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4 days ago | imperial.ac.uk | Conrad Duncan

Five universities, including Imperial College London, will join the WE Innovate National network which will run programmes to support 150 women-led teams each year across the participating institutions. The network will be based on the format of Imperial’s flagship competition for women entrepreneurs, WE Innovate - a six-month programme for 25 teams led by students, recent alumni and Early Career Researchers.

5 days ago | imperial.ac.uk | Ian Mundell

Applied Computing, an artificial intelligence company driven by Imperial alumni, has raised £9 million in investment, one of the largest seed funding rounds to date in the British AI sector. The company is developing AI systems that can optimise industrial processes, beginning with those in the oil, gas and petrochemical industries.

2 weeks ago | imperial.ac.uk | Ian Mundell

Two teams with Imperial connections are among the winners of this year’s H&M Global Change Awards, which represent a major vote of confidence from the fashion industry. In addition to €200,000 each in financial support, the winners gain access to a powerful network of mentors, collaborators and industry leaders to help bring their solutions to life. This year’s winners are not just solving problems; they’re rethinking the systems behind them.

2 weeks ago | imperial.ac.uk | Conrad Duncan

This year’s finalists for WE Innovate are developing new technologies to make the world a better place, with innovative ideas for improving IVF treatment, the security of live events, and the diagnosis of debilitating knee conditions. The WE Innovate programme, run by Imperial Enterprise Lab, is a targeted pre-accelerator open to teams led by students, recent alumni and Early Career Researchers who identify as women.

3 weeks ago | imperial.ac.uk | David Silverman

The London Quantum Technology Cluster aims to position the capital as a global hub for quantum by uniting leading universities with businesses, communities, government and investors. Imperial is working with partner universities UCL and King’s College London on the initiative.