Clean Tech: Products, services, and processes that harness renewable materials and energy sources, dramatically reduce the use of natural resources, and cut or eliminate emissions and wastes.
Advanced Manufacturing: Activities that (a) depend on the use and coordination of information, automation, computation, software, sensing and networking, and/or (b) make use of cutting-edge materials and emerging capabilities enabled by the physical and biological sciences to make existing products in new ways or make new products emerging from these new, advanced technologies.
Food: Agriculture, viticulture, orfood and/or beverage design, production, or distribution.
CLOUD | Enterprise Software: The development, implementation, and maintenance of computer hardware and software systems to organize and communicate information electronically.
Life Sciences: Companies in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, biomedical technologies or devices, medical equipment, life systems technologies, nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals. This category also includes healthcare: providersof diagnostic, preventive, remedial, and therapeutic servicessuch as doctors, nurses, hospitals and other private, public, and non-profit organizations.
Engineering and Design: The use of science, math, or artistry to solve problems or plan or present something in a new way.
Education: Private sector initiatives which pioneer innovative connections between the world of work and the world of learning to develop a more adaptable workforce.
