The DMZ at Toronto Metropolitan University (Canada) and the SETsquared Partnership (the UK) have contributed expertise to the World Rankings Report
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – Tuesday, January 31 – The World Rankings Report 2021-2022 of business incubators and accelerators was officially released by UBI Global during the World Incubation Summit 2023 Part 1 – as the result of the World Benchmark Study, now in its sixth iteration – representing public, private, university and corporate organizations from startup ecosystems around the world.
Incubators and accelerators are ranked using program impact and performance scores based on 21 key performance indicators (KPIs). The Study’s KPIs are based on seven subcategory scores, which feed into three main categories for evaluation: value for the ecosystem, value for client startups, and value for the program.
“The incubators and accelerators highlighted in the World Benchmark Study have met post-pandemic challenges with creative solutions to deliver a world-class portfolio of services,” said Ali Amin, Co-Founder of UBI Global. “Organizations continue to set the bar higher and continuously exceed the expectations of their respective ecosystems.”
Announced this year, the DMZ at Toronto Metropolitan University (Canada) and the SETsquared Partnership (the UK) joined UBI Global as official research partners to partake in the ranking and recognition process for the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022.
Both partners have achieved the #1 world ranking multiple times, and are now supporting the 2021-22 Study through the provision of research efforts and advisory services during the assessment and selection process. The DMZ and SETsquared are not eligible for ranking or recognition, given their new roles as partners in the Study.
“We’re proud to be partnering with UBI Global on an award that’s near and dear to our hearts at the DMZ,” said Abdullah Snobar, Executive Director of the DMZ and CEO of DMZ Ventures. “As a longstanding winner of UBI Global’s incubator ranking, it’s an honor to be working alongside UBI Global to recognize incubators and accelerators that are driving impact on a global scale.”
“The incubator and accelerator space globally has skyrocketed, fostering a solid support network for startups worldwide,” said Marty Reid, Interim Executive Director of SETsquared. “Highlighting the global network of incubators and accelerators — and its tremendous impact — is essential to creating a strong and competitive startup ecosystem worldwide.”
The World Rankings Report 2021-2022 of business incubators and accelerators is available to download now at worldbenchmarkstudy.com.
About UBI Global
UBI Global is an innovation intelligence company and interactive learning community founded in 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden, to identify where innovation hubs are located worldwide and to learn and share what makes them successful.
The company conducts the World Benchmark Study biennially among business incubators and accelerators who submit their data, which ultimately assists organizations with assessment and best practices, and provides global recognition of success. UBI Global engages its interactive learning community of 1,000+ business incubators and accelerators with international events, competitions, awards, and a suite of education materials, original research, and more.
About the DMZ
The DMZ is a world-leading startup incubator based at Toronto Metropolitan University that equips the next generation of tech entrepreneurs with the tools needed to build, launch, and scale highly impactful startups. The DMZ’s customized approach provides connections to customers, coaching, capital, and a community, all of which help innovators reach the next milestone in their entrepreneurial journey – whatever that might be. Through its award-winning programming, the DMZ has helped more than 750 startups raise $1.95 billion in capital and create 4,850+ jobs. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada with globally-accessible programming, the DMZ has a widely-recognized international presence with offices in Vietnam, India, and the U.S., and partnerships across North America, Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
About SETsquared
SETsquared is a unique enterprise partnership and a dynamic collaboration between the six leading research-led UK universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton, and Surrey. Ranked as the Global No. 1 Business Incubator, we provide a wide range of highly acclaimed support programs to help turn ideas into thriving businesses.
The UBI Global research team has released the World Rankings Report 2021-2022 of business incubators and accelerators as the result of the World Benchmark Study for 2021-2022. For the sixth edition of the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022, 1895 programs were assessed to be part of the Study and 356 applications were received, leading to the ultimate 109 programs that were ultimately benchmarked. This resulted in Top Lists among four categories based on the sample size.
