The Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship provides an integrated collection of services, programs, and facilities to help existing and new businesses become stronger contributors to the regional economy. The IIE’s efforts focus primarily on ventures that show promise to become the sort of high-growth, high-impact enterprise that creates expanded and more rewarding employment opportunities for local workers, along with significant wealth for its stakeholders and social benefit to the region. In addition, the IIE supports efforts by economic development organizations in the region and around the Commonwealth of Virginia to promote a more robust entrepreneurial environment.