IA Innovator Campus CLG is a new food innovation and incubator centre located in Athenry, Co Galway. Designed to enhance the strength, sustainability and resilience of our agri-food sector, the campus offers a range of food specific facilities, supports, services and experiences from one central location and is due to open officially in January 2024.
The campus offers,
4 unique co-working food incubators (dairy, meat, seafood and multi product), 9 x independent own door starter units and3 x independent own door high potential start up growth units.
In addition to the physical workspaces BIA also provides a powerful mix of technical, innovation, scientific and commercial supports to the food community. The campus also contains: • 60-seat auditorium with demonstration space • 16 station Culinary Training Centre • 12 hot desks to allow BIA tenants and non-tenants to work • Buyer showcase room • Several meeting rooms available for rent to tenants and non-tenants
In addition to providing a range of services to the food community the BIA team facilitates, produces and hosts several events and conferences focusing on food & beverage, entrepreneurship, and sustainability in Athenry. Co Galway
Culminating over six years of careful planning, industry engagement and business model development, BIA Innovator Campus CLG is poised to provide unprecedented access to multi-strand food incubation, scaling and innovation supports in one location (co-located on the grounds of Teagasc, Athenry, Co. Galway).
While our campus has three buildings spanning 29,000 sq. ft to support over 40+ food-related on-site food businesses, hundreds of others will use our facilities.
We aim to facilitate individual, community and regional economic growth for the agri-food sector as a not-for-profit organisation in a sustainable and ethical manner.
This will be achieved through economic, community & rural development activities, including the provision of supports and infrastructure, providing value for money.