ideaSpace

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ideaSpace provides office space and resources for anyone looking to start a new, high impact company in Cambridge.

ideaSpace members and their employees benefit from a stimulating working environment, the ability to share experiences with like-minded start-up founders and gain access to some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs and investors. Contact us to find out how you can become part of our community.

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United Kingdom, England, South Hams

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1-10

Founded date

2009

Mentions in press and media 36

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FAQ about ideaSpace

When was ideaSpace founded?

ideaSpace was founded in 2009.

What has the press written about ideaSpace?

Parsers VC has collected 36 articles mentioning ideaSpace, among them “Cambridge Enterprise postdoc business plan competition” (Nov 12, 2020) and “Lessons from a founder: tips for successful product design” (Oct 30, 2018).

Is ideaSpace still active?

Yes, ideaSpace is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Apr 28, 2021.

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Nov 12, 2020	Cambridge Enterprise postdoc business plan competition	The Cambridge Enterprise Postdoc Business Plan Competition The 2020 postdoc business plan competition, sponsored by international law firm Taylor Vinters, is now closed for entry. Each year, Cambridge Enterprise and the Entrepreneurial Post...
Oct 30, 2018	Lessons from a founder: tips for successful product design	Lessons from a founder: tips for successful product design 30-10-2018 Coming up with an idea for a product is the easy bit - it's the designing of it that can be a complicated and costly process. At a recent ideaSpace event four founders of...
Sep 7, 2017	Your liver on a microchip - a revolution in drug development	Your liver on a microchip - a revolution in drug development 07-09-2017 ideaSpace West members, Stemnovate, and ANB Sensors Limited, both Cambridge based companies, have been awarded $1 million Innovate UK funding to advance ‘Liver on a chi...
Jun 27, 2017	Winners announced for GROW agri-tech competition	Winners announced for GROW agri-tech competition 27-06-2017 Farming Data, a mobile trading platform that could lift subsistence farmers out of poverty, is the winner of GROW, the UK’s only agri-tech business plan competition, established by...
Jun 2, 2017	Capital Cell's UK Equity investment platform is now up and running!	Capital Cell's UK Equity investment platform is now up and running! 02-06-2017 Cutting edge life science investments with potentially huge financial rewards. IdeaSpace West members, Capital Cell, has launched in the UK, with value adding pa...
Apr 13, 2017	EnXray raises £2.3 million to fund commercial expansion	EnXray raises £2.3 million to fund commercial expansion 13-04-2017 EnXray Ltd raises funding for ground breaking Low Energy X-ray (LEXR) sterilisation machine. Add This Share Buttons ideaSpace South company EnXray Ltd, developers of innovat...
Nov 24, 2016	First IPO for FreeAgent Central	First IPO for FreeAgent Central 24-11-2016 Cloud-based accounting software provider, FreeAgent Central have started trading as a public company on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) Add This Share Buttons Cloud-...
Oct 27, 2016	Blackboard announces acquisition of UK-based Fronteer	Blackboard announces acquisition of UK-based Fronteer 27-10-2016 Blackboard Inc., a leading education technology company for teaching, learning and student engagement, today announced the acquisition of U.K. based Fronteer, including its fl...
Sep 29, 2016	GeneAdviser/Birmingham Women’s Hospital partner to make personalised medicine more accessible	GeneAdviser/Birmingham Women’s Hospital partner to make personalised medicine more accessible 29-09-2016 The largest genetics laboratory in the NHS brings to the platform their solid tumour sequencing, enabling clinicians to give an individ...
Sep 27, 2016	Using game technology to promote innovation at Anglia Ruskin Unversity	Using game technology to promote innovation at Anglia Ruskin Unversity 27-09-2016 Anglia Ruskin University wants to use better collaboration and teamworking to radically change the way it operates. Altogame, a British-Finnish start-up based...
Apr 1, 2016	Metrarc wins funding from Innovate UK for data protection research	Metrarc wins funding from Innovate UK for data protection research 01-04-2016 Cambridge-based Metrarc is part of a consortium which has won funding worth nearly £400,000 from Innovate UK to combat growing security threats to the management ...
Oct 26, 2015	Syndicate Room named Best Investment Platform	Syndicate Room named Best Investment Platform 26-10-2015 Syndicate Room has won the title of Best Investment Platform at the prestigious Growth Investor Awards 2015. The Awards were organised by Intelligent Partnership, the UK’s leading pro...
Mar 12, 2015	Tech Nation Cluster Profile: Cambridge	This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website. Following the recent launch of Tech Nation, we will be running a series of profile pieces on each of the digital clusters featured in the report. Home to one of the most hist...
Mar 5, 2015	SeeSpeak tablet uses Skype to connect families around the globe	SeeSpeak tablet uses Skype to connect families around the globe 05-03-2015 SeeSpeak has launched a website to promote its single-function tablet for video calls to connect generations of families that may live on opposite sides of the world...
Feb 6, 2015	Touchdown! Vizzuality launches new Google Trends API	Touchdown! Vizzuality launches new Google Trends API 06-02-2015 Vizzuality was invited to work with Google on its new Google Trends API to show which were the most searched-for American football teams across the United States. The season re...
Dec 22, 2014	The Brains behind cutting energy waste for major uranium producer	The Brains behind cutting energy waste for major uranium producer 22-12-2014 IntelliSense.io is working with one of the world’s largest uranium producers on its Green Smart Mine innovation programme to reduce energy waste and improve produc...
