We offer first class SME business support with our world-renowned incubation hub as well as the University of Surrey’s R&D and SME funding programmes.
SETsquared Surrey, is a business incubation hub located in Surrey Technology Centre. The hub offers members various options for start-up business support, as well as guiding students into entrepreneurship and promoting university-to-business technology transfer.
Investment, grants and funding for SETsquared companies comes from a variety of sources including the Surrey 100 Club and the Business Enterprise programmes. Companies on the Park have attracted over £120 million in funding and created over a thousand jobs.
SETsquared Network, run by five universities in Southern England, has been ranked as the top university-based business incubator in the world by UBI Global for four consecutive years.
EnquireThe Business Enterprise Programmes team connect SMEs with academics at the University of Surrey to foster innovation and value creation. They can help you identify whether the University of Surrey has the appropriate expertise to suit your needs.
The team manages a number of funded programmes for collaboration with the University of Surrey including: Innovate UK Smart grants and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships; SME Innovation Vouchers; SPRINT and Scale-Up Programme.
CONTACT business@surrey.ac.uk
The Surrey of University’s S100 Club matches Angel investors with entrepreneurs as well as providing support and training to businesses raising finance.
A strong relationship with the University of Surrey and the SETsquared partnership give the Club unrivalled access to the most innovative companies.
Since it was founded, the Club has helped companies to raise over £75 million from 50 pitch events and also facilitates the many links the Club has with other Angel networks and Angel funds, allowing strong syndicates to form to complete the investment round
The Surrey Technology Centre incubator is the ideal location for any new business to start their venture. The professional support along with first-class facilities allows any entrepreneur to focus on their main priority of building their enterprise. Being part of the larger University of Surrey and Surrey Research Park eco-system also provides unrivalled access to talent and expertise for start-ups.
Steve Madincea | Managing Partner, Fantastec Sports Technology Ltd
Since joining SETsquared my business skills have developed significantly. I attended the Entrepreneurship training course just over 2 years ago with the mind-set that a product was a business, the mentoring, workshops and networking has taught me a huge amount about the issues that any entrepreneur needs to address to get a company off the ground and put me in a much better position to build a successful company.
Henry Wood | Founder, Inovo Robotics Ltd
The STC is the ideal place for us to do business. It provides us with a representative business address and office space at a very good location with its access to the A3, being close to the University and Guildford town centre. Our visitors / clients often complement the office space and the meeting rooms. Being at the heart / entrance of the research park, does allow us to easily connect with other exciting and relevant businesses that are placed here.
Dr Ralf Kernchen | CEO, Accelogress Limited
The Surrey Research Park has a “can do” attitude and the atmosphere is one of technological innovation. We love it here!
Iain Bell | Managing Director, Minted Box Limited
We’ve really enjoyed our 4 years as Research Park tenants and have benefited from a huge amount of added value from being connected to like-minded business leaders and also the University of Surrey.
Kevin Leivers | CEO, The Naked Pharmacy