Celebrating 5 Years of Scale Space: Igniting UK Innovation
In just a few short years, Scale Space White City has grown into one of the UK’s leading hubs for innovation, powered by a world-class community of innovators. Last month, the Scale Space team celebrated the fifth birthday of this unique ecosystem, alongside over of its 400 members. Here we look at how Scale Space White City has evolved into a place where ideas thrive, businesses grow, and whose exceptional community of innovators and entrepreneurs continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible.
This year marks a major milestone for White City Innovation District’s Scale Space, the award-winning innovation hub that has become home to over 60 of the UK’s most dynamic digital tech and life science businesses. Since its founding a little over five years ago, Scale Space has redefined what it means to support high-growth ventures — offering not just workspace, but a thriving ecosystem designed to help trailblazing companies. Its mission is simple but ambitious: to unlock the potential of UK innovation by helping businesses scale.
At the heart of Scale Space is its flagship campus in White City — a purpose-built space offering flexible, high-spec offices and co-working labs designed to grow with ambitious teams, and augmented by a full suite of amenities, high-profile events, plus learning and development opportunities. The goal is to remove the most common scaling barriers for early-stage companies — including access to funding, leadership support, and talent — and to help accelerate teams’ growth within a structured, supportive and inspiring environment.
While many co-working spaces offer desks and meeting rooms, Scale Space provides something far more valuable: a complete scale-up ecosystem. Its deep integration with Imperial College London gives members access to world-class research, lab facilities, and an unmatched pipeline of student talent. Crucially, Blenheim Chalcot’s venture-building expertise also offers proven insights into sustainable growth. The campus design philosophy encourages collaboration, with labs and offices co-located to spark innovation. Unique amenities such as a dedicated sports pitch, fully-equipped recording studio and versatile event spaces support both professional development and wellbeing — ensuring that teams grow not just in size, but in capability and culture.
But what truly sets Scale Space apart is its community: a curated network of founders, academics, investors, and corporate innovators working across frontier sectors, from fintech and biotech to AI, who all share a common goal — to build the businesses of tomorrow.
Over the past five years, Scale Space has hosted more than 120 community and social events, welcoming over 4,000 attendees, and each year connects more than 350 Imperial students with career opportunities through its popular annual Careers Fair. Earlier this year, the Scale Space team launched its own magazine, “@Scale,” and recently introduced new value-add initiatives such as monthly networking breakfasts, an upcoming AI Lightning Talks series, plus an outdoor food service known as “The Shed”.
Under the leadership of new CEO Bernadette Rogner, who joined the team in January, these and more enhancements reflect Scale Space’s strong commitment to creating a vibrant, supportive environment where businesses can truly thrive.
INSIDE SCALE SPACE WHITE CITY
Clockwise L-R: 1) Scale Space’s café, The Hive – ideal for meetings, breaks or a change of scene. 2) On-site street food container The Shed is open to members, guests, and the local community. 3) The fully equipped on-site recording studio is perfect for broadcast-quality recorded presentations, panel discussions or corporate videos. 4) Dedicated sports pitch for company sporting events, fitness classes, tournaments and team-building activities. 5) Looking for a quiet place to present a webinar, or record a video or podcast? Scale Space has you covered.
Milestone Moments
Scale Space’s journey has been marked by a series of impressive achievements. Following successful completion of three building phases, the White City campus now features five premium event spaces and two floors of fully-fitted, state-of-the-art labs. In terms of uptake, the White City site counts a high point of 99% occupancy as one its key successes — a testament to the demand for its unique model.
Since its opening, Scale Space has hosted global business leaders, ministerial delegations and industry pioneers and, in March this year, was honoured to welcome His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales for a very special visit. The Prince toured the campus and met with Mental Health Innovations and The Mix Charity, alongside their Youth Advisory Board, to discover more about their impactful work around mental health and innovation.
This high-profile visibility and momentum has certainly helped to position Scale Space as a standout player in its field. The organisation has twice won ‘Incubator/Co-working Space of the Year’ at the West London Business Awards, recognised for its partnership with Imperial White City Incubator.
“Scale Space is where our innovation ecosystem comes to life, and Blenheim Chalcot’s partnership with Imperial College London is central to that mission. Together, we’ve built a thriving environment where ambitious startup and scaleup businesses flourish alongside world-class research and talent, and where entrepreneurs work at the forefront of AI, deep tech, and machine learning.”
Charles Mindenhall, Co-Founder of Blenheim Chalcot
More than a workspace: full support for fast-growth businesses
- Private offices and co-working labs tailored to digital, tech, and life sciences companies
- Access to Imperial’s academic expertise, facilities, and talent pipelines
- A calendar of community events, workshops, and networking opportunities
- On-site amenities including event spaces, meeting rooms, a sports pitch, and a recording studio
- Learning and development opportunities to help teams and founders grow
What Makes Scale Space Different?
- A curated community of founders, academics, investors, and corporate innovators
- Deep integration with Imperial College London – access to world-class research, lab facilities, and student talent
- Support from Blenheim Chalcot’s venture-building expertise, offering proven insight into sustainable growth
- A design philosophy that encourages collaboration, with labs and offices co-located to drive innovation
- High-value amenities and a flexible infrastructure specifically for growing companies – not just early-stage startups
- An emphasis on wellbeing, learning, and connectivity – community-led events and social initiatives
Creating The Future
As Scale Space White City enters its next chapter, the focus remains on strengthening partnerships that can help members overcome common scaling challenges — from securing grants and funding, to attracting talent and building leadership and culture. The dynamic events programme will continue to bring additional value, exploring topics spanning AI, mental health and wellbeing, academic collaboration and creative expression, and plugging members directly into the top-tier expertise available within London’s wider innovation ecosystem.
Five years in, the success of Scale Space proves that scaling doesn’t have to be a solitary journey. With the right space, support, and community, businesses can grow faster, smarter, and stronger. And this is only the beginning. Scale Space is proud to be London’s destination where scale-ups, start-ups, academics, and innovators come together to grow.
Interested in joining the Scale Space community or booking an event space?
Reach out to the team at hello@scalespace.co.uk or visit the website.
You can check out the latest issue of @Scale, the Scale Space magazine here.
