University of Bristol will launch the Unit DY and Unit DZ incubators to build on the success of the science-focused Unit DX hub in the city.
University of Bristol has confirmed it will launch two new incubators based on the model of its existing science-focused incubator partnership, Unit DX, TechSpark has reported.
The two new programs, provisionally dubbed Unit DY and Unit DZ, will aim to capitalise on Unit DX’s success in driving the growth of Bristol’s local science innovation ecosystem.
Unit DX members have raised a total of more than $25.5m in funding and grants, operating across technological spaces including quantum, materials science, chemistry and biotech.
The initiative is now running at full capacity, having so far created more than 100 jobs in 37 science and engineering companies, including many University of Bristol spinouts.
Based in Bristol’s St Philips district, the incubator is a collaboration between local inward investment agency Invest Bristol & Bath and SetSquared, the enterprise partnership made up of the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey.
Further details on the new Unit DY and Unit DZ programs will be announced later in 2019.
