Cards
Amarachi Clarke
Amarachi is the founder of Lucocoa Chocolate and PalmVault. She is redesigning systems so they’re fairer, more human, and built for trust.
Andy Bushby
Andy Bushby founded Ultima Forma, creating high-performance metal components while prioritising sustainable growth over big investment.
Asad Aslam
Asad is the founder of Kangaroocare AI, an AI-based infant incubator solution aimed at improving neonatal care and saving lives.
Dave Ronan
David Ronan's journey from PhD student to founder of RoEx is transforming music production for all skill levels.
Hamit Soyel
Hamit Soyel highlights the importance of leadership in scaling Dragonfly AI, focusing on innovation and teamwork.
Hannah Spence
Hannah started Clockflower Solutions, a visibility agency helping underrepresented founders stop hiding and start being recognised online.
Karim Fawaz
Karim founded Playback to ensure that every sports game, goal, and milestone can be captured, shared, and remembered.
Madusha Peiris
Madusha Peiris turned unexpected research findings into a promising solution for obesity.
Navjoy Sawhney
Navjot Sawhney is the founder of the Washing Machine Project, after seeing his neighbor in India hand-washing clothes for hours every day.
Ros Hannen
Ros Hannen is pioneering innovative skin testing with Keratify, enhancing dermatological research.
Shreeya Patel
Shreeya is the founder of SmartX Tutoring, putting mentorship at the heart of tutoring.
Dr Suzanne Eldridge
Dr Suzanne Eldridge is a Senior Lecturer of Musculoskeletal Regenerative Medicine, and the Co-founder of ReFleks
Tristan Derry
Tristan is the founder of Orbion Connect, an AI-driven platform that helps companies find the exact clinical expertise they need.
QUEST Newsletter
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QUEST LinkedIn
Join our LinkedIn group to connect with other Queen Mary students, staff, and alumni interested in entrepreneurship
QUEST Idea Surgery
Talk to one of the team about your idea or business and how we can help with next steps
Grow it Awards
Already selling and have customers? Win up to £5,000 to grow your business. Open to Queen Mary students and recent graduates.
QIdea
The Ideas to Impact competition at Queen Mary designed specifically for students and researchers exploring an idea.
QIncubator
Our flagship incubator programme designed to help students, graduates, and researchers turn early-stage ideas into viable businesses.
Cancer Innovation Programme
Explore how cancer research can be translated into real-world impact
Venture Crawl
Discover East London start-up and innovative ecosystem with other students
QHack
Two days, one real challenge, one team: build it, test it on the street and pitch it
Grow it Awards pitch night
Watch Queen Mary student and graduate founders pitch live for funding to grow their businesses. Free to attend. All welcome.
London Demo Day
Join us for an exciting showcase of the best and brightest startups from London’s leading universities
Barclays Eagle Labs Academy
Browse the library of free online courses, designed to help tech founders as they start, develop and scale their business
SantanderX
Looking for a practical solution to help your day-today business needs? Through Santander X you can access a wide selection of free, on demand courses
SantanderX Awards
Win a share of £150,000 and take your business to the next stage. University. Startup. SME.
Tata Varsity Pitch
A national early-stage business pitching competition that celebrates the best student and graduate businesses across the UK.
Amarachi Clarke
Amarachi is a serial entrepreneur with expertise in consumer goods and cybersecurity. She is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at QMUL
Josh Reiss
Josh is a Professor at the Centre for Digital Music, serial academic entrepreneur, and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at QMUL.
QIdea: Cancer Launch
Have an idea? QIdea is the starting point. Join us for a run through of the QIdea questions and what will make a successful application.
What Good Looks Like: Building a Cancer Innovation That Can Progress
Understand what makes an early-stage cancer innovation credible, fundable and capable of progressing beyond initial idea
Patient Outcomes & Changing Lives: Why Cancer Innovation Matters
The human impact of cancer innovation and the role researchers can play in helping new technologies, diagnostics, treatments and services reach people
Henry Majed
Henry is a serial entrepreneur with experience in medtech, ai, and fintech. He has a PhD in Neuroscience and and MBA from Oxford.
QHack
A high-impact development programme that provides a testing ground for early-stage projects.
QIncubator
8-week incubator programme designed to help students, graduates, and researchers turn early-stage ideas into viable businesses.
Sign up for QHack
Work on your idea in a high-energy, fun, intensive in-person bootcamp, 7-9 November
Be inspired by QM's entrepreneurs
A small selection of our exciting entrepreneurs!
Work through the QIdea LinkedIn Learning Pathway*
Made just for this programme!