In partnership with STAC, The University of Glasgow has launched Scotland’s first deeptech accelerator. The Infinity G accelerator numbers 15 ventures including 10 spinouts, from AI and quantum computing to biotechnology, and is designed to nurture and advance groundbreaking deeptech ventures.
Alessia, Glanadair, AevaSpec, Flora Wind, ForceBiology, Diabetes Companion, Hoofsmart, Orthovis, Quantcore, Quantrologee, RX Watt, Scotia Biotech, SepSense, and Unravel Health join the first cohort, a 13-week accelerator hosted at STAC’s thebeyond Glasgow co-working and lab space based at Skypark in Finnieston. The Infinity G accelerator is partly funded by the Glasgow City Council-UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Uzma Khan, Vice Principal, Economic Development and Innovation, University of Glasgow, said: “We are thrilled to be partnering with STAC on this programme, which will bring enormous values and benefit to this first cohort. Each of these early stage ventures have been selected for the quality of their propositions, innovative technology, and scale of ambition. STAC brings a wealth of deep tech expertise to our doorstep, and particularly so at a time when the University has stepped up to unlock the significant potential of our deep tech spin-outs and start-ups, both from the University and in the wider city region.”
Melville Anderson, Head of Commercialisation at the University of Glasgow, said: “Infinity G is one of our new initiatives to provide specialist support to our entrepreneurs seeking to build ventures. These nascent companies will build on cutting-edge science and engineering innovations to product and services with scalable global market potential in areas ranging from quantum computing and sensing, industrial process energy efficiency, and women’s health. We’re excited to be collaborating with STAC and bringing their tech company building methodology to what could be the next generation of major employers in the city of Glasgow.”
Paul Wilson, CEO and co-founder of STAC, said: “We’re honoured to help develop the innovation brilliance coming out of University of Glasgow, moving towards commercialisation and getting founders prepared to make a global impact. The first cohort is full of high-potential ventures, and through our company scaling mentorship methodology, we are already confident we are building startups that can make a global impact. We are integral to Scotland developing a deeptech supercluster, with key constituents including our world-class universities, scale-up expertise, and funding.”
STAC says the Infinity G programme is unique in the UK because of its depth of mentorship, building vital startup ingredients across sales, marketing, IP & technology, investment, finance, legal and talent/HR. Mentored by industry experts, the industry-led model mobilises technology and professional service partners to the university’s sourced ventures.
