TSM students Ben Kaube and Tom Poole start-up newsflo

newsflo provides bespoke media monitoring for academia, charities and government

Newsflo is a provider of bespoke media monitoring solutions to universities. Co-founded by two TSM students, Ben Kaube and Tom Poole, the newsflo team consists of seven Imperial College London graduates united by a passion for innovation, science communication and the application of technology to solve real-world problems.

'The technical problem-solving skills fostered by the TSM-CDT left me perfectly equipped for the competitive world of software innovation', says Ben Kaube, TSM student and CEO of newsflo.

Newsflo grew out of the ICStartup+ accelerator programme organised by Imperial Innovations, and in September 2012 received seed capital from Digital Science via their Catalyst Grant programme to support the development of the newsflo platform. Using the Catalyst Grant, newsflo were able to invest in server infrastructure and hire freelance programmers to accelerate the development process. Working with Digital Science allowed newsflo to learn from their extensive experience on how best to serve the higher education market.