WE Innovate

Success Stories

A Decade of Transforming Women-Led Innovation.

Over the past twelve years, WE Innovate has become one of the UK’s most influential entrepreneurship programmes for women founders.

What began at Imperial College London has evolved into a powerful national movement that champions ambition, accelerates high‑potential, IP-rich ideas, and reshapes who gets to lead in innovation.

Through the regional delivery model of WE Innovate National, hundreds of women across the UK now have access to world‑class entrepreneurial training, a nation-wide network, and opportunities, regardless of where they are based.

What Imperial Offers

Cutting-Edge Facilities & Ecosystem

  • Access to the Imperial Enterprise Lab, a central space for early-stage entrepreneurship
  • Direct pathways into Imperial’s accelerator programmes, including:
    • The Venture Catalyst Challenge (VCC)
    • MedTech SuperConnector
    • Imperial Venture Mentoring Service (IVMS)
    • The Greenhouse
    • MedTechOne
  • Connections to over 120 Experts-in-Residence
  • State-of-the-art laboratories, maker spaces, and prototyping facilities
Expert-Led Training & Coaching
  • Full WE Innovate curriculum delivered regionally on campus
  • Monthly 1:1 coaching from experienced experts and Entrepreneur in Residence
  • Masterclasses led by academics, practitioners, and industry specialists
Community & Networks
  • A thriving, supportive community of founders
  • Access to Imperial’s alumni network of global innovators
  • Connections to London’s vibrant startup and investor landscape

A growing movement for change

WE Innovate National is more than a programme, it is a catalyst for long‑term change. Its alumni are:

  • Founding high‑growth startups
  • Influencing policy
  • Securing investment
  • Changing the face of tech-focused, high-growth and IP-rich innovation
  • Serving as role models for the next generation of women entrepreneurs

As the national network expands, so too will the reach, impact, and visibility of women-led ventures across the UK. WE Innovate National aims to support over 3,500 women founders, who will go onto generate more than £600 million in investment, creating 430+ new companies, and enabling over 1,300 jobs.  

Our success stories

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UnTap

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Resting Reef, AiKNIT, Oshen, Sealeo, Carbon Cell

Innovators across environment, deep tech, and materials
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Support WE Innovate National

Corporate partnership is crucial for the success of our programmes and helping us to broaden our reach. Our supporters fuel our shared mission to close the gender gap in science and business.

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Advisory Board

At the heart of WE Innovate’s bold national expansion is a powerhouse Advisory Board, comprising an exceptional group of leaders whose expertise spans venture capital, public policy, entrepreneurship, academia, and innovation.

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Participating universities

The national programme currently brings together a consortium of six universities - Imperial College London, Queen’s University Belfast, Swansea University, the University of Glasgow, Durham University, and Loughborough University.

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