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Entrepreneurship impacts and achievements
Between 2014 and 2023, over 500 new student startup businesses were founded at UCL. Collectively they've raised over £360 million in investment and currently employ over 2,000 people.
Our entrepreneurs' achievements
UCL startup wins medal at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Phyta Biodesign won a Bronze Medal for Apia, its garden wall system which creates pollinator infrastructure for endangered solitary bees in London.
UCL student wins London Mayor’s Entrepreneur Competition
CarbonTrac, founded by UCL final year chemical engineering student Yasmine Abdu, won the tech award in this year’s competition, held at London’s City Hall.
Alumni recognised by Forbes
Nineteen UCL alumni and students have earned a place in Forbes’ annual Top 30 Under 30 list of leading entrepreneurs and creatives in Europe.
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.
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 over 5 million students with free revision notes and other online content.