Enterprise & Commercialisation activities have been designed to lower the barrier to entry, as well as building capacity and the right capabilities in businesses through targeted support for IP and enterprise innovation and development. Our focus is on: 

• Incubating ‘high potential’ IP, software, tools, and services, building robust, scalable, sustainable, and inclusive business from the ground up. Build on the right foundations 

• Accelerating capacity and capabilities in UK businesses that have the potential to scale innovative creative or technical solutions globally. Building competitive advantage in an emerging market 

• Unlocking investment into new IP and the capital required for sustainable growth. Support long term business expansion

• Connecting our CoSTAR enterprises with the best tech and creative executive mentors, investment expertise to deliver world leading creative technology IP, content, products, and services

CoSTAR Enterprise and Commercialisation's unique selling point is that it delivers IP and business growth support co-located within the CoSTAR infrastructure of labs, expertise and research that includes:

• Access to a national CoSTAR network of industry standard R&D labs and facilities

• The skills, knowledge, and experience of creative and technical expertise within each CoSTAR lab to test, develop and build new IP

• Access to world-leading COSTAR research, bridging the gap between industry innovation and excellence in universities

• Tailored programmes that respond to the unique needs and innovation cycles of creative technology enterprises and the challenges they face within the commercial and investment ecosystem

• A pool of leading industry expertise and specialist mentorship and 1-2-1 support to meet the individual needs of companies

E&C programmes run year-round, including long term growth labs and residencies, intensive accelerators and shorter, accessible online business growth support focused on key industry developments, starting in 2025 with: 

CoSTAR Ideate: a UK wide 5-month growth lab and residency programme for 24 ambitious startups and SMEs to seed new ideas whilst building the foundations for commercialisation & business growth – opens 24 February 2025.  

CoSTAR Focus: Dynamic and reactive year-round industry deep dives and workshops that respond to industry developments and focused support on pinch points in business, market and commercialisation pipelines - coming soon.  

Contact us: costar.enterprise@rhul.ac.uk