Enterprise news
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Alumnus launches website to help new graduates break into the sports industry
Joe Jackson (History and Politics 2019) has established Starting Out Sports, a website designed to support and guide aspiring professionals looking to get into the sports industry.
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Design graduate secures Dragons’ investment in life-saving kit
Industrial Design and Technology graduate, Zak Marks, secured a £75,000 investment from Dragons’ Den entrepreneurs, for a stake in his emergency anaphylaxis kit business.
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International Women's Day: Georgie Dickins shares her leadership story
To honour International Women’s Day, we spoke with alumna Georgie Dickins (European Business 2001) who discussed her career in leadership.
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Alumnus co-founds GRYD Energy, bringing the UK’s first solar subscription to life
Scott Whiteside, who graduated in 2016, has co-founded GRYD Energy, a solar tech startup providing the UK’s first true solar subscription.
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Three Loughborough graduate entrepreneurs named as Innovate UK’s Women in Innovation
Three Loughborough University graduates have been named as winners of Innovate UK’s Women in Innovation Awards for 2025.
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Jamie headed stateside for exciting internship with the UN
Recent graduate Jamie Clark has landed a role as Sustainable Development Goals Intern in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) at the United Nations (UN). He is headed to New York very soon and is excited for his new adventure.
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AI social commerce app raises $1.4M in pre-seed funding
Alumnus Ronan Harvey-Kelly (International Business 2021) is co-founder of Haz, an innovative AI social commerce app which has raised $1.4m in pre-seed funding.
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Jo Hurst-Croft - from Loughborough to leading change
Jo Hurst-Croft's (Politics with Geography 2003) journey from Loughborough University to leading ARC Ride shows how education, passion, and hard work can pave the way to success.
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CAIR London app launched by alumna Tanya to combat London Underground air pollution
In a bid to tackle the pervasive issue of air pollution in the London Underground, alumna Tanya Beri (Graphic Communication 2016 and MA User Experience Design 2020) has launched CAIR London.
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Alumnus awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellowship
Adriano Randi (Chemistry 2019) has been awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellowship to further advance his spin-out company RV3 Tech.
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Children’s storybook entrepreneurs seek Sooper investment from TV Dragons
If you’re a Dragons’ Den fan, you’ll no doubt have seen a recent episode featuring alumna Charlene Mitchell-Hood and her husband Simon Hood pitching for investment in a bid to help solve literacy problems in the UK and US. If you’re yet to catch the latest series, go and check out iPlayer before reading any further… this story contains spoilers!
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Pavegen Selected by UEFA’s Champions Innovate Program to Revolutionise Fan Engagement
Pavegen, a leading innovator in kinetic energy technology founded by alumnus Laurence Kemball-Cook, has been chosen as one of the pioneering start-ups by UEFA’s Champions Innovate program, in collaboration with PepsiCo, Just Eat Takeaway.com, and Mastercard.
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Loughborough Business School recognises four people with Distinguished Alumni Awards
Each year, Loughborough Business School (LB) honours a select group with the Distinguished Alumni Award. At the end of 2023, four people were recognised with awards for their work spanning themes such as retail, communications, ecommerce, and climate tech.
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Loughborough graduate entrepreneur wins start-up accelerator
Loughborough graduate entrepreneur Katie Michaels (Industrial and Product Design, 2020) has been named as the latest winner of the Leicester Startups Accelerator programme.
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Alumnus enjoys success at 2023 Santander X Awards
Joseph Bentley (Product Design and Technology, 2021) has been recognised at the Santander X Awards for his innovative solution aimed at reducing fatalities from knife wounds.
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Stepping forward: Pavegen launches new crowdfunding campaign
Laurence Kemball-Cook is the Founder and CEO of Pavegen, an innovative company harnessing the power of kinetic energy to convert it to off-grid electricity. After more than 700 prototypes, new engineering development, and with over 250 installations in 37 different countries, Pavegen has launched a new crowdfunding campaign to garner new investment.
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Applications open for Loughborough University's graduate start-up programme
Applications are open for places on Loughborough University's graduate start-up programme, which supports graduates who want to launch or develop their own businesses.
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Loughborough graduate entrepreneur wins national health champion award
Loughborough University graduate entrepreneur Katie Michaels has won the Ingenuity Programme’s National Health Champion award for her business, Moti Me.
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Loughborough start-ups secure Innovate UK funding for creative ventures
Two start-up businesses founded by recent graduates from Loughborough University have been given a boost thanks to funding from the Innovate UK Creative Growth programme.
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New YouTube channel launched by graduate company to support young people into higher education
Alumnus Alex Lees is the Founder of Tale Production, a video production company that started life at Loughborough. The organisation is focused on creating video within the higher education sector, producing content to support student recruitment, research impact, and about enhancing student experiences. He has now launched a new YouTube channel, set to support the education choices that young people face.
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Keen golfers, get yourself teed up with Rightee
If you have ever picked up a golf club, you’ll know that your game can be largely affected by weather conditions. That’s why alumnus Guilherme Ribeiro has come up with a new way to improve your game through his app, Rightee.
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Alumnus founded Loughborough University spinout Figura Analytics closes seed investment round to take nanotech solution to the drinks industry
Loughborough University spinout Figura Analytics has successfully closed a seed funding round, led by a syndicate of angel investors, to bring its nanopore technology to the drinks market this year.
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Two alumni recognised with prestigious India High Achievers Honours
The National Indian Students and Alumni Union UK (NISAU) awarded the India UK Achievers Honours at an awards ceremony in London on 25 January.
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Alumni duo create the next-generation smart sports mouthguard
Robert Paterson (Product Design Engineering 2017) and Thomas Quinn (Electronic and Electrical Engineering 2018) are the Co-Founders of ORB Innovations, who have created the world’s first smart sport mouthguard that allows contact & combat sport athletes to track their performance and wellness with heart rate and head impacts. It’s the world’s first mouthguard that monitors both physiology and biomechanics.
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ACT Medical founder Joseph Bentley accepted for Enterprise Fellowship at Royal Academy of Engineering
Alumnus and ACT Medical founder Joseph Bentley (Product Design and Technology 2021) has won an 1851 Enterprise Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Engineering as he continues to develop his award-winning system for reducing the number of deaths from knife wounds.
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Graduate inventor Thomas receives investment from previous LSU Enterprise Exec
Thomas Constant (Industrial Design and Technology 2018) is the founder of BeoBia, who are developing an insect growing pod for people’s homes which will provide a sustainable and healthy source of protein while reusing household food waste even in the most urban of locations.
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Personal Best: My Story returns with Alumni President Oliver Sidwell
Alumnus Oliver Sidwell is the Co-Founder and Director of RMP Enterprise, a business he launched with fellow Loughborough students in the final year of his degree. In the years since, the business has grown, evolved, and developed new offerings. For the first in-person Personal Best: My Story talk since 2019, our Alumni President headed to Loughborough University London to share insights into launching and running RateMyPlacement, with a particular focus on managing money.
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Graduate start-up approaches investment target to launch multi-award-winning durable sports earbuds
A consumer electronics start-up, founded by a Loughborough graduate is close to completing their third investment round to launch what is believed to the world’s ultimate sports earbuds.