It’s Global Entrepreneurship Week! ⭐️
We spent the day with UCL-supported startup eNOugh to find out what being an entrepreneur at UCL is like.
The startup, founded by UCL alumni Ina Jovicic (MSc Entrepreneurship) and Gaelic Jara Reinhold (BEng Engineering), is tackling the issue of personal safety with their innovative AI-powered protection badge.
Simply clip the badge onto your coat and activate it through the app, the AI model will then detect if there is a threat and contact the police to send you help.
To find out more about entrepreneurship at UCL and how you can get involved, check out our link in bio!
@enough.badge@uclengineering@ucl_som
#GEWUK #GEW2024 #Entrepreneurship #StudentStartups
We’d like to say a warm welcome to the newest Hatchery cohort! 🚀
This group of founders has been selected to join the UCL Hatchery incubator programme.
Over the next two years, these startups will receive tailored advice from UCL’s entrepreneurship advisors, mentorship and free office space to grow their businesses - watch this space!
Today, a UCL delegation is visiting Johannesburg, centred on partnerships with universities, funders and policy stakeholders, including discussions on health, climate, AI and doctoral training.
Nineteen58, co-founded by UCL alumna Dani le Sueur (MSc Prosperity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship), originally from Durban, South Africa, has developed a platform to build omnichannel AI agents that handle complex customer conversations for large businesses.
The startup, built with $200K angel investment, was named South African Tech Startup of the Year 2025 and is working with 35 large clients across South Africa, including Planet Fitness, Vodacom and Hollard. With a team of 12, the company is now focused on scaling globally across the EU, UK, and US.
Dani and her team are currently being supported through the Hatchery incubator programme at BaseKX, UCL’s dedicated entrepreneurship hub, run by UCL Innovation & Enterprise. Here they are gaining access to mentoring, specialist advice and free office space to help their company grow.
Find out more about the Hatchery programme, link in bio!
#UCLandAfrica
Welcome to the latest edition of Hatchery Highlights, where we spotlight some recent news from our entrepreneurs! 🚀
The Hatchery is a 2-year programme, run by UCL Innovation & Enterprise, which helps UCL students and recent alumni to grow their ventures. During the programme they have access to tailored advice from UCL's entrepreneurship advisors, mentorship and free office space.
#UCLHatcheryHighlights
Looking for something to do in Term 3? 🤔
ExtendED is back for its second year - a collaboration between the Students’ Union and UCL, it’s open to all taught students and runs from 18 May onwards 🧑💻
Come to a conference, gain transferable skills, and make some new friends while you’re at it 🫶
Head to the link in @studentsunionucl ‘s bio to find out more and sign up! 🔗
#ucl #student #study #uni #studentlife
A thank you to @maahika.s for showing me around @ucl ’s impressive entrepreneurship and innovation hub in King’s Cross, BaseKX. Around twenty start-ups with connections to UCL join it each year for two-year incubations. Sleek, distinctive and practical design, including those hanging plug sockets!
Maahika hosts The Reclaiming Bossy Podcast and runs @empowersoundsmedia , helping business leaders with their personal branding.
Another example of universities powering the entrepreneurship ecosystem.
@uclentrepreneur@uclenterprise
UCL-supported startup Stasher was founded by UCL alumni Jacob Wedderburn-Day (MSc Economics 2016) and Anthony Collias, inspired by a moment when a friend asked Anthony to leave their bag in his flat near King’s Cross and his joking reply, “Sure, but I’m charging you for it”, sparked the idea for the world’s first luggage storage network.
Jacob and Anthony were members of the UCL Hatchery incubator programme, run by UCL Innovation & Enterprise. Here they received access to tailored advice, mentorship and free office space in BaseKX, UCL’s entrepreneurship hub.
In this interview with Jacob by Global Banking & Finance Review, find out how Stasher navigated setbacks, scaled globally, and built a startup by acting first and figuring it out along the way - link in bio!
Welcome to our new series: UCL Hatchery Highlights! 🚀
We’ll be regularly spotlighting the achievements of UCL‑supported startups from the Hatchery incubator at BaseKX, UCL’s entrepreneurship hub in King’s Cross.
The Hatchery is a 2-year programme, run by UCL Innovation & Enterprise, which helps UCL students and recent alumni to grow their ventures. During the programme they have access to tailored advice from UCL’s entrepreneurship advisors, mentorship and free office space.
Find out more: Link in bio!
#UCLHatcheryHighlights
Do you have an entrepreneurial idea you want to take forwards?
Applications are open for our UCL Venture Builder programme!
During this 10-week programme, you’ll work towards turning your entrepreneurial idea into a viable venture – business, side hustle, not-for-profit, social enterprise, or other entrepreneurial project.
It'll take you through developing a proof-of-concept or prototype, building your network, as well as thinking and communicating commercially to get your idea ready for market.
Head over to our link in bio to submit your application!
Calling UCL students and recent graduates with a startup - applications to our Hatchery incubator programme are closing soon!
The Hatchery is UCL’s equity free 2-year incubator programme, providing co-working space, resources and support to help your startup succeed. If you have an innovative solution that you want to push toward commercial reality, we're committed to helping you make that happen.
Submit your application by Sunday 29 March - link in bio!
Have you visited the UCL200 Exhibition: Two Centuries Here yet? 💜
The exhibition explores UCL’s past, present and future, bringing to life our founding story as London’s first ever university and exploring UCL’s rich history, influence and role in society, and collectively imagine what the future could look like.
We’re excited that UCL-supported startup Nodanni, founded by UCL alumna Victoria Ndoh (MSc Ethnographic Documentary Filmmaking), is featured in the exhibition for making a real difference in communities in need through Vactraca.
Vactraca is a smart necklace that helps track children’s vaccinations and save lives in countries where many children still die from preventable diseases. Nodanni is now working with the government in South Sudan to pilot 2,000 Vactraca necklaces in refugee and displaced person camps.
They’ve also pitched to organisations such as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), GAVI, the vaccine alliance, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) looking to work with them to roll out Vactraca more widely.
Victoria was supported as part of UCL’s Hatchery incubator programme at BaseKX, UCL’s dedicated entrepreneurship hub. Here she had access to free tailored support and office space to grow her venture.
Read more about Nodanni - link in bio!
#UCL200
Happy International Women’s Day! 👏
To celebrate, UCL-supported entrepreneur Maahika Singh is hosting a live panel-style podcast recording in collaboration with UCL Innovation & Enterprise tomorrow!
The speakers will be reflecting on what it actually takes to start before you feel ready, how confidence is built through action, and what growth looks like inside ourselves and our businesses.
Maahika is currently being supported to grow her business, Empower Sounds Media, through the Hatchery incubator programme, run by UCL Innovation & Enterprise.
🗓️ Monday 9 March
⏰ 17:30-20.00
📍 UCL BaseKX
Head over to our link in bio to register.
#IWD #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026
