UF Innovate | Accelerate at The Hub is a business incubator with a mission to build, drive and support the spirit of innovation. We are the “hub” of the North Central Florida entrepreneurial ecosystem with a global outreach. We offer state-of-the-art wet laboratory, light manufacturing, and office space, along with advising, mentoring, education, programs, and amenities to help you succeed. We have resident programs available to assist every startup and small business.
*Standard wet lab typically includes fume hood, biosafety cabinet, case work, sink; labs are “as is”
The original 48,000-square-foot facility was built with an $8.2 million grant from the federal Economic Development Administration and a $5 million commitment from the University of Florida. After it opened in October 2011, the incubator demonstrated such success that the EDA awarded a second $8 million grant, to which UF added an additional $9 million in 2015. The expansion opened in January 2018, doubling the facility to a total of 100,000 square feet.
Since the addition of The Hub, the entrepreneurial landscape and culture of Gainesville have experienced an amazing transformation, and the incubator is recognized as a major catalyst in helping propel the university city to become one of the top energized tech communities in the Southeast. Much more than a building, The Hub, part of UF Innovate’s Accelerate program, provides a complete growth ecosystem that leverages the prestige of the university’s research and technology commercialization prowess and combines that with programming, resources, and networking opportunities designed to support small startups and growth companies.
Anchoring the Innovation District between downtown Gainesville and UF’s main campus, The Hub serves and supports a wide variety of innovative, tech-enabled, research-intensive ventures in biotech, technology (deep tech, AI, web, and others), health care, advanced manufacturing, software, and services.
11 wet labs*
68 executive offices/suites
28 dry labs
Limited shared scientific equipment offerings
Focus: Startups & Scale-Ups in biotech or diversified tech sectors
96,947 square foot
In the heart of the Gainesville Innovation District, 7 blocks from main UF campus
22 wet labs*
8 executive offices/suites
Limited dry lab space
$1.7M shared scientific equipment (see list)
Focus: R&D and Process Development Companies
32,546 square feet
In Progress Park in the City of Alachua
*Standard wet lab typically includes fume hood, biosafety cabinet, case work, sink; labs are “as is”
747 SW 2nd Ave STE 160, Gainesville, FL 32601
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The Hub: (352) 294-0885
747 SW 2nd Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32601
Sid Martin Biotech: (386) 462-0880
12085 Research Drive
Alachua, FL 32615
