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Looking for a place to hang your entrepreneur’s hat? Want to collaborate with like-minded companies that think about how the world of wireless impacts business? The WRC Commercialization Center may be the answer with office space for lease.

In our Commercialization Center, product-centric companies with intellectual property as a core strategy hang up a shingle. Our partners design and build globally competitive products while taking full advantage of WRC’s testing and engineering environment. They choose the WRC because of the critical advisory services and guidance offered during what is often unfamiliar territory for entrepreneurs.

The WRC team offers support where the startup hurdle is often difficult to overcome without the benefit of experience. We combine scientific understanding with knowledge and wisdom to identify a unique path for each company and the right partners who can help.

Part of the vision when the WRC was founded was a partnership with the Town of Wake Forest to establish the commercialization center to provide a shared resource of office space, equipment and a team of experts for collaboration to innovate and develop the next generation of communications products and services.

More than 20 start-up companies have taken advantage of the commercialization center office space at the WRC headquarters in Wake Forest.

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Meet Us at R!oT

RIoT represents a network of technologists, engineers, business leaders, academics, policy makers, and entrepreneurs, all with a stake in the Internet of Things industry.

Companies ranging from startups to international Fortune 100 companies meet frequently to exchange ideas, to learn new technologies, and to create new opportunities. Approximately 60 companies have been assisted with office space and development services in Raleigh through RIoT, an economic development initiative of the WRC to facilitate entrepreneurship for the IoT market. The RIoT community has grown to include more than 6,000 members and 80 company sponsors throughout the nation.

The Internet of Things is here, and it’s growing. Our mission is to create a community that captures IoT opportunities locally, nationally and globally.

Learn about Partnering with WRC

Our mission is focused on driving wireless connectivity innovation. Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information. Contact form and information are below. We look forward to the opportunity to discuss a partnership.