Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Name

Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Legal name

California State University, Sacramento

Website

https://csus.edu

Company type

Public

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center

NAICS

Business Schools and Computer and Management Training (6114), Professional and Management Development Training (61143)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Venture Creation Centers (EDAHAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Business Incubators & Accelerators (EDAMAHAC), Entrepreneurship Foundations & Startup Basics (EDAMAHAA), Business Planning, Pitching & Competitions (Pitch Decks, Demo Days) (EDAMAHAB), Small Business & Entrepreneurship Community Education (EDAAAFAK)

Keywords

• Entrepreneurship education
• Startup incubation
• Innovation mentorship
• University makerspace
• Entrepreneurship programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Sacramento

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship delivers entrepreneurship education, startup incubation, mentorship, and innovation workshops to Sacramento State students and Greater Sacramento community members. Its programs provide structured pathways for student and community entrepreneurs to develop ideas into viable businesses, operating alongside the adjacent StingerStudio Makerspace within the university campus.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship: A center at Sacramento State dedicated to fostering student innovation and entrepreneurship, located adjacent to the StingerStudio Makerspace in the Library.

Products and services

• Startup Incubation Program Structured incubation support for Sacramento State students and community members to develop and launch new ventures.
• Entrepreneurship Education Educational programming to develop entrepreneurial skills among Sacramento State students and community members.
• Mentorship Program Mentorship pairing student and community entrepreneurs with experienced mentors to support venture development.
• Innovation Workshops Workshops and short-format programming designed to develop innovation and entrepreneurship skills among students and community members.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• Plug and Play Tech Center: Global accelerator with a Sacramento presence that runs corporate-startup programs and founder development; competes for the same regional entrepreneur pipeline the Carlsen Center targets.
• Founder Institute Sacramento: Pre-seed accelerator operating locally in Sacramento; directly comparable as a structured founder-development program serving early-stage entrepreneurs in the same region.
• Hacker Lab Sacramento: Sacramento-area coworking and makerspace community; comparable to the Carlsen Center's StingerStudio adjacency and supports a similar early-stage founder and maker community locally.

Direct peers

• Sacramento State College of Business Administration: Internal host college for the Carlsen Center at Sacramento State; provides faculty, curriculum, and student pipeline that the center relies on for programming and venture-stage talent.
• CSU Monterey Bay Institute for Innovation and Economic Development: Another CSU-system entrepreneurship center; comparable in scope, public-university affiliation, and regional economic development mandate targeting underserved founder populations.
• Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Sister CSU-system center at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo that delivers student entrepreneurship programs, mentorship, and startup support; functionally analogous operating model and target audience.
• UC Davis Child Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship: University-based entrepreneurship and venture creation institute at the region's R1 research university; directly comparable as a Northern California public-university center serving student and community founders with mentorship and incubation.

Broad incumbents

• Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP): Stanford-affiliated entrepreneurship education and research program; broader and better resourced incumbent in the same category of university-based entrepreneurship education and venture creation.
• UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology: Premier UC-system entrepreneurship center offering student venture, mentorship, and accelerator programming; broader and better resourced, but serves a directly comparable student-founder segment in Northern California.

Others

• SARTA (Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance): Regional industry association supporting technology-led economic development in Greater Sacramento; not a direct competitor but an adjacent ecosystem player whose mandate and audience overlap with the Carlsen Center's regional mission.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sacstate
• YouTubeyoutube.com/SacStateVideo
• Facebookfacebook.com/sacstate
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/sacstate
• Instagraminstagram.com/sacstate
• TikToktiktok.com/@sacstate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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