I was delighted, but not surprised, to learn that Imperial has been named as the best university in Europe for aspiring entrepreneurs, based on the inclusion of 17 of the College’s students and alumni in Forbes’s 30 Under 30 list.
We are continually expanding our efforts to enable entrepreneurial thinking to flourish in our community, and we are grateful to our business partners for your support through coaching, mentoring, collaborating on support programmes, and helping connect our ventures to investors and customers.
This month’s newsletter is packed with examples of exciting technology startups from our community that are currently working with investors and corporate customers and have received significant investment. These include Monolith AI, which is developing machine learning tools to support the design of components such as car parts, and Bramble Energy, which is developing easier-to-manufacture fuel cells that could help drive a hydrogen revolution.
These companies are backed by research coming out of Imperial’s labs, the talent of Imperial’s outstanding researchers and students, and our support infrastructure – which received an endorsement this month from the West London Business Awards, which named our White City Incubator as incubator / accelerator of the year.
Working with university startups is a key way for corporates to enter new markets and stay abreast of emerging technologies, and this month we invite you to hear directly from Imperial’s newest generation of student entrepreneurs. Our flagship student entrepreneurship programme, Venture Catalyst Challenge, is holding its 2022 Grand Final on 24 March in South Kensington, and you are warmly invited to join us for it, in person or online, by registering at the link below.
Best wishes,
Dr Simon Hepworth
Director of Enterprise
Imperial College London