>> Top University Business Incubator – Top 10
>> Top Public-Private Business Incubator – Top 5
>> Top University Business Accelerator – Top 3
>> Top Public-Private Business Accelerator – Top 5
This list reflects a highlight of the groups of high-achieving programs, providing recognition to the group as a whole. Among global peers, these programs are all top performers.
Each Top List has one program in its group that has achieved #1 status as the result of extraordinary impact and performance among top peers. We want to provide the industry with the opportunity to celebrate innovation excellence and highlight a bright focal point to which other programs can aspire.
The number one program for each top list will be announced at the World Incubation Summit Part 2 this May 14-17 hosted by imec and imec.istart in Ghent, Belgium.
Developed as a result of the World Benchmark Study, UBI Global offers definitive program rankings from 2013 onwards. These editions of the rankings are still relevant today as they show the evolution of the innovation community around the world. To unlock the previous rankings resulting from the World Benchmark Study from 2013 to 2021, please see our website here.
In addition to recognizing the top performers, we also recognized the top challengers in each region. Top Challengers are programs with performance and impact scores resulting from the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 making it stand out among peers in its region. This edition of the Rankings and Recognitions will highlight programs in the following Top Challenger categories.
>> Top Challenger – Africa
>> Top Challengers – Asia Pacific
>> Top Challengers – Europe
>> Top Challengers – Latin America
>> Top Challenger – MENA
>> Top Challengers – North America
Released during the WIS23 Part 1, the new Global Innovation Studios Benchmark Tool is set to be a game-changer for business incubators and accelerators around the world. Developed with the UBI Global research framework, the Benchmark Tool is a powerful way to understand your programs’ performance and impact and highlight strategic areas to improve. Users of the GIS Benchmark Tool can take this knowledge a step further and compare themselves to the top-performing programs from around the world and get as granular as they like. To schedule a demo, contact [email protected].
Released January 24 at the World Incubation Summit 2023 Part 1 Online, live from Ghent, Belgium
Definition: A world top university accelerator derives its business objectives primarily from one or more universities, which achieve outstanding impact and performance relative to its global peers. These programs outperform their global peers with regard to the value they provide to their innovation ecosystems and client startups, as well as the attractiveness of the programs themselves.
World Top University Business Accelerators in alphabetical order for 2021-2022 are:
Aalto University Startup Center Business Generator
imec
Red de Incubadoras de la Universidad del Valle de México
For information on the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 and the Report release, please see the website: World Benchmark Study 2021 – 2022
To sign up for the World Incubation Summit 2023 Part 2 where the World #1 organizations will be announced, see the website here: World Incubation Summit 2023
Released January 24 at the World Incubation Summit 2023 Part 1 Online, live from Ghent, Belgium
Definition: A world top university incubator derives its business objectives primarily from one or more universities, which achieve outstanding impact and performance relative to its global peers. These programs outperform their global peers with regard to the value they provide to their innovation ecosystems and client startups, as well as the attractiveness of the programs themselves.
World Top 5 University Business Incubators in alphabetical order for 2021-2022 are:
ITU Çekirdek
McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship
prendho
Red Nacional de Incubadoras de Empresas de la UNITEC
University of Toronto Entrepreneurship
Rounding out the World Top 10 University Business Incubators, listed in alphabetical order, are:
Centech
IncubaUdeC
IPN Incubadora
UtrechtInc
YTU Yıldız Technopark Entrepreneurship and Incubation Center (YTU Startup House)
For information on the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 and the Report release, please see the website: World Benchmark Study 2021 – 2022
To sign up for the World Incubation Summit 2023 Part 2 where the World #1 organizations will be announced, see the website here: World Incubation Summit 2023
Can you believe it has been 10 years since UBI Global began with a Swedish student who had a dream of mapping, benchmarking, and recognizing the performance and impact of university-led business incubators around the world? That one-time student, Ali Amin, became the Founder and CEO of what is now UBI Global, and this year marks the release of the sixth edition of what has become the gold-standard study of business incubators and accelerators worldwide.
