Ireland's National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) has been ranked in the top 2.5 per cent of incubators worldwide, and is the only Irish incubator ranked in the top 20 of the UBI Index.
In the most comprehensive global study of business incubators, the UBI Index assessed 800 incubators in 67 countries worldwide with 300 of these shortlisted for rigorous benchmarking.
The NDRC was ranked 19th worldwide and 7th in Europe, the highest placement for an Irish incubator.
UBI Index co-founder Dhruv Bhatli said the NDRC provides good value to its portfolio companies and generates exceptional economic impact.
“As the first and most elaborate benchmark of university business incubators UBI Index includes incubators affiliated with most of the top Universities in the world, notable participants originate from Columbia, Oxford, University of Pennsylvania and Imperial College. In this context NDRC performs much better than their peers at the above mentioned top universities,” he added.
NDRC chief executive Ben Hurley said the endorsement provided further confirmation of the central place the centre maintains in the global innovation ecosystem.
“NDRC is focused on building high impact ventures which are worthy of investment and have the ability to scale and grow. The economic impact of these ventures is central to our approach and we are delighted that the report has drawn attention to this”.
