Booking the main event space
The event space is available to book by members of The Glasshouse or by companies wishing to sponsor an event hosted by Innovate Cambridge – please contact us with your idea using the form below.
The seated capacity is 70 people sat in row configuration. Standing capacity for the whole space is 100 people.
Evening events can continue until 8pm.
Equipment available
Booking the boardroom
The boardroom seats 16 in executive chairs around the board table and comes fully equipped with video conferencing and large presentation screen. Seats for observers can be arranged around the room too.
Supplier parking
The closest long-stay car park is at Cambridge train station
Deliveries can be made at the front of the building
Cycle parking is available outside the building entrance
Catering
The café-bar is equipped with a small bottle fridge, dishwasher, steel sink and self-service bean-to-cup coffee machine.
We provide glassware and coffee mugs for up to 100 people.
If you’d like to provide food at your event you’ll need to bring organise a catering company. We recommend Cambridge Sustainable Food and Turtle Dove catering as our preferred suppliers.
Security
For events held before 8am or after 6pm there needs to be a security guard present at the ground floor reception. This will incur a charge of £30 per hour that will be invoiced after the event.
Room hire
For the first 6 months of opening The Glasshouse we will not charge any room hire fees and will review this in May 2025.
Event criteria
To ensure the event space is being used to meet our goals of supporting innovation ecosystem growth in Cambridge events need to meet one or more of the following objectives:
Supporting entrepreneurs at innovation focused businesses (with skills, knowledge, networking or funding the most common ways of doing this).
Showcasing Cambridge innovation history and future
Complete form to book events