INCUBATION & INFRASTRUCTURE

VUB and VIB have partnered to establish a bio-incubator on the VUB Main Campus in Etterbeek. To facilitate this, they founded Bio Incubator Brussels BV. The incubator will support early-stage spin-offs in their initial years, providing close proximity to life sciences research groups.

The Bio Incubator Brussels offers units with laboratory and office facilities in a stimulating ecosystem for innovation and scientific collaboration. Its spaces are furnished with state-of-the-art laboratory furniture. 

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ICAB Business and Technology Incubator offers an ideal work environment for innovative start-ups in the ICT and engineering sectors. ICAB is situated near the Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus of the VUB at Etterbeek, on the Arsenaal site.

ICAB is a perfect place to kick-start and grow your digital & engineering venture. With a network of over 150 digital & engineering companies, ICAB is the largest tech ecosystem in Brussels. They offer flexible workspaces and a full range of services to help you step up to the next level.

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The Researchpark Zellik is an area near the Brussels Ring, purchased by the Flemish Government in 1983 to attract high-tech or research-based companies. VUB was involved from the beginning to monitor the research character of the companies that applied for establishment. End of 2015 Flanders decided to give new impulses to this researchpark with Agentschap Innoveren en Ondernemen (VLAIO) as driving force. The Nexus Datacenter is located on this researchpark.

In 2018 VUB TechTransfer supported the launch of a new project 'Green Energy Park', a CO2 neutral smart grid that is located in the researchpark Zellik and serves as a test-ground for innovative energy systems and electric mobility. This project is being developed by UZ Brussel, several VUB research groups and Flux50. In november 2021 the 'Smart Village Lab' was opened. This innovative living lab is the first physical realisation of the Green Energy Park and investigates how living in the future can become smart, sustainable and energy-efficient. Green Energy Park is also partner in the Nexus Datacenter, a unique sustainable CO-2 neutral data center located at the Researchpark Zellik, which was officially opened in May 2024. It will house, among other, the servers of VUB and UZ Brussel, and the Flemish Supercomputer. As well as educational, healthcare and government institutions, Nexus targets various innovative international and national companies.

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