18 September 2024
King's entrepreneurs take to the London Demo Day stage
Five entrepreneurs from King’s College London join 15 entrepreneurs representing Imperial College London, LSE and UCL to pitch their start-ups to investors.
London Demo Day is an annual collaboration between the four institutions that invites investors to see the best and brightest innovations at London universities with founder-owned IP. Ventures are currently in the early-growth stage and are looking to raise between £100,000 - £2 million.
Over 500 people were in the live audience at LSE to see pitches spanning HealthTech, Climate, Cyber Security, Creative Industries and EduTech.
The five ventures representing King’s this year were:
ARENA
An app that makes booking your favourite sports quick & easy. Every booking, for every sport, everywhere.
Co-founder: Yassin Ali (BSc Economics & Politics)
Kinhub
A leading people performance platform, enabling HR leaders to enhance employee experience, organisational resilience, and productivity through on-demand coaching and development.
Co-founder and CEO: Erika Brodnock (Visiting Research Fellow, Artificial Intelligence)
Persona
Providing investors with greatly enhanced management due diligence services via cutting edge science.
Co-founder and partner: Amar Mehta (MSc Neuroscience)
Pomegrad
AI-powered academic pathway planning for students and education consultants.
Co-founder: Zulkuf Emre Cunguslugil (BSc Business Management)
Seek Health
Empowering fast paced clinical environments to optimise their workflow with an AI-powered operations management tool that enables collaborative efficiency and reduces workplace productivity costs.
Founder and CEO: Kim de los Reyes (MA Global Security)
After a dynamic round of three-minute pitches, the start-ups exhibited their innovations and connected with investors and business partners during a packed reception.
Companies trackable by Beauhurst states: “Since 2019, we have seen over 65 innovative teams take to the stage as part of London Demo Day. To date, they have collectively raised over £97 million with a combined post-money valuation of an outstanding £289 million”
London Demo Day will return in 2025 and will be hosted by UCL next September.
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