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Entrepreneurship impacts and achievements
Between 2014 and 2022, over 400 new graduate businesses were started. Collectively they raised over £300 million in investment and currently employ over 1,700 people.
Our entrepreneurs' achievements
Stackt raises over £1 million
Stackt, co-founded by a UCL alumnus Rashid Aliyev, is an online platform that digitises the entire moving and storage process.
Startup Outdid raises $2.5 million
The UCL-supported startup Outdid aims to revolutionise traditional ID verification with its fraud-resistant technology.
Celebrating UCL's most promising entrepreneurs
UCL entrepreneurs won awards and funding as part of this year’s entrepreneurial summer celebration.
UCL student wins London Mayor’s Entrepreneur Competition
Tech startup upLYFT, co-founded by UCL and Imperial College London students, won the Health award in this year’s competition.
Women entrepreneurs receive Innovate UK awards
Seven female trailblazers supported by UCL have won national awards for their ideas tackling some of the UK’s biggest challenges.
Alumni recognised by Forbes
Eight UCL alumni have earned a place in Forbes’ annual "30 Under 30" list of leading entrepreneurs and creatives in Europe.
Entrepreneurs win Young Innovators Awards
Three entrepreneurs based at UCL have won national awards in recognition of their work tackling pressing environmental, economic and societal challenges.
Case studies
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.
Znotes
Social enterprise startup ZNotes, founded by alumnus Zubair Junjunia (UCL Mathematics), has helped nearly 4 million students with free revision notes and other online content.
Afrocenchix
Afrocenchix formulate, manufacture and sell safe, effective products for Afro and curly hair. The company, founded alumna Rachael Twumasi-Corsonby (UCL Anthropology), is now valued at over £12 million.