What are people saying about us?

Martin Glen, Investment Director, Parkwalk Advisors

“I greatly enjoyed the ChemEng Enterprise Day. I thought it was well presented and all of the companies were potentially investable by VCs. It’s a great way to demonstrate the great tech and great people on the faculty at Imperial externally and can only serve to raise the profile and reputation of the department, which in turn will continue to attract top talent."

Ian Shott CBE FREng, Executive Chairman, Shott Trinova  (SAB member)

"I think [ChemEng Enterprise Day] is an excellent milestone of progress, which coupled with the quantifiable information on Departmental Startups and investor follow ups, demonstrates you are moving the needle."

Krisztina Kovacs-Schreiner, CEO Lixea (a ChemEng spinout) 

"The ChemEng Enterprise Day was very well organised with the right balance between presentations and networking sessions over a very nice(!) lunch and drinks. I really enjoyed how intimate the atmosphere was. I did not get the usual pressured, competitive feeling - it was a professional, yet relaxed and friendly environment. The investors were genuinely interested in the technologies and the bright brains behind them. We secured one Angel investor from the event, and received many messages with genuine feedback and additional support.

The event is a wonderful platform for budding entrepreneurs to present their ideas (for some at the first time in their journey) as part of a supportive environment before they face the real hardship of fundraising."

Rob Hargrove, Angel Investor

"Congrats to you and the team for a great day last week - thoroughly enjoyable and on point!!"

Marco Pantaleo, Programme Manager, European Innovation Council 

"Thanks Sandro [Director of Enterprise] for the excellent organisation, Jim for the panel chair and all for the valuable contributions, it was very useful and interesting."

It is a great initiative and I’m delighted the day went well!

Hugh Brady, President, Imperial

Walking around the posters briefly yesterday evening, the most awe-inspiring aspect of the ChemEng Enterprise day for me was the diversity of concepts, range of applications, innate potential and infectious enthusiasm of the teams presenting them.  It is no accident! Today’s ChemEng innovators, are standing on the shoulders of many pioneers in just one Imperial department.
 

 Anna Korre, Associate Provost (Sustainability), Imperial 

 I very much enjoyed the ChemEng day and found that lot of potential synergies with our strategy and portfolio.

Jason Cheng, CEO, Kerogen Capital 

Thank you very much for having us at the Imperial ChemEng Enterprise Day yesterday. It was lovely to get to know the Imperial start-up ecosystem and hear from your start-ups.

Edward Baroyan, Investment Director, Kundun Capital

Thank you hosting the event today, it was great to speak in person.

Ben Ghani - Senior Analyst, VoltaCircle

Thanks so much for having me be a part of the session today. It was very insightful and great to see all the good work coming out of ChenEng.  Congratulations on a successful event! Looking forward to ongoing opportunities to connect our ecosystem.

MALAIKA KAPUR, DIRECTOR CDL-London, Creative Destruction Lab

Congratulations on such a successful event. I found it really interesting and useful, particularly hearing from the founders and investors who presented on the day.

Waqas Malik, Venture Specialist, Prosemino

Thanks for the event of yesterday. It gets better and better year by year .

Amir Al Ghatta, CEO, Bioataraxis

Amazing event 😍

Aida Abouelela, CEO, DyeRecycle

Thank you very much for all of your kind support for Enterprise Day. I sincerely appreciate your help. I am also pleased to share that, during Enterprise Day, I gained interest from XXXX, who showed strong interest in our technology and invited me to deliver a pitch today for a potential pre-seed opportunity.

Xiaochu Wei, CEO, E-Rebat

Just a quick note to say well done for a great day. While the quality of the raw materials of innovation and entrepreneurship are evident each year, I felt this one was a step up in terms of professionalism and polish, that struck a great balance between serious science and informality.

James Groves, Head of Investment Services, Imperial Enterprise