This year at the Entrepreneurship Institute

King’s20 Accelerator

This year we welcome our 100th venture onto the programme! Successful ventures can access a support package valued at £60,000 including desk space, expert mentoring and access to investors. Applications for the 2021/22 cohort open in spring.

Internships

Internships with the King’s20 Accelerator ventures and the Entrepreneurship Institute run over the summer. Discover what it’s like to work in a start-up environment & learn new skills to add to your CV.

Ambassadors

Each year we recruit Entrepreneurship Institute Ambassadors to champion our work on campus and online (and get paid for doing it!)

Welcome week

Find our workshops on the King’s app and meet our team at the Welcome to King’s lectures and Welcome Hubs.

Women Entrepreneurs Programme Retreat

Two days of workshops, expert advice and community building for women entrepreneurs. Our active Facebook community is also open to new members and provides year-round support.

Digital learning

Start! magazine is just the start of our content. Access our evergrowing hub of learning resources on KEATs (search: King’s Entrepreneurship Institute) and follow us on social media for the latest content and competitions.

Entrepreneurial Activity Fund

We provide event support and guidance along with funding of up to £2,000 for societies wanting to run entrepreneurial events.

Venture Crawl

A unique 12-hour entrepreneurial journey around London on an iconic Routemaster bus. Each year, 40 students from King’s join over 350 students from 18 London universities to tour the city’s start-up ecosystem.

Idea feedback

Book a session with a member of our team and get pointers on an early-stage idea or guidance on what to do next.

Enterprise Award

Learn skills, meet new people and gain recognition on your Higher Education Achievement Report.

Idea Factory

King’s College London’s flagship idea generation competition! Workshops and our semifinal bootcamp help to upskill shortlisted entrepreneurs with pitching, ideation and validation before the grand final at the House of Lords, where £2,000 prize money is awarded to the winners! Turn to page 16 to hear from last year’s award winner Aysha Ingar.

Workshops

Develop the Seven Skills