Mission Statement
At Imperial Enterprise Lab we’re passionate about inspiring the next generation of student innovators and entrepreneurs.
We help students to think outside the box, break boundaries and dare to be different. We think anyone can be an entrepreneur and believe diversity is a competitive advantage not a tick box.
Bringing together people from different disciplines, cultures, backgrounds, and life experiences to look situations from new angles is how problems get solved and, we all win.
Whether you want to test an idea, tackle a pressing social or environmental challenge, develop new skills to help you in your career, start a business or just meet interesting new people we’re here to help you.
From student competitions to speaker events and from hackathons to skills seminars, co-working space, and expert mentors we offer all the support you need, free of charge and accessible to everyone.
Great minds may not think alike, but they do start here.
What are you waiting for?
Get involved
How we
can help
Inspire
How To Talks
WE Activity Series
WE Inspire Conference
Explore
Idea Challenge
Idea Surgeries
Discovery Fund
Pitch ‘n’ Mix
Validate
WE Innovate
Summer Accelerator
Venture Catalyst Challenge
Grow
Experts-in-Residence
Imperial Venture Mentoring Service
What’s on
Upcoming events
Discover what’s on (online, of course!) at Imperial Enterprise Lab
Summer Accelerator 2021 Final
Event dateSeptember 30, 2021
Watch the Summer Accelerator 2021 Final as our seven teams pitch their brand new innovations to a panel of expert judges. Sign up
Idea Challenge 2021
Event dateOctober 13, 2021
Up for a challenge? Fancy meeting new people? Then join us for an afternoon of brainstorming, problem-solving fun. You might win a prize too. Sign up
Our community
Meet our game changers
VUI Diagnostics
Hippocampus
The Shellworks
This year’s VCC winners have created a plastic alternative from seafood waste that breaks down in any natural environment, allowing consumers to throw away their waste worry-free.
Jelly Drops
hydroCotton
BIO-F Solutions
Read the latest
issue of D/srupt
The third issue of D/srupt has landed!
We chatted founder breakups, changing the face of accelerators and the future of entrepreneurship with Entrepreneur First Founder, Alice Bentinck OBE, learned all about the story behind Testing Business Ideas with David Bland, broke down bias with Imperial alumna and MeVitae founder, Riham Satti and got some entrepreneurial insights from experts at Imperial and beyond in our ‘How To’s’. Not to mention the awesome startups featured including VCC winners The Shellworks, Treeconomy, Multus Media and Planera.
Our magazine
Our news
Latest news
Cherrie Hui: Why attend the How To Talks
Hi! I am Cherrie Hui from the MSc Strategic Marketing (online) programme. Like some of my peers, I joined Imperial College London because I wanted the world-class training and resources to have my own business one day. The How To Talks are the perfect way to get inspired to start something new! Read more
Get started
Book a virtual idea surgery
An Idea Surgery is the first step to accessing all of the great support we have at the Enterprise Lab, and now that we can’t meet you in person, we’ve taken them online. Simply book a time to chat with a member of the team, and we will advise, inspire and point you in the right direction.
Our impact
2018/19
Businesses incorporated
Million pounds funding raised
Jobs created
Individual students engaged
