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?
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How we
can help
Inspire
How To Talks
Community Collider
Chain Reactions
Idea Challenge
Global Challenge Lab
Explore
Idea Surgeries
Discovery Fund
Validate
WE Innovate
Summer Accelerator
Venture Catalyst Challenge
Grow
Experts-in-Residence
WE Accelerate
Imperial Venture Mentoring Service
What’s on
Upcoming events
Discover what’s on (online, of course!) at Imperial Enterprise Lab
Startup Financial Modelling Masterclass
Event dateJanuary 26, 2022
Learn the fundamentals on how to assess you idea’s potential to become a business. Sign up
Venture Science Series: Business Strategy for Beginners
Event dateJanuary 27, 2022
Learn from Jason Mellad the best practices for building a successful business strategy, how to build a business around a concept or technology, and how to identified customer problems. 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 fourth issue of D/srupt has landed!
We talked taking on Tesla and the art of innovation with Imperial alumnus Peter Rawlinson, learned all about what it takes to become a $1 billion unicorn, discussed diversity in startups with Alexsis De Raadt St James and got some entrepreneurial insights from experts at Imperial and beyond in our ‘How To’s’. Not to mention the awesome startups featured including WE Innovate winner SURU Together, Dash Rides, ApTap and Charco Neurotech.
Our magazine
Our news
Latest news
From bioengineering to breaking down bias
Growing up, Riham Satti knew one thing was for sure – she wasn’t going to be an entrepreneur ... Read more
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Book an 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
2020/21
Businesses incorporated
Million pounds funding raised
teams accessed support
Thousand pounds awarded in prizes and grants
