Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) is a public university at Tungku Link, Bandar Seri Begawan. Its Office of Industry Engagement and Enterprise Development (IEED) runs incubation, research commercialization and entrepreneurship programs for students, alumni and researchers.
Bandar Seri Begawan
Brunei
What they focus on
- UBD's Office of Industry Engagement and Enterprise Development (IEED) covers enterprise, industry partnerships, commercialization, UniAdvancement and UniCareer.
- The UBD Startup Centre @ Entrepreneurship Village is an incubation hub and co-working space where UBD students and alumni validate a first business idea, scale a startup or launch a spin-off.
- The Startup Centre is built on four pillars: a launchpad for first-time founders, a home for research commercialization, a hub for continuous innovation, and a pipeline for UBD spinoff companies.
- IEED helps researchers protect, package and commercialize their work, lists technologies in a Tech Marketplace, and gives industry partners a formal partnership process and guideline.
- UBD is a member of the Babson Collaborative for Entrepreneurship Education.
Programs
- UBD Startup Centre @ Entrepreneurship Village (USC @ EV). Incubation hub and co-working space to validate a concept, scale a startup or launch a spinoff; tenants register with the CA1 form.
- IncuFest and Reach Pitch Day. Annual incubation festival and pitch competition for UBD incubatees, students and researchers.
- IEED Tech Marketplace. UBD technologies listed for industry
On SEA Bridge
- SEA Bridge, KKU and CEA Bring 11 Nationalities to Khon Kaen for Gen SEA Summit 2026
- International Higher Education Summit & Exhibition on Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Commercialization (IHEEIC 2025); SEA Bridge spoke, mentored and signed its agreement with UBD there
- UBD Vice-Chancellor's commercialisation benchmarking delegation to Thailand, hosted by SEA Bridge
- UBD Global Innovators Challenge 2026 and AUN-UIE AGM (Kasper as UBD Adjunct Lecturer)
Sources
Last checked
November 7, 2026
SEA Bridge and UBD work together under an agreement made in Bandar Seri Begawan in November 2025.