Sussex Innovation
Simon Chuter MBA FRSA currently serves as the Head of Centres & Investment Services at Sussex Innovation since June 2023 and is the Founder of Scaleup Sussex. Chuter is also a Fellow at The RSA and has held the position of Commercial Director at Uniqodo until June 2023. Previously, Chuter worked at Sussex Innovation from 2015 to 2022 in various roles, including Innovation Advisor and Student Enterprise Manager, where responsibilities included leading the Catalyst Team and the Startup Sussex programme. Chuter’s extensive experience in fundraising and business development includes roles as Managing Director at Change Amplified and Fundraising Consultant at Independent Fundraising Consultants. Chuter holds an MBA from the University of Brighton and a BA Hons in Business Studies from Nottingham Trent University.
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Sussex Innovation
Sussex Innovation is a business incubator hub and innovation network. We provide an expansive business network and offer growth and innovation consultancy, advice, investment, and private office and co-working space to innovative and scaling SMEs, entrepreneurs, and start-ups. Located on the University of Sussex campus, we have access to world leading research and academics to support the growth of businesses. Our members are ambitious companies who are innovators in their field – solving important problems in new ways. Since its foundation in 1996, it has provided strategic insight and practical resources for growing businesses, inspiring them to have a bigger impact on the world. We have been headquartered on the University of Sussex campus since 1996. With our first off-campus innovation hub, Sussex Innovation Croydon, launching in October 2015. With the organisation's support, 4 in 5 founders have moved their businesses from concept to sustainable profitability, and more than £175million has been raised in equity investments and grants. Sussex Innovation hosts more than 200 member companies, spanning a range of sectors from the forefront of engineering and biomedical research to charities and purpose-led organisations. From the original £2 million invested in the first Sussex Innovation Centre, it has gone on to support over £750M of cumulative revenues for businesses across the South of England.