Connecting Innovation to Opportunity in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut

Polaris Tech Bridge empowers businesses turning ideas into products by providing resources and access to Rhode Island’s commercial and defense markets
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What We Do

Polaris Tech Bridge empowers technology companies and small businesses to bridge the gap between discovery and market success. We connect innovators with makerspaces, strategic partners, and pathways to government contracts, equipping national defense, dual-use, and ocean technology ventures with the resources to turn ideas into viable products.

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Participate in our upcoming events.

Webinar – Technology & Supplier Scouting: Helping Manufacturers Find the Right Resources

📍 Virtual

SEPTEMBER 17
Thursday, 8:00am - 9:30am No Cost

Whether you’re looking to improve operations, address a production bottleneck, source a hard-to-find component, or explore new technologies, our team can help point you in the right direction.

URI Tech Showcase

📍 Fascitelli Engineering Building, University of Rhode Island, 2 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881

SEPTEMBER 22
Free

Join academia, investors, and industry leaders at the URI Tech Showcase during RI Startup Week. The event will spotlight emerging technologies and startups coming out of the University of Rhode Island, while creating opportunities to connect, share ideas, and explore collaboration across Rhode Island’s innovation ecosystem. Polaris will be there to interface with others in the […]

Understanding the Additive Manufacturing Value Chain

📍 60 Romano Vineyard Way, North Kingstown, RI 02852

SEPTEMBER 22
Tuesday, 1:00pm - 5:00pm No Cost

This comprehensive 4-hour introduction to the additive manufacturing (AM) value chain is designed to provide participants with a foundational understanding and awareness of the rapidly evolving world of additive manufacturing and its use for maritime and defense applications.

Webinar – Technology & Supplier Scouting: Helping Manufacturers Find the Right Resources

📍 Virtual

SEPTEMBER 17
Thursday, 8:00am - 9:30am No Cost

Whether you’re looking to improve operations, address a production bottleneck, source a hard-to-find component, or explore new technologies, our team can help point you in the right direction.

URI Tech Showcase

📍 Fascitelli Engineering Building, University of Rhode Island, 2 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881

SEPTEMBER 22
Free

Join academia, investors, and industry leaders at the URI Tech Showcase during RI Startup Week. The event will spotlight emerging technologies and startups coming out of the University of Rhode Island, while creating opportunities to connect, share ideas, and explore collaboration across Rhode Island’s innovation ecosystem. Polaris will be there to interface with others in the […]

Understanding the Additive Manufacturing Value Chain

📍 60 Romano Vineyard Way, North Kingstown, RI 02852

SEPTEMBER 22
Tuesday, 1:00pm - 5:00pm No Cost

This comprehensive 4-hour introduction to the additive manufacturing (AM) value chain is designed to provide participants with a foundational understanding and awareness of the rapidly evolving world of additive manufacturing and its use for maritime and defense applications.

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BlueTIDE Celebrates Three Years of Growing Maritime Innovation

On August 27, Polaris Tech Bridge hosted the third annual BlueTIDE, held in collaboration with the U.S. Navy…

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BlueTIDE Investor Speed Dating Connected Innovators With the People Who Could Help Move Their Ideas Forward

As part of the BlueTIDE 2026 experience, Polaris Tech Bridge brought together an impressive group of blue technology…

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BlueTIDE Announces Companies Selected for Showcase Alley at 2026 Event

When BlueTIDE 2026 comes to Sail Newport on August 27, some of the most promising emerging technologies in…

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BlueTIDE Celebrates Three Years of Growing Maritime Innovation

On August 27, Polaris Tech Bridge hosted the third annual BlueTIDE, held in collaboration with the U.S. Navy…

Blog

BlueTIDE Investor Speed Dating Connected Innovators With the People Who Could Help Move Their Ideas Forward

As part of the BlueTIDE 2026 experience, Polaris Tech Bridge brought together an impressive group of blue technology…

Blog

BlueTIDE Announces Companies Selected for Showcase Alley at 2026 Event

When BlueTIDE 2026 comes to Sail Newport on August 27, some of the most promising emerging technologies in…

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Rhode Island Perfectly Positioned’ to Become World Center of Undersea Technology

At the final session of Innovate Newport’s Blue Tech Talks on June 30, a clear message surfaced: the…