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Entrepreneurship impacts and achievements

UCL's thriving entrepreneurial community creates startups that attract millions of pounds of investment, create jobs and spearhead innovation that boosts the UK economy.

Over the last five years, more than 400 new student startups were created at UCL. Collectively they have raised over £355 million in external investment and currently employ over 1,900 people. (HEBCI 2019-2024)


Our entrepreneurs' achievements

eNOugh founders

eNOugh secures $2.7 million investment

eNOugh, founded by UCL alumni, has raised $2.7 million (£2 million) in investment to transform personal safety with their AI-powered wearable smart badge designed to act as a personal safety companion.

Throxy cofounders

Throxy secures $6.2 million investment

Throxy, co-founded by UCL alumnus Pablo Jimenez de Parga Ramos, alongside Bergen Merey and Arnau Ayerbe Garcia, combines AI agents with human experts to deliver highly bespoke sales campaigns.

The winners of the Hatchery awards 2025: Andrew Law, Ethan McNeil, Samuel Landau, William Moore, Jenni Dowley, Maahika Singh

Celebrating UCL startups

On 3 July, UCL’s entrepreneurial community gathered to celebrate the achievements of UCL startups, with several receiving awards acknowledging their growth and contribution to the UCL entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Case studies

BoxxDocks

BoxxDocks helps logistic businesses boost efficiency while lowering costs and environmental impact. The company was founded by UCL alumnus James Della Valle (BSc Architecture 2020 and MArch Architecture 2023) and Alessandro Attanzio.

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Your Juno

Set up by a UCL alumna Margot de Broglie (UCL Economics) and her sister Alexia, the financial education app Your Juno has over 65,000 users and has raised over £2.5 million in investment.

Read more about Your Juno

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Znotes

Social enterprise startup ZNotes, founded by alumnus Zubair Junjunia (UCL Mathematics), has helped over 5 million students with free revision notes and other online content.

Read more about Znotes

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What we do

We help our students, staff and alumni learn about entrepreneurship, develop transferrable entrepreneurial skills, and start their own ventures.

Our extracurricular training and support includes workshops, events and programmes overseen by experienced entrepreneurs. Our equity-free Hatchery incubator programme provides 2 years of tailored support to help new startups succeed.

All this happens at BaseKX, UCL’s dedicated entrepreneurship hub in King’s Cross.

Find out how you can support our entrepreneurs.

If you’re a UCL student, graduate or member of staff, find out more about the support available for you and your business