The Ecosystem

When you hear the term “innovation district,” you might picture startups working from a coworking space, entrepreneurs gathered at a networking event, or a handful of early-stage companies testing their next big idea. But innovation districts aren’t just for startups.

When CIC opened its first European innovation hub in Rotterdam in 2016, we could only dream of where we would be today: a thriving community of innovators, entrepreneurs and changemakers focused on solving the world’s most pressing challenges.