Apr 29, 2014	Healx3 takes parked therapies into overdrive	Healx3 takes parked therapies into overdrive 29-04-2014 Healx3 is aiming to breathe new life into parked therapeutics and dormant IP in the biopharmaceutical industry. The start-up, based at ideaSpace West, hopes to take the medical technol...
Mar 4, 2014	Is it good for people to fail occasionally?	Is it good for people to fail occasionally? 04-03-2014 In this highly competitive world we often prize success and hate it when things go wrong, but is there actually a value in failing? BBC news spoke to ideaSpace Director Stewart McTavish...
Feb 14, 2014	ideaSpace supports growth and sustainability of Europe’s start-ups	ideaSpace supports growth and sustainability of Europe’s start-ups 14-02-2014 ideaSpace is supporting a new initiative to boost the growth and sustainability of European start-ups by helping them compete and raise funds at a global level. T...
Nov 6, 2012	Cambridge Startup Masterclass - 2012-2013 programme kicks off to help early stage companies	Cambridge Startup Masterclass - 2012-2013 programme kicks off to help early stage companies 06-11-2012 Innovation is the lifeblood of the Cambridge economy, but starting and growing innovation-based businesses can be a minefield, with many ...
Oct 25, 2012	New programme to create jobs in the East of England and help the environment	New programme to create jobs in the East of England and help the environment 25-10-2012 A £2.25m business support programme for start-ups and small and medium-sized (SMEs) manufacturing companies has been launched in Cambridge with two key ...
Oct 17, 2012	Wysing Arts Centre awarded £40,000 funding to develop Creative Accelerator Workshops	Wysing Arts Centre awarded £40,000 funding to develop Creative Accelerator Workshops 17-10-2012 Wysing Arts Centre is developing a series of inspirational one-day workshops for early stage ventures and more established SME businesses to tak...
Oct 11, 2012	The art of business	The art of business 11-10-2012 ideaSpace Enterprise Accelerator awards grant to Wysing Arts Centre for its work on encouraging innovation in the East of England. Each year ideaSpace Enterprise Accelerator (iEA) provides funding to a number ...
Apr 18, 2012	Cisco and ideaSpace hold ‘Connected Growth’ workshop for SMEs	Cisco and ideaSpace hold ‘Connected Growth’ workshop for SMEs 18-04-2012 Cisco and the ideaSpace Enterprise Accelerator have partnered to host a ‘Connected Growth’ workshop at The Hauser Forum, Cambridge on 23rd April, designed to help SMEs...
Mar 23, 2012	Qi3 Accelerator launches High Value Manufacturing Bootcamp	Qi3 Accelerator’s HVM Bootcamp is the UK’s first Accelerator Programme to target the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) sector. The three-day residential programme will help accelerate capital-intensive HVM entrepreneurial ventures to investmen...
Mar 23, 2012	Qi3 Accelerator launches High Value Manufacturing Bootcamp	Qi3 Accelerator launches High Value Manufacturing Bootcamp 23-03-2012 Qi3 Accelerator’s HVM Bootcamp is the UK’s first Accelerator Programme to target the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) sector. The three-day residential programme will help ...
Mar 15, 2012	Masterclass for tech start-ups looking to optimise online presence	Masterclass for tech start-ups looking to optimise online presence 15-03-2012 The importance of social media and online marketing to early stage businesses based on innovation and/or technology is the focus of the next StartUp Masterclass s...
Feb 3, 2012	Learn about creating star teams at Enterprise Tuesday	Learn about creating star teams at Enterprise Tuesday 03-02-2012 Alex van Someren, Partner at Amadeus & Angels Seed Fund; and Dr Uday Phadke, Chief Executive of Cartezia, talk about their experiences of developing and working with succe...
Jan 20, 2012	Startup Masterclass and CfEL provide advice on how to build and maintain successful teams	Startup Masterclass and CfEL provide advice on how to build and maintain successful teams 20-01-2012 Time and time again, a recurring theme of early-stage companies regards the strength of the project and/or founder team. Building a good te...
Jan 12, 2012	Babraham joins forces with Cambridge University's ideaSpace to accelerate enterprise	Babraham joins forces with Cambridge University's ideaSpace to accelerate enterprise 12-01-2012 The Babraham Research Campus and Cambridge University's ideaSpace have entered into a strategic relationship through which early-stage ventures ...
Nov 29, 2011	Exceptional female entrepreneurs wanted!	Exceptional female entrepreneurs wanted! 29-11-2011 Astia, a premier global accelerator for high-growth startups, is holding a series of events targeted to women-led, high growth companies operating or starting up in the East of England. As...
Feb 8, 2011	What can you learn from the co-founder of a £5bn company and an entrepreneur, author and m...	What can you learn from the co-founder of a £5bn company and an entrepreneur, author and m... 08-02-2011 Jamie Urquhart and Margaret Heffernan are speaking at Enterprise Tuesday tonight (8th February) on the topic of getting investment and ...
Jan 25, 2011	Cambridge Angels support Springboard	Cambridge Angels support Springboard 25-01-2011 Businesses that apply for the Springboard investment and business accelerator programme are being given the opportunity to learn valuable business lessons in a series of one to one office hour...
Jan 20, 2011	ideaSpace announces seven programmes to support innovation and enterprise	ideaSpace announces seven programmes to support innovation and enterprise 20-01-2011 Seven projects designed to support innovators and entrepreneurs across the Eastern Region have been announced by the ideaSpace Enterprise Accelerator (iEA)...
Nov 29, 2010	Springboard Launches Accelerator Program for Early Stage European Startups	Springboard has launched a new mentorship-led accelerator program for European startups. Springboard debuted in 2009 as an “accidental incubator” emerging from the company Red Gate Software. Springboard aims to help early stage startups. Th...