Overview of Sci-Tech Daresbury
Presentation to Techcelerate Ventures network
- May 6th 2020
John Leake, Business Development Manager
Introduction to Sci-Tech Daresbury
• National Research and Innovation campus
– Co-location of science & business
– World-class science facilities
–
Internationally-competitive
• Leading UK science park award winner 2017
• Public-private joint-venture since 2010
Campus companies
• 150 high-tech companies
•
IBM, Hitachi & Atos
• ~20% international companies
– 12 countries/4 continents
• Sector focus:
• Advanced Engineering & Materials (50)
• Biomedical/Healthcare (36)
• Digital/ICT (43)
• Energy & Environmental (10)
• Cluster development
– Healthtec
– Data-centric
• Sales growth - 26% pa
• 5% company failure rate
• Collaboration value - £20m
The Sci-Tech Daresbury model
Maximise business survival & growth
Campus business support
Routes to
market
Routes to
money
Routes to
people
Routes to
technical
facilities
Network, partnerships & collaborations
Daresbury Network
• Join a local but leading high-tech network –
https://networkhub.sci-techdaresbury.com
– Nearly 5000 strong
• Local, national & international
– Connect to
• Other high-tech SMEs
• Blue chips
•
Investors
• Regional universities
• Gold partners
– Regular meetings
• Monthly Business Breakfast Network
Masterplan / Vision
“an energised economy, driven by science, technology, innovation
and enterprise”
Hartree
Centre
Techspace
One & Two
Project
Violet
Daresbury
Laboratory
Future
development
Innovation
Centre
Contact details
John Leake, Business Development Manager
07983 413477/ jleake@sci-techdaresbury.com