Keystone Innovation Zone
Support for start-up companies 
The Greater Reading KIZ is managed by the Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GRCCI) and receives direction from the KIZ Partnership Advisory Committee (KIZPAC). The program provides a package of business services that utilize and leverage university and college assets to support start-up and early-stage businesses within the KIZ focus target industries and the designated KIZ geography.
To be eligible for KIZ assistance, a company must meet the following criteria:
- A for-profit company
- Incorporated within 8 years of the date of approved funding for this application
- Located within the geographic boundaries of the Greater Reading KIZ
- Provide products or services that fall into the Advanced Materials and Diversified Manufacturing, Business Services, High Technology, or Life Sciences industries.
- Unique technology
Economic Impact of Greater Reading KIZ
Activity from July 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009
- 7 active KIZ companies
- 55 jobs
- $13 million in combined revenue
- $2.6 million in payroll
- $2.3 million new revenue
- 12 companies assisted
- 3 jobs created, 22 jobs retained
- 4 patents files, 2 patents awarded
- 3 new products introduced
- $172,000 in research and development expenditures
- $1 million in leveraged third party loans