Sussex Innovation is a business incubator hub and innovation network. We provide an expansive business network and offer growth and innovation consultancy, advice, investment, and private office and co-working space to innovative and scaling SMEs, entrepreneurs, and start-ups.
Located on the University of Sussex campus, we have access to world leading research and academics to support the growth of businesses. Our members are ambitious companies who are innovators in their field – solving important problems in new ways.
Since its foundation in 1996, it has provided strategic insight and practical resources for growing businesses, inspiring them to have a bigger impact on the world. We have been headquartered on the University of Sussex campus since 1996. With our first off-campus innovation hub, Sussex Innovation Croydon, launching in October 2015.
With the organisation's support, 4 in 5 founders have moved their businesses from concept to sustainable profitability, and more than £175million has been raised in equity investments and grants.Sussex Innovation hosts more than 200 member companies, spanning a range of sectors from the forefront of engineering and biomedical research to charities and purpose-led organisations. From the original £2 million invested in the first Sussex Innovation Centre, it has gone on to support over £750M of cumulative revenues for businesses across the South of England.
