Dayton RFID Convergence Center

Providing valuable business services to help you succeed.

The Dayton RFID Convergence Center (Dayton RCC) is the premier center providing business acceleration and intelligence to entrepreneurs and early stage companies in the radio frequency identification (RFID), sensor, data management and mining technology industries. Part of a regional effort to grow the emerging RFID sector, or cluster, in Southwestern Ohio, the Dayton RCC is located in a new, $6 million state-of-the-art facility in Dayton’s Tech Town development. The Dayton RCC is a public-private partnership between the City of Dayton, Citywide Development Corporation, and EPC Technologies, Inc. As a business incubator, the DRCC provides value-added services and flexible facilities to accelerate the formation and growth of early-stage technology ventures, and to increase their likelihood of success. The services include:

• Industry-specific expertise
• One-on-one coaching by staff and experienced mentors
• A network of business and professional assistance
• Access to an investor network and assistance with financing

The facilities include Class A office space and shared labs for development, testing and demonstration, shared meeting rooms; and a receptionist to greet your visitors. Space is available on a month-to-month lease, which includes space and services.

The Dayton RCC will work with 15 to 20 companies in its 18,000 square foot space, in addition to another 10 companies through an affiliate, or non-resident, program.The Dayton RCC is located in a HUBZone that offers incentives for agencies of the U.S. Federal Government to contract with HUBZone small businesses.

Dayton’s emerging RFID cluster includes the presence of significant RFID technology providers and users such as Alien Technologies, Procter & Gamble, Kroger, Smuckers, NCR, Paxar (Avery Dennison), Teradata, CDO Technologies, and the Advanced Sensors Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Dayton and its 90 minute market is the convergence point for 80% of RFID focused companies in the United States.The Dayton RCC is actively building relationships with leading RFID players in this region.

Services & Programs

Facility

• Furnished, hard walled offices of various sizes
• Each office complete with furniture from the donated furniture provided by Key Bank
• Two medium sized shared conference rooms (shared between ALL tenants of building including DRCC tenants, IDCAST, Weston and available on a scheduled basis only)
• One large conference room shared only with DRCC members that is capable of hosting events with up to 50 people
• One dry laboratory specially designed to work with RFID fit-up with including benches, anti- static properties, and humidity control. (A future build out will include an anechoic chamber for use by resident companies)
• Two shared break rooms total, available on 3rd and 2nd Floors
• Free parking

Reception/Office Services

• Greeting and receiving of visitors during most business hours
• General customer service
• Filtering of solicitors
• Security infrastructure for 24/7-hour access
• Security camera recordings of front door and parking lots during office hours and after-hours
• Flexible month-to-month lease
• Execution of service requests for service/maintenance of equipment, equipment purchases, additional phones, data lines, keys, security cards, new employee orientation, movement of furniture, some at additional costs
• Two office phones included with local calling service only, no long distance for office phones
• Secure office Internet access
• Free coffee service
• Low cost beverage and snack access
• Office service level internet access
• Access to roof top terrace available off 3rd Floor

Business Support Services

• Assistance with developing adequate business plans in order execute the business’s vision
• Assistance with entrepreneurial development of key management person(s)
• Assistance with an effort to obtain outside financing for the company including but not limited to bank, angel investor or venture capital investment
• Introductions to potential collaborators, and partners, and customers
• Introductions to advisors (legal, regulatory, financial, tax, marketing, etc.)
• Accounting advice and leads to other accounting, insurance, payroll and other services through third party vendors
• Promotion in the Dayton RCC collateral and on Dayton RCC web site
• Consultation and assistance from Dayton RCC staff on business plans, strategic planning, marketing, product commercialization and equity financing
• Business assistance through a network of interns, volunteers, mentors and other members of the business community
• Access to Southwestern Ohio companies using RFID
• Access to a network of contacts in both emerging and established technology companies in Dayton area, as well as the military, universities and research institutions
• On-site events to facilitate networking in the RFID industry