Company Formation & Incubation

The University of Edinburgh has a strong and successful framework in place to encourage and support small, innovative companies arising from the University's research base and entrepreneurial aspirations of academic staff and students from the University and beyond.

	Company Formation The University of Edinburgh is committed to supporting the creation of new spin-out and start-up companies to take discoveries and inventions arising from university research and develop commercial products/services for the marketplace.
	Starting your own business The University of Edinburgh, through ERI, supports its spin-out and start-up new companies in laying the foundations to assist them in sustaining their growth beyond the early stage start-up to become well-structured enterprises with an above average growth and survival rate.
	Enterprise Network The strong entrepreneurial spirit at the University of Edinburgh has let to the formation of over 250 new enterprises since 1967.