesses
- Service providers (attorneys, accountants, marketing)
- Outsourcers (outsourced manufacturing and services, on-shore and off-shore)
- Advisors who are leaders in business, technology, markets and capital
