Transforming lives
Strathclyde Inspire supports and encourages entrepreneurship in all its forms, so whether you want to explore your entrepreneurial potential, have an idea for a business, or are considering commercialising your research, we will support you at every stage of your journey.
The University of Strathclyde started life as a place of useful learning, an institution that wanted to make a difference; this founding mission has never been more relevant.
Today, we continue to nurture generations of influencers, innovators and industry leaders, empowering our staff, students and alumni to embrace entrepreneurship, transforming their own lives and the lives of others.
Join the Strathclyde Inspire community
Opportunities to explore your entrepreneurial potential.
Start-up, intellectual property and commercialisation support for students, staff and alumni with ideas.
Investor-ready accelerator for pre-seed start-ups and spin-outs.
Early-stage investment and scale-up support for ambitious founders.
Strathclyde Inspire embodies our entrepreneurial spirit and will help our students and staff realise their creativity and ambition, empowering them to make an impact on the world around them.
Principal and Vice-Chancellor
Charles Huang Foundation:
A transformational gift
In September 2021, the University received £50 million from alumnus and global business leader Dr Charles Huang from his philanthropic foundation.
The gift is the largest Strathclyde has ever received – and is set to transform the lives of students and the global communities we serve.
Read more about the four areas the gift will support.
Charles Huang Foundation
Our inspiring people
"I built my resilience and enhanced my strengths in commercial awareness and creative thinking. I embraced entrepreneurship experiences outside of my degree and enhanced both my personal and professional skills, transforming the career opportunities available to me."
"Starting out, I lacked the language to explain my vision in business terms, and the team at Strathclyde helped me embrace new ways of thinking to translate technical concepts into the language of enterprise, and thus transforming me from an engineer to a managing director.”
"As a successful business, you need to embrace change and look at the bigger picture. I was fortunate to have a connection with Strathclyde, enabling me to present my business to the Strathclyde Inspire: Entrepreneurs Fund (formerly known as SEF), which resulted in investment. Having that knowledge, skill and network has enabled me to transform my business."
Latest news
Fitabeo Therapeutics, a pre-spinout speciality pharmaceutical company formed at the University of Strathclyde has secured a grant of £200,000 from Scottish Enterprise - a double success after winning the Converge Challenge 2021.
One of Inspire's flagship spin-out companies, Smart Grid Solutions, is to be acquired by US based Mitsubishi Electric Corporation to strengthen Mitsubishi's Distributed Energy Resources Management Solutions.
Inspire-supported Chris Hughes, Founder and CEO of Present Pal (Estendio), was named Young Business Person of the Year in the Glasgow Business Awards, receiving a £5,000 cash sum.