GU Ventures recognized by UBI Global among the Top Challengers in Europe

The UBI Global World Ranking Report and Benchmark Study for the years of 2021-2022 have just been announced. GU Ventures was recognized as a Top Challenger in Europe in good company of four other European incubators, such as Chalmers Ventures, I3P, Spinlab and Yes!Delft.

UBI Global, the Stockholm-based innovation intelligence company and community known for the assessment and mapping of business incubators and accelerators, have released the top lists and top challengers as assessed by the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022.

It hones in on a concentrated sample of 109 business incubators and accelerators located in 56 countries and announces some of the world's top ranked programes in four cathegories and 21 KPI:s within three focus areas: "value for client startups", "value for program" and "value for ecosystem".

• “Following a rigorous data-driven approach, we assessed and benchmarked incubation organizations across the world,” says Joshuah Sowah, Head of Research at UBI Global. ”Our study is in tune with the multiple facets of the international incubation ecosystem and illustrates critical challenges and opportunities the participating organizations face.”

In addition to recognizing the top performers, UBI Global also highlight and identify the top challengers in each region. Top Challenger were announced to stand out due to their impressive overall impact and performance achievements relative to its respective regional peers. The five Top Challengers in Europe are Chalmers Ventures, GU Ventures, I3P, Spinlab and Yes!Delft.

Achievement of Top Challenger among European peer organizations, as assessed by UBI Global, means that GU Ventures demonstrates exceptional value for client startups, value for the local ecosystem, and overall attractiveness as an organization.

• "We are very proud to be one of the Top Challengers in Europe appointed UBI Global in this amazing study where all our KPI:s are assessed in a structured way", says Klementina Österberg, CEO GU Ventures. "We are also interested to get more details from the study results and understand how our organization compares with the global top standard to be able to achieve continuous improvement and our commitment to excellence."

The rankings were presented via a live stream event conducted this afternoon by UBI Global and hosted by imec and imec.istart from Ghent, Belgium.

Click on the image below to watch the 30 sec short film with Klementina Österberg:

The film is also available, https://ubi-global.com/ranking...

For the full World Rankings Report 2021-2022 of business incubators and accelerators, please visit ubi-
global.com/rankings/

About UBI Global
UBI Global is a Swedish-based innovation intelligence company and community specializing in mapping, highlighting, and connecting the world of business incubation. Through a community of more than 1,000 member organizations from over 90 countries worldwide, UBI Global provides matchmaking, ranking, benchmarking, and research services to corporations and business incubation
organizations.

Previous results from UBI Global’s studies have been featured on BBC Radio, The Chicago Tribune, Le Figaro, Der Standard, The Huffington Post, The Irish Times, France 3, and many other media outlets around the world.

About imec and imec.istart
Imec.istart – imec’s business accelerator – wants to help tech startups launch their business idea successfully. The imec.istart organization offers a broad range of services such as initial financial injection (50,000 EUR pre-seed funding), industry vertical specific coaching and mentoring, access to technology and working facilities, access to a broad (inter)national network of partners and investors, and more. Since its launch in 2011, imec.istart helped more than 185 tech start-ups in diverse fields to develop into sustainable ventures.