The White City Incubator connects facilities, know-how and investment to ideas so that promising innovations thrive.
Imperial College London's award-winning incubator sits at the heart of one of the UK's influential innovation districts in White City. We help early-stage science and tech companies solve some of the future's biggest challenges and create enduring societal, environmental and financial value.
By removing the infrastructure burden and providing a powerful innovation ecosystem, we help founders to fast-track their ideas and speed their innovations into impactful ventures.
Nurture your
future here.
8 Cat-2 labs
2 Large co-working labs
High-spec shared equipment
Office space
Meeting rooms
Refreshments and chill out area
Workspaces for scientists,
built on experience.
Our light, bright science-ready labs are configured to optimise productivity.
They come fully equipped with modern infrastructure and are conveniently positioned for easy access to communal facilities including the refreshment station and equipment room (providing essential items such as autoclaves, an ice machine and purified water).
More than a space.
We’re a community.
"The Incubator team makes everything happen. This allows us to focus on what matters to us, which is technology development and growing the business.
Chief Executive, RFC Power
With a passion for advancing science, our unwavering focus is on accelerating your innovation and supporting you every step of the way along your growth journey,
all without taking any equity.
As an Incubator member, you’ll benefit from an established support network of founders, academics, industry figures, suppliers, advisors and investors across Imperial’s eco-system.
We’ll signpost and introduce you to our internal departments and faculties – ensuring you can access the benefits of a much larger organisation and our extensive pool of professional expertise.
Join us. You're
in good company.
Imperial College London
The Advanced Hackspace
Sir Michael Uren Research Hub
Molecular Science Research Hub
The School of Public Health
Hammersmith Hospital
I-HUB
Scale Space
Huckletree White City
RCA White City
L'Oreal
Novartis
Westfield London
Our community.
Imperial's White City Campus brings together innovators with leading institutions and
multi-national corporations in a well-connected location.
We operate within a collaborative innovation ecosystem that sparks strategic partnerships between academia, investors and industry.
“The whole ecosystem here at the White City Campus has helped us nurture the company.”
Chief Operating Officer, Multus Biotechnology
Make lasting connections.
"Thank you for your unwavering support throughout. We're super grateful for the help you have provided, from our very early beginnings in the incubator through to being neighbours in Scale Space today."
CEO, Puraffinity
"Startups who outgrow us are our success story.”
Graham Hewson
Head of Incubation and Prototyping Spaces
Imperial College London (Enterprise)
Contact us to
find your space.
The White City Incubator is run by a specialist team with 20 years experience of supporting lab-based startups.
Talk to us about your space requirements, find out how we can support your business and book a tour.