The pandemic has changed the global innovation industry, much like it has changed the world of business in general. After studying the shifts made by business incubators and accelerators through the Triumph of Innovation impact study in 2021, the UBI Global research team felt ready to conduct this version of the World Benchmark Study for 2021-2022.
There were a few changes to the methodology and the survey along with a shift to the time period that meant a smaller data pool, but thanks to our loyal members sharing their time, knowledge, and data, we are delighted to be able to announce another World Benchmark Study and World Rankings for 2021-2022 are complete and ready for release.
Over the years, the World Benchmark Study has evolved to include many new benchmark categories that reflect the evolution of the global innovation community. What began as a fact-finding mission has grown to become the gold-standard study of business incubation and acceleration on a global scale. Consistently updated to reflect the latest research in the field, at its core, the underlying research framework has remained unchanged – the absolute impact and relative performance of a program are the two determining factors of success.
When it comes to benchmark categories vs. ranking categories the determining factor is the level of focus. While the benchmark categories offer a granular view of the programs, ranking categories are a top-level view. We provide all participating programs with a scorecard infographic that offers an overview of their overall impact and performance relative to their peers.
Ranking categories and the respective top lists reflect differences in setup, funding, and focus between different groups of incubators and accelerators. Benchmark categories and ranking categories are two related outputs of the same data, with benchmark categories finely tuned according to the program’s self-definition
As the benchmark has grown and expanded, it became clear that there was a need to compare like-for-like programs. The ranking system has evolved, moving from a focus on individual programs to a top-list system that spotlights performance and impact. This categorization sets the bar for the rest of the global innovation ecosystem in a fair and concise way.
For the sixth edition of the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022, 1895 programs were assessed to be part of the Study and 356 applications were received, leading to the ultimate 109 programs that were ultimately benchmarked. This resulted in Top Lists among four categories based on the sample size. Each ranking category has a Top List according to the size of the category:
>> Top University Business Incubator – Top 10
>> Top Public-Private Business Incubator – Top 5
>> Top University Business Accelerator – Top 3
>> Top Public-Private Business Accelerator – Top 5
This list reflects a highlight of the groups of high-achieving programs, providing recognition to the group as a whole. Among global peers, these programs are all top performers! The Top Lists and Top Challengers will be announced during the World Incubation Summit Part 1 – Rankings & Recognitions online event on January 24, 2023. Everyone is welcome to sign up to attend free of charge via live stream. Use the link below to register to attend.
Each Top List has one program in its group that has achieved #1 status as the result of extraordinary impact and performance among top peers. We want to provide the industry with the opportunity to celebrate innovation excellence and highlight a bright focal point to which other programs can aspire.
The number one program for each top list will be announced at the World Incubation Summit Part 2 this May 14-17 hosted by imec and imec.istart in Ghent, Belgium.
Developed as a result of the World Benchmark Study, UBI Global offers definitive program rankings from 2013 onwards. These editions of the rankings are still relevant today as they show the evolution of the innovation community around the world. To unlock the previous rankings resulting from the World Benchmark Study from 2013 to 2018, please see our website here.
In addition to recognizing the top performers, we also highlight and recognize the top challengers in each region. Top Challengers are programs with performance and impact scores resulting from the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 making it stand out among peers in its region. This edition of the Rankings and Recognitions will highlight programs in the following Top Challenger categories.
>> Top Challenger – Africa (1)
>> Top Challengers – Asia Pacific (5)
>> Top Challengers – Europe (5)
>> Top Challengers – Latin America (3)
>> Top Challenger – MENA (1)
>> Top Challengers – North America (3)
UBI Global, as a company known for its research and benchmarking, has been an active member of the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative’s association with the United Nations to provide rankings, ratings, and assessments interface as a guide to the academic sector and beyond. This work made us understand the importance of Environmental, Social, and Governance to investors and, therefore, our community.
