REACH NEW HEIGHTS
REACH NEW
HEIGHTS
Here at Ocean Village Innovation Centre, we’re dedicated to driving your business forwards, with support designed to help you achieve your goals.
Our development team are experienced and knowledgeable in what it takes to make a business successful, and are always available to share that knowledge with you. No matter how much commercial know-how you arrive with, you’ll be leaving with a wealth of tools, advice and support to take on the next chapter in your business.
Access to tools
Oxford Innovation Space is one of 160 official Amazon Web Service Partners worldwide, which means that you may be able to benefit from free support packages. This can include up to $25,000 of AWS credits.
Beauhurst is a searchable database of the UK’s fastest-growing businesses, along with the funds and accelerators that back them.
Oxford Innovation Space has a subscription to the Beauhurst platform, which allows us to track 32,000+ companies across the country, from early-stage start-ups to established scaleups.
Using Beauhurst we can find comprehensive information on sources of funding and grants.
Oxford Innovation Space has an exciting partnership with Leading Edge Only (LEO), the world’s largest Global Innovation Platform. Operating in over 120 countries, LEO connects innovative fast-growth start-ups & scale-ups to corporations seeking the latest innovative technologies, products, services or expertise – corporates such as IBM, Fujitsu & Walgreens Boots Alliance.
This is a free service for those customers who are seeking to get their solutions and expertise in-front of major corporations.
The Innovation Centre has access to our own Angel Investment Showcase, where we can coach you to give a greater chance of succeeding in the competitive environment of business growth.
Specialist expertise
Cultivate your business with our specialist advice and services, tailored to your needs.
We can help you push the boundaries in your field, with support and expertise from the team at Oxford Innovation. Find out what this support could look like for you by talking with us today.
Meet our Business Growth Manager
Meet Michael Gordeev, our on-site Business Growth Manager. Michael brings to the table the best practices from global brands combined with the expertise in digital marketing for SMEs to give you the strategy, systems and tools to accelerate your business for more impact and income.
Michael is also looking forward to bringing the community to life and providing further support through networking events, workshops and training.
No business challenge is unique to us. Through our business support you also get access to our internal network of experts to help you succeed at any stage of your business.
And it gets even better, our custom business support is included as part of your membership with us!
Meet our Innovation Director
Daniel brings a wealth of experience and knowledge from companies starting up, scaling up and large corporate; and has a wide network of contacts that add value to customers at our Fareham Innovation and Ocean village Innovation centres. Daniel holds an MA in marketing management from Solent University; and is skilled at General Management, Sales and Marketing. In addition to business support, he is focused on his talent for building vibrant eco-systems of connected people, companies, and partners: putting Oxford Innovation centres at the heart of these networks.
How other businesses have flourished
From rising stars to the next industry revolution
The company previously had a Hampshire base at Ocean Village Innovation Centre (OVIC) in Southampton, utilising 12 serviced offices in total over six years as it flexed workspace to meet operational requirements, including during the pandemic. An outsourced marketing agency in the South has paid tribute to the business support provided by Oxford Innovation Space, operator of Ocean Village Innovation Centre OVIC) in Southampton. Mitchell & Stones was set up six years ago by joint owners Josh Mitchell and Chris Stones after meeting at the University […] A former Royal Marines Commando has signed up to workspace at Ocean Village Innovation Centre in Southampton due to strong demand from companies for his electrical contracting services. Luke Tanner spent 11 years in Royal Marines service before incorporating Empire Electrical & Mechanical Solutions in August 2020 at Companies House. […]Have you got your Prolec on? Innovator in safety-critical systems for plant machinery in the construction industry expands with new R&D facility
Business support advice at OVIC sees growth for marketing agency Mitchell & Stones
Wired for Growth
The know-how you need
Richard, our dedicated Innovation Director, is on hand to give you and your team advice, guidance and support to grow your business venture. Our Business Growth Programme offer tailored mentoring for growing companies to evaluate business opportunities and create structured development plans.