The world’s number one university incubator has been making a big impact since 2002, having supported more than 4,000 entrepreneurs that have raised more than $2.2bn between them.
SETsquared, the enterprise partnership between the UK-based universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey, has always thought big. Launched in 2002, it has held the top spot as the best university business incubator in research firm UBI Global’s international ranking since 2015. Even before becoming the number one globally, it was already the leading incubator in Europe.
Simon Bond, the partnership’s innovation director, and his team make it look deceptively easy. That is, at least in part, thanks to…
Thierry Heles
Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.
