We are the Northeast Indiana Innovation Community — a community where builders, founders, and corporate leaders turn ideas into impact.
Innovation starts with connection — to people, programs, and places that make progress possible. Whether you’re launching your first idea, expanding your company’s innovation capacity, or finding a place to grow, the NIIC is your home.
Your Hub for Innovation
At the NIIC, we build our community in three ways.
The Center
Workspaces, offices, and a conference center built for collaboration.
Entrepreneurship
Programs and coaching for founders ready to take their next step.
Corporate Innovation
Partnerships, pilots, and membership for established companies.
Innovation Across Northeast Indiana
NIIC’s network spans 11 counties, uniting hundreds of innovators, small businesses, and partners in the shared mission of building the region’s future economy.
From the Community
Built for Flight, Backed by Community: The NIIC Helps Erickson Motors Push R&D Forward
When Jeff Erickson thinks about why his company has stayed at the Northeast Indiana Innovation Community for more than a decade, he points to two words that matter in advanced engineering: capability and credibility.
From Launch to Leadership: The NIIC Empowered GenSyn Design’s Start
When Jennifer Hunter first considered starting her own business, she didn’t know where to begin. She had an idea, a full-time job, and a sense that something more was possible — but no roadmap. That changed when she discovered the Women’s Business Center at the Northeast Indiana Innovation Community.
From Surviving the Dot-Com Bust to Scaling Nationally: How the NIIC Helped Cirrus ABS Founder Matt Nickolas Reinvent and Grow
When Matt Nickolas reflects on the early years of his technology firm, he remembers the thrill of helping shape the commercial internet. He founded Cirrus ABS in the late 1990s after studying at Taylor University, building websites for businesses just as the web was taking off. Then came 2001. “In 2001 the whole industry just…
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Innovation @ Work
Congratulations to all the award winners and our sponsors as we celebrate 25 years of the NIIC in Northeast Indiana.
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