Entrepreneurial Magnetism: My Journey from Engineering PhD to Tech Entrepreneur
By Dr Xinru Li The challenge of magnetic components in power systems In today’s world, where technology constantly redefines the possible, the demand for efficient and reliable power systems has never been higher. From everyday devices like laptop chargers to … Continued
How does Accelerate Cambridge help in your fundraising?
By Sam Ofori Starting and scaling a venture requires vision, strategy, resilience, and of course, capital. As technology has transformed how value is created, entrepreneurs are rising to new challenges and global market opportunities. In fast-evolving entrepreneurship landscapes and dynamic … Continued
Harnessing AI and 3D Printing for Digital Manufacturing
By Dr Sebastian Larsen After completing the EnterpriseTECH and EnterpriseTECH STAR programmes at Cambridge Judge Business School’s Entrepreneurship Centre, Dr Sebastian Larsen (pictured centre) is transforming his PhD research into a new commercial venture, Nexus Additive. He talks about his … Continued
How one Chemistry PhD student is tackling the challenges of diagnosing Parkinson’s disease
Over 10 million people suffer from Parkinson’s and related neurodegenerative diseases worldwide, but accurately diagnosing these diseases remains a challenge. The current diagnostic gold-standard takes place in a neurologists office, where your physical and cognitive symptoms are assessed. Yet under … Continued
Decoding Biotech: A Postgrad’s EnterpriseTECH Journey
Fascinated by the intersection of science and business, my adventure into the world of biotechnology began at Cambridge. I embarked on a Master’s degree in bioinformatics (antibody-antigen binding affinity prediction) at the Department of Veterinary Medicine at the University of … Continued
EnterpriseTECH STAR Alumnus Co-Founds DeepMirror to Revolutionise Drug Discovery with AI
During my time as a PhD student on the NanoDTC programme at the University of Cambridge, I participated in EnterpriseTECH as a student in one of its earliest cohorts, and was subsequently selected for EnterpriseTECH STAR in 2020. My PhD … Continued
Zijing Li’s self-healing concrete invention wins UKRI award as Mimicrete takes off
Zijing (Liz) Li was an early EnterpriseTECH student we selected her to join EnterpriseTECH STAR in 2020― with her first vision for her company which she brought to life with the programmes’ training and mentoring. Since then, she formally co-founded … Continued
Introducing the 4Ps Model of Futures Thinking
Many years ago, I created a timeline of emerging science and technology with Alex Ayad at Imperial College. The visualisation featured 5 coloured lines representing Digital-tech, Nanotech, Green-tech, Biotech and Neuro-tech (an adaptation of the popular STEEP scenario categorisation (Society, … Continued
What is product-market fit?
Tom Britton, Cofounder of Syndicateroom, is a regular speaker and mentor on EnterpriseTECH and EnterpriseTECH STAR. His easy-access and lively discussions are pitched perfectly for the new-to-entrepreneurship students attending our programmes. Tom shares thoughts on product-market fit for our student … Continued
EnterpriseTECH Inventor Diaries: Spilios Theodoratos, Dr Ioannis Sfontouris and Jeanette Walker
Innovation and inventions do not always come from careful planning. Actually, perhaps they rarely go in that order. Most of the time they come from spontaneous reaction to some stimulus. Such a moment it was when Dr Ioannis Sfontouris was … Continued