Innovation Support

Nurturing every step of your innovation journey — backed by a university that gets it.

With a deep understanding of the fast-moving needs of high-tech businesses, Future Space provides innovation support like no other — from 1:1 business support and access to our sector-leading business partners to campus-based research expertise, specialist R&D facilities and graduate talent, all tailored to help you move faster and further.

Powered by UWE Bristol and Oxford Innovation Space, our trailblazing innovation support ensures that whether you’re building your first MVP or expanding into global markets, you’ll always have the right tools and expertise behind you.

In-house business support

Strategy: Shape your business model and explore markets through 1:1 support, MBA consultancy projects and access to GROWTHmapper.

Funding: Navigate the world of seed investment and early-stage capital with access to our Investor Desks and drop-ins with Innovate UK.

Marketing: Accelerate growth with brand strategy support through access to Insight, our exclusive Brand & Marketing training, led by Program, a leading creative agencies for tech businesses.

Mentorship: Get expert guidance from our exclusive Business Partner network across core business functions, working with Program (Branding), Abel + Imray (IP), Countex (Finance), Hayes Parsons (Insurance), Thought Quarter (Innovation & AI), and beyond.

University-partnered R&D

Ideation: Explore ideas, test concepts and prototype with ease through student consultancy projects with UWE’s Schools of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Product Design — working with academics.

Innovation: Partner with UWE Bristol for deeper, more complex research collaborations through facilities access, academic consultancy, funded PhDs and a fully-funded 296-hour internship — just for you.

Funding: Secure support for collaborative innovation projects and grant funding with in-house bid writing support from UWE Bristol.

Talent: Build a skilled team to support long-term innovation through student placements and discounted skills training at UWE Bristol.

Specialist expertise from business partners

Our community of university R&D partners

School of Engineering

School of Applied Sciences

Bristol Business School

Thanks to Oxford Innovation Space, the UK and Ireland's largest network of innovation centres, we provide our companies with all kinds of business insight tools and exclusive partner discounts.

Future Space has provided us a with a great space to launch our business and be amongst a community of entrepreneurs. It gives great access to support services and workshops, plus links with the University of the West of England to foster collaboration and accelerate R&D. We would not have achieved as much as we have without the support of Future Space."