This document summarizes key findings from a benchmark report on top university business incubators globally. It identifies the top 25 university incubators worldwide by sector and geography. It benchmarks over 50 performance indicators for top incubators and provides insights into best practices, drivers of success, and constraints. It finds that top incubators create significantly more jobs, revenue, and economic impact than average incubators. They also provide more coaching, mentoring, and access to funds for clients. However, the document notes that European incubators lag behind American ones on several metrics like funding, seed funds available, jobs created, and support provided to clients.

1. TOP UNIVERSITY BUSINESS INCUBATORS
GLOBAL BENCHMARK
2013

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3. TOP UNIVERSITY BUSINESS INCUBATORS
GLOBAL BENCHMARK
2013

4. TOP UNIVERSITY BUSINESS INCUBATORS
GLOBAL BENCHMARK 2013
IDENTIFY
Top 25 university incubators in the
world. By sectors & geography
BENCHMARK
Over 50 performance indicators at
Top incubators
INSIGHTS
10 Best practices at Top
incubators, drivers of success,
contraints and more…
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5. 85%
BENCHMARK SAMPLE
500+
UNIVERSITY
INCUBATORS SCREENED
DATA COLLECTED
% OF DATA USED IN THE
BENCHMARK REPORT
INTERVIEWSQUESTIONAIRES
150+
100+

6. TOP INCUBATORS ARE STEROIDS FOR THE ECONOMY
MUCH MORE BOOST THAN AVERAGE INCUBATORS
27%2.8X
HIGHERTHAN
THEGLOBALAVG
HIGHERTHAN
THEGLOBALAVG
3.3X
HIGHERTHAN
THEGLOBALAVG
HIGHERTHAN
THEGLOBALAVG
JOBS CREATED PER YEAR
RELOCATION: POST GRADUATION
Graduated clients that remain in the region
SALES REVENUE PER
CLIENT YEAR
SURVIVAL & GROWTH
% of Graduated Clients that Survive and grow
45%

7. TOP INCUBATORS PROVIDE
AWESOME TRAINING AND BETTER ACCESS TO FUNDS
HIGHERTHAN
THEGLOBALAVG
HIGHERTHAN
THEGLOBALAVG
# OF ACTIVE COACHES # OF ACTIVE MENTORS ACCESS TO FUNDS
23% 19%
HIGHER THAN THE GLOBAL AVG
# CLIENTS THAT RECEIVE
VC FUNDING
$$ 2X
HIGHERTHAN
THEGLOBALAVG
1.7X 2X
# COACHING HOURS PER CLIENT PER MONTH # HOURS SPENT PER CLIENT PER MONTH

8. EUROPE HAS TO
GET ITS ACT TOGETHER
AMERICAS EUROPE
Funds for incubator
operation
$1M VS. $2.4M 2.4X
HIGHER
Amount of seed fund
available
$0.2M VS. $1.8M 9X
HIGHER
No. of jobs created per
client/year
1.7 VS. 0.9 1.9X
LOWER
Total sales revenue per
client/year
$1.7M VS. $0.6M 2.8X
LOWER
No. of hours spent on
coaching per
client/month
17.8 VS. 10.3 2.3X
LOWER
No. of hours spent on
mentoring per
client/month
23.3 VS. 5.5 3.2X
LOWER

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