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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

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.

Throxy founders Pablo Jimenez de Parga Ramos, Arnau Ayerbe Garcia and Bergen Merey

Throxy joins the Y Combinator accelerator

Throxy, a startup based at UCL, has joined the Y Combinator accelerator to develop its artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted platform that helps businesses in different sectors find new clients.

Medly AI co-founders Paul Jung and Kavi Samra

Medly AI raises £1.7 million

Medly AI, founded by UCL alumni Paul Jung and Kavi Samra, uses AI tutoring to make high-quality, personalised learning accessible to all students.

Dr Joanna Wiecek, co-founder of GutSee

GutSee joins Zinc VC Programme

GutSee, co-founded by UCL alumna Dr Joanna Wiecek, is using cutting-edge molecular biology and artificial intelligence (AI) to transform the treatment of gut disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

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.

Read more about BoxxDocks

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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 or graduate, find out more about the support available for you and your business