Housed in the Management Department of the UConn School of Business, the CCEI serves as a focal point for entrepreneurship at the University of Connecticut. The CCEI stimulates student and faculty participation in entrepreneurship and innovation, provides a pipeline of talented, knowledgeable, and skilled entrepreneurs to the State's economy, facilitates the development of transformational businesses in Connecticut, and enhances Connecticut's business climate by assisting new as well as existing companies to solve the complex business problems associated with capturing market opportunities.

The CCEI’s Innovation Accelerator assists entrepreneurial companies in addressing challenges associated with the identification and capture of business opportunities through interdisciplinary project teams comprised of students, faculty, and entrepreneurs. Innovation Accelerator projects involve, but are not limited to: