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
Venture Voices: Neutreeno
The University of Cambridge has been home to thought leadership for centuries, driving innovation that has enhanced mankind’s knowledge and wellbeing for over 800 years. Today a diverse new team of Cambridge scientists and engineers, led by Dr Spencer Brennan … Continued
Digital carbon background
Greenpixie is a London-based cleantech startup on a mission to reduce digital carbon emissions. The IT sector is currently estimated to emit as much as 3.9% of the world’s GHGs. In Ireland, a European data hub, data centres are said … Continued
Back to the future
It might seem a little odd that one of the first things I was asked to do as Futurist-in-Residence at the Entrepreneurship Centre at the Business School was to look backwards. But considering where things have come from can be … Continued
EnterpriseTECH Inventor Diaries: Dr David Hampton
I recently participated as a co-inventor on EnterpriseTECH. The student team who worked on our project helped us develop a market, business, and investment case for our innovative ‘Smart Cerebral Shunt’, a novel medical device to improve care for patients … Continued
EnterpriseTECH Student Diaries: Emily Clements
As a PhD student in Neuroimaging, my work focuses on the Neuroscience of Entrepreneurship. Debate still exists over whether entrepreneurs are born or made, so my research aims to uncover if there is something different in the brains of those … Continued