For this reason, and to provide a baseline understanding of ESG to our community and stakeholders, the research team included a set of ESG assessment questions in the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 for the first time. While this lens of the study does not result in a ranking, it will certainly enable us to highlight impact-makers and early adopters of ESG initiatives around the world and share this information to further our community’s knowledge and strategic planning.
Released during the WIS23 Part 1, the new Global Innovation Studios Benchmark Tool is set to be a game-changer for business incubators and accelerators around the world. Developed with the UBI Global research framework, the Benchmark Tool is a powerful way to understand your programs’ performance and impact and highlight strategic areas to improve. Users of the GIS Benchmark Tool can take this knowledge a step further and compare themselves to the top-performing programs from around the world and get as granular as they like. To schedule a demo, contact [email protected].
If your program gets “the call” that signifies achieving Top List or Top Challenger status, we congratulate you and look forward to announcing your name during the online WIS23 Part 1! Even if you don’t hear from us about your ranking, joining us online for WIS23 Part 1 – Rankings & Recognitions is a great opportunity to learn and grow – through benchmarking, through events such as the World Incubation Summit, and through our community by participating on the Global Innovation Studios portal.
Be there to witness this exciting event by joining the online WIS23 Part 1 Rankings & Recognitions. Visit the World Incubation Summit 2023 website to register and for more information on Parts 1 and 2 of WIS23!
Thanks to participants of the Triumph of Innovation impact study we conducted last year, the UBI Global research team was given some great stories of digital transformation as told by our community of business incubators and accelerators. When we conduct this year’s World Benchmark Study 2021-2022, we expect to see even more powerful data points on the digital transformation and the effect it has had on the performance and impact of programs around the world. As we prepare for the sixth edition of the WBS, this article will deep-dive into the importance of digital services to business incubators and accelerators.
If all had been normal, 2020 would have been a World Benchmark Study year for the UBI Global Community. However, as we all know, 2020 was a year like no other with disruption to the way global citizens work, live, and innovate. The team at UBI Global noticed some data points in the fifth edition of the World Benchmark Study for 2019-2020 that made us pause.
An excerpt from the World Benchmark Study 2019-2020:
TYPE OF ENROLLMENT
The industry is dominated by physical rather than virtual offerings. The vast majority of client startup teams receive most services on-site rather than offsite (e.g. through webinars or in chat rooms). In fact, 32% of all programs deliver all core services to client startups on location and only 4% deliver such services exclusively on a virtual basis. However, many programs have developed supplementary virtual and digital services to overcome limitations on physical space, resources, and personnel and to cater to increasing client and alumni startup demand for remote support.
When highlighting the trend of digital services and virtual enrollment, the World Benchmark Study 2019-2020 had this forward-looking best practice to share:
As remote work is becoming more mainstream, programs that are capable of location-agnostic service delivery will be better prepared for the future.
From 2019 onward, the Triumph of Innovation study’s look at enrollment types highlighted that physical enrollment shrank dramatically, going from 76% physical enrollment to just 42% over the pandemic period. This was emphasized during the personal interviews conducted as part of the study, underscoring that virtual enrollment of startups is not just a trend but is the new normal and will continue to grow.
Services provided by business incubators and accelerators to their client startups are used to assess the comprehensiveness of the program’s support as part of the World Benchmark Study. Known as KPI number 7 (of 21), services provided, on average, stood at 11 per program while the global top average programs provided 14. This is a key best practice; providing a health portfolio of services in tune with startup needs.
At its most basic level, the main goals of business incubators and accelerators can be categorized as:
>> Startup survival
>> Employment growth
>> Funds raised
While incubators nurture disruptive ideas with the goal of building a business model and company, business accelerators encourage young companies to grow and mature into businesses. For more industry terms and definitions, see The Innovation Landscape from A to Z – A Glossary by UBI Global.
