The Enterprise Institute is a private, non-profit corporation that provides customized business development and commercialization services to researchers, inventors, and start-up companies in South Dakota.
The Institute provides confidential and free consulting through the SD Small Business Development Center and offers specialized fee-based
services to entrepreneurs seeking equity financing and to researchers and inventors that need preliminary commercialization assistance.
The Institute is credited with formalizing angel investing in South Dakota by organizing and administering angel investment funds that provide early-stage capital to emerging growth companies in the region.