The research explores how a university-established boundary organisation operating as a fulcrum in an emerging innovation ecosystem craft its strategic identity from transitioning from one organisational form to the other. It draws on configurational boundary work to outline its distinct practice for orchestrating collaborations between institutions. To achieve the goal, the research conducts an in-depth qualitative case-study of a university boundary organisation created to deepen innovation within an emerging regional innovation ecosystem. In so doing, it seeks to present a novel empirical account of distinct kinds of boundary work that drives regional innovation policy.