Services provided can be in the form of direct support, with the goal of improving startup outcomes. On the other hand, services can also be identified as indirect, or those that seek to educate and change behavior. Some examples are:
Direct services
>> Funding
>> Access to workspace
>> Legal and operational assistance
>> Corporate matching
Indirect services
>> Training
>> Mentoring
>> Networking
>> Alumni support
>> Peer collaboration
Obviously of key importance to startups, business incubator and accelerator service portfolios could have taken a hit during the global pandemic. But that wasn’t the case, as shown by the Triumph of Innovation study, which showed that:
Services
As a measure of the resilience of (business incubators and accelerators), very few services were withdrawn in response to the pandemic. Services that were withdrawn, including those described as ‘other’, cited health and safety considerations as the reason. The chart below shows the services programs kept active during the pandemic as well as those that programs ceased to offer.
In the true spirit of innovation, business incubators and accelerators used the increased familiarity with technology to their advantage. Some used it for increasing their reach in terms of enrolling startups while others used the increase in virtual communication to recruit domain-specific experts from all over the globe to enhance their service portfolios with world-class mentors, coaches, funding, sponsors, and more.
By participating in the World Benchmark Study in 2021-2022, your program gains valuable data-driven insights to optimize your program design. Additionally, your program’s impact on the ecosystem, your enrolled startups, and the future of the program itself is an amazing deep dive into your efficiency and effectiveness. Your participation is very important, as it helps the UBI Global research team provide a clear picture of the global innovation ecosystem to others around the world seeking innovation intelligence.
Global Innovation Studios (GISxStudios) is the digital layer serving the UBI Global community as a portal to education, benchmarking, and growth. It’s through GISxStudios that business incubators and accelerators are guided through 4 data-gathering steps as they apply to participate in the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022. GISxStudios is in its infancy and needs data from the world’s business incubators and accelerators to grow and thrive! Apply for a free account on the GISxStudios portal, join the UBI Global interactive learning community, and apply to participate in the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 all in one place: Let’s get started in the GISxStudios!
One of the core assumptions of a benchmark is that most of the components of the analysis remain constant for comparison’s sake. As the Triumph of Innovation study uncovered, however, innovation during the pandemic grew and, in many cases, outperformed pre-pandemic metrics in several key areas. The World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 is extremely important to business incubators and accelerators post-pandemic, join us as we explain why.
Whether you have participated in previous editions of the World Benchmark Study or not, examining impact and performance data helps your business incubator or accelerator stay on top of the latest trends and serves as a monitoring tool for future benchmarks. By participating in the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022, you will gain a deeper understanding of which metrics have changed the most post-pandemic and where there are opportunities for improvement. This is UBI Global’s sixth edition of the World Benchmark Study for 2021-2022, and it will be even more valuable to past participants while providing newbie benchmarkers the chance to shine among their peers.
As the Triumph of Innovation report highlighted, business incubators and accelerators developed a technology-focused business model to meet the needs of their enrolled startup companies during the pandemic. These shifts included everything from online events, digital enrollment, virtual support attraction, and new sustainability initiatives, to name a few. Participating in the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 will help support business incubators and accelerators to understand their program’s post-pandemic recovery as they learn new best practices and important information to develop today’s most successful startups.
As a result of the pandemic, there has been an explosion of new startup companies. These young companies are developing mind-blowing new technology and innovation to meet new challenges faced by almost every industry in every country in the world. Along with this increase in new startup companies came a new generation of support programs, whether it was working space, laboratory facilities, funding, or fast-tracked corporate scaleup initiatives. As a result, it is essential to analyze the changes in business incubators and accelerators post-pandemic to examine how their dynamic has changed. Business incubators and accelerators provide critical support that is shown to reduce the failure rate of startup companies, and the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 demonstrates the impact and performance of the participating programs on global entrepreneurship efforts.
As a business incubator or accelerator, your effectiveness in gauging industry recovery will become next-level when you participate in the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022. The benchmark process gives you a clear understanding of your program’s actual impact and performance post-pandemic. The data you provide for the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 will tell a future-forward story that your business incubator or accelerator will refer to when conducting planning sessions on budgets, enrollment, onboarding, service map strategies, and more.
Business incubators and accelerators have a mission to support entrepreneurs, and as a global force for innovation, they have triumphed over a global pandemic by increasing performance. In times of crisis, business incubators and accelerators have proven to be sustainable resources for entrepreneurs, themselves, and the wider community of innovation. The World Benchmark Study 2021-2022, which will lead to the release of the World Rankings 2021-2022, and culminate with the World Incubation Summit serves to bring our community together to connect, benchmark, learn and recognize excellence to advance startup and innovation growth worldwide.
The World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 measures the impact and performance of business incubators and accelerators through UBI Global’s proprietary research framework. The WBS2122 framework is divided into three categories and further studied according to seven subcategories, using 21 key performance indicators. The World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 is UBI Global’s sixth edition, so the framework has been updated, with the help of our industry advisory board, to include metrics important to the success of the post-pandemic innovation industry.
The UBI Global team is looking forward to welcoming you to its new digital layer, Global Innovation Studios, where the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 application to participate is completed. To apply to participate, just sign up for a user account on the new Global Innovation Studios platform and complete four easy steps. While in the Global Innovation Studios platform, look around at all the great content and information about the platform, the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022, and innovation post-pandemic.
The GISxStudios team is ready to assist you should you need help, but sign-up is quick and easy, and the four-step process can be paused and completed at any time.
Apply to participate in the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 – click here to sign up for a user account on Global Innovation Studios
When the UBI Global team conceived the idea for a study to examine the effects of the pandemic on the global innovation ecosystem, we wanted a support partner to complement the analysis of the past with a future-forward vision of the global innovation ecosystem. We are thrilled to announce that District 2020 is the support partner for the Triumph of Innovation study, report, and event. Learn more about District 2020, the global hub for innovation and Triumph of Innovation support partner.
District 2020 is a human-centric future city that provides everything that people and businesses need to thrive. As a ‘city of firsts,’ it will be a global hub for innovation, that brings together an inclusive and diverse community and connects future sectors and technologies; to create a more resilient, smarter, and sustainable urban environment.
Following the six months of the World Expo, District 2020 will re-purpose over 80% of the built infrastructure into an integrated mixed-use community to work, live and explore. As a future city that places people at the center of its design, District 2020’s environment has been purposely shaped to encourage wellbeing, sustainability, and balance.
Expo 2020’s main theme is, “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future,” and encompasses three sub-themes; Opportunity, Mobility, and Sustainability. Expo 2020 is the first World Expo to be held in the MENA and SA region, giving the world an opportunity to access the experiences and interactions of the future. More than 190 countries are participating with their own pavilions on a site that covers 4.3 square kilometers (1,083 acres).
An estimated 25 million people will visit Expo 2020 between October 1, 2021, and March of 2022. District 2020 will be home to a purpose-driven community that includes Fortune 500 companies, budding young enterprises, entrepreneurs, SME’s, startups, government, academia, R&D. Through its physical and digital infrastructure, District 2020 will be a place to Connect. Create. Innovate.
The Triumph of Innovation impact study will result in a report, which the UBI Global team will release during a hybrid in-person and virtual event at Expo 2020, the eventual home of District 2020. During the event, District 2020 and innovation thought leaders from Dubai and around the world will welcome our community both in person and virtually through a series of keynotes and panel discussions on the future of innovation.
During the Triumph of Innovation event, the world will learn the key outcomes of the study and the transformations that took place around the world among business incubators and accelerators, and corporate innovation teams as they strove to nurture successful startups through a global pandemic. We will also recognize the most compelling, inspiring stories of successful entrepreneurs and innovation shared by study participants. More information on the Triumph of Innovation event on December 8, 2021, will be announced in the coming weeks.
Right now, there is an amazing opportunity to be among the first to apply to participate in District 2020’s global innovation hub. Scale2Dubai is District 2020’s global entrepreneurship program that offers startups and small businesses, with a proven track record in their countries, an opportunity to scale to Dubai. More than a startup opportunity, Scale2Dubai is welcoming incubators and accelerators into the program as partners.
The program provides a soft landing for entrepreneurs and businesses to set up in District 2020’s ecosystem and an opportunity to benefit from being part of a world-class innovation hub. District 2020 will play an active role in facilitating connections between the program participants, Fortune 500 companies, incubator and accelerator programs, and funding opportunities.
Visit the Scale2Dubai website to learn more and apply here: Scale2Dubai (district2020.ae)
As our research team works to analyze the data from participant surveys, we will provide news of the study and the event on December 8 in UBI Global’s member newsletter, UBI Insights, as well as our LinkedIn and Twitter channels. You can also check out the FAQ section of the Triumph of Innovation page on our website here: Triumph of Innovation
Announcing ‘the end’ of something is never fun or easy, but in this case, there really is a lot to look forward to. While this month marks the end of UBI Connect, the communication platform that we have all come to know and love, we are excited to welcome new technology to activate your innovation. Developed by our team especially for you, the business incubators and accelerators that make up our global innovation intelligence community, this new hub will transform the way innovation happens around the world.
As of August 23, 2021, UBI Connect will close for good. UBI Connect served us all well as we shared news, information, reports, tools, and conversations as a member platform. The good news is that all the great features and experiences we had on UBI Connect will be even better as part of the new Global Innovation Studios hub of tools and services. For now, we are pausing the community ‘connect’ activity as we put the finishing touches on the new hub.
During the pause between UBI Connect and the new platform, the UBI Global team wants to offer the following options for our members to communicate with us and with each other. Here’s how:
To share a news item, event announcement, or other activity with the community:
Email [email protected] to be included in UBI Insights or on our social media
To download a report or past edition of UBI Insights:
Go to the UBI Global publications webpage to download free reports; contact us for other reports or UBI Insights
To read the latest news about UBI Global and its benefits to you and your startups like corporate matching opportunities, partnerships, and more:
Make sure you’re signed up for UBI Insights, the monthly member newsletter. Haven’t received it or opted out by accident? Email us at [email protected] and we’ll reconnect you.
Here is some news to get excited about! The UBI Global team has been hard at work this year to conceptualize, develop, and produce a new, modular hub of tools for our community. The planned release is set for October, and we can’t wait for you to take Global Innovation Studios for a spin.
UBI Global has created Global Innovation Studios, the future insights, best practices, corporate matching platform for startup programs globally. Global Innovation Studios is a hub of tools and services designed for business incubators and accelerators. Our eight years of knowledge and experience have led us here. We’ve learned from the five (six in 2022) iterations of the World Benchmark Study, countless micro- and macro-studies of innovation, and forming collaborations between the world’s largest corporations and you and your startups and developed a whole new set of tools. We can’t wait for you to continue the journey with us.
After UBI Connect closes on August 23, expect to hear more from us via email and our social media channels on the next steps to start using the Global Innovation Studios hub for business incubators and accelerators. Meanwhile, we have a study to conduct and Expo2020 Dubai to attend! Learn more about those activities below, and feel free to ask us any questions you have about UBI Connect, Global Innovation Studios, and our next innovation adventure together.
Join UBI Global as we examine the transformative year in innovation with the Triumph of Innovation impact study. This new study will identify success within the global innovation ecosystem despite the immense challenges brought on by the pandemic in 2020. By celebrating the transformations made in the global innovation ecosystem, the results of the study will highlight the triumph of innovation.
This December, UBI Global will hold a special event to release the Triumph of Innovation Report and announce the awards for the most impactful success stories at Expo 2020 Dubai. The UBI Global event will take place both in-person and virtual to accommodate our global community and tickets will be by invitation only. Expo 2020 is a sponsor of the Triumph of Innovation study. Read more about the Expo here.