WE Innovate Grand Final

Join us for the WE Innovate Grand Final!

Be inspired as ten exceptional teams present their innovative ideas, competing for a share of the £60,000 Grand Final prize fund.

WE Innovate is Imperial College London’s flagship pre-accelerator for women-led ventures, supporting 25 teams annually through masterclasses, business coaching, expert 1:1 support, peer mentoring, and so much more.

✨ A Very Special Year…

This year marks the launch of the WE Innovate National initiative—our ambitious new effort to expand the programme across the UK. We are excited to welcome Queen’s University Belfast as our first partner institution, bringing WE Innovate to an additional 25 women-led startup teams.

Next year, we plan to extend the programme to seven universities nationwide, supporting a total of 175 women-led startups.

To celebrate this milestone, five finalists from Queen’s will join five Imperial finalists to compete for a share of each university’s £30,000 prize fund—a total of £60,000 in awards.

The Grand Final will take place in Lecture Theatre 200 in the City & Guilds Building on Exhibition Road at Imperial College London on Thursday 5 June from 6pm – 9pm. The announcement of the Grand Final winners will be followed by an open networking event in the Main Atrium.

Doors close at 6:00PM.

Late arrivals can watch a live-stream of the pitch event in a dedicated room within the venue.

Some example of the innovative ventures we have supported include...

SEALEO - winner of WE Innovate 2024, revolutionising last-mile vaccine delivery through material science.

Matrix - winner of WE Innovate 2023, is on a mission to prove that the future of the speculum is not a speculum.

UnTap - finalist of WE Innovate 2021, is reducing infectious disease, using sewage.

Check out the full 2025 cohort by visiting our Online Pitchbook.

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