UBI Global (formerly UBI Index), the world’s leading ranking authority on university business incubators, has named Ryerson University’s DMZ as North America’s number one incubator as Rice Alliance, global top ranked incubator for the past two years, crashes out of the top ten.
UBI also named Laval University’s Entrepreneuriat Laval as the region’s top university business accelerator.
In total over the past year, North American university business incubators have attracted $1.98bn. Over the past five years, the incubators have created 28,400 jobs, and generated $5.3bn in sales.
It is, at present, unclear why Rice Alliance – which runs the world’s largest student startup competition – failed to make the cut. Global University Venturing reached out to UBI Global, but are yet to hear back.
Ten Top University Business Incubators in North America 2015 are:
1. The DMZ at Ryerson University – Ryerson University; Canada
2. 1871 – Northwestern University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Loyola University, Illinois Institute of Technology, DeVry University; United States
3. Innovate Calgary – University of Calgary; Canada
4. TEC Edmonton – University of Alberta; Canada
5. Western Research Parks – Western University; Canda
6. The Franklin Business Incubator – Paul D. Camp Community College; United States
7. Lead To Win – Carleton University; Canada
8. Ohio University Innovation Center – Ohio University; United States
9. The Kevin M. McGovern Family Center for Venture Development in the Life Sciences – Cornell University; United States
10. VentureLab – Georgia Institute of Technology; United States
Five Top University Business Accelerators in North America 2015 are:
1. Entrepreneuriat Laval – Laval University; Canada
2. MassChallenge – Boston University, Northeastern University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; United States
3. York Entrepreneurship Development Institute – York University, Schulich Executive Education Centre; Canada
4. Launch Chapel Hill – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; United States
5. The INKUBATOR – Northern Kentucky University; United States
UBI’s global rankings will be published at the end of November.
