WHO WE ARE

Strathclyde University Incubator (SUI) is Scotland’s first business incubator and has twenty years experience in working with start-up business and helping them grow into more mature and established organisations. 

SUI is an autonomous business and since 1990 around one hundred and twenty five companies have been based at there and have benefited from its expertise.

It is located on Strathclyde University’s campus on the outskirts of Glasgow’s city centre, close to the M8 and within walking distance of the city’s main train stations.

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Wide Blue, was established in 2001 as a separate business unit within the Polaroid production plant at the Vale of Leven factory in Dumbarton.  It was spun out as a separate business in 2001 and aims to provide an integrated design, development and manufacturing centre of excellence specialising in technology based products with particular expertise in both general and bio photonics.

Wide Blue has an experienced team with skills ranging from physics, optical, electronics and software through to mechanical engineering, manufacture and supply chain management.  

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Founded in 2006, Innova Partnerships was established to grow and develop life science companies through a combination of cash equity investments and support through partnerships.

Its team has established, built and been involved in exiting a number of life science businesses. Amongst these successes is the setting up of Lifescan Ltd to over one thousand people; setting up a new Division within Aortech and the sale of Unipath Ltd from Unilever plc.  It has also founded start up companies within large multinationals; set up and grown Stirling Medical Innovations Ltd to over one hundred people and established a product portfolio of over fifty products currently sold by Innova Biosciences Ltd.

Its team has built extensive networks and contacts throughout the life sciences industry in the UK, Europe and the US.

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The Scottish Co-Investment Fundwas established in 2003 and with a capital fund of £45 million.  It aims to increase the risk capital available for investment opportunities in small and medium-sized Scottish companies. 

It is one of three investment products in the Scottish Enterprise portfolio.  For early stage businesses, the Scottish Seed Fund provides investments from £20,000 to £100,000.  For larger companies trying to raise funds for the next crucial stage of development, the Scottish Venture Fund provides investments in the range, typically, between £2 million and £10 million.

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