Resources
REDP provides information regarding the capital, training, and technical assistance for entrepreneurs to start and grow their business. Resources include:
Why Richardson?
Richardson’s Telecom Corridor area is home to more than 600 high-technology companies. The majority of these high-tech firms are located within an 11-square-mile core area
(55 high-tech firms per square mile).
Richardson’s qualitative assets:
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Strategic location between major freeways provides easy access
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24 million total square feet of office, flex and industrial space
- 2.5 million square feet of office flex space currently available for lease
- Long history of fostering and nurturing entrepreneurial ventures
- 6 Richardson-based companies received grants ranging from $250,000 to $1.5 million from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (2006-2008):
- Dent Light, Inc. (dental diagnostic technology)
- Net Watch Solutions Inc. (IT software)
- Texas Micropower (micro-power energy)
- SNR Labs, Inc. (mobile handset software)
- Photodigm, Inc. (advanced laser technology)
- Hanson Robotics (robots & related software)
- UT Dallas was awarded over $24.2 million in ETF grants (2006-2009)
- Atomically Precise Manufacturing Consortium
- FUSION (FUture Semiconductor CommercializatION)
- Nanotech Research Initiative
- Texas Analog Center of Excellence
Successes
Richardson has been home to numerous successful start-up businesses including:
- Dan Ray (Sold to Nortel)
- DSC (Moved, then sold to Alcatel)
- Convex Computer (Sold to HP)
- MicroGrafx (Sold to investor group)
- Cyrix (Sold to National Semiconductor)
- Monterrey Networks (Sold to Cisco)
- IP Cell (Sold to Cisco)
- GlobeRanger (operating company)
- OraMetrix (operating company)
- Voyence (operating company)
- InnerWireless (operating company)
updated 7/2/09