promoting technical and scientific investigation, research, and experimentation in the field of scientific discovery and innovation through the support of educational institutions and scientific organizations;

Providing funding structures for new ventures, namely, venture capital funding services to emerging and start-up companies; venture capital advisory services; providing venture capital, development capital, private equity, and investment funding; financial services, namely, funding research and development awards in the fields of scientific and technological innovation, product innovation, product incubation, business leadership, and business development; advisory services related to grants; providing venture capital funding services to emerging and early-stage businesses in the nature of seed funding, early-stage development funding, proof of concept funding, and product incubation and product scale-up funding; incubation services, namely, rental of office space to start-ups, early-stage companies, and existing businesses; incubation services in the nature of providing financing for start-ups, early-stage companies, and existing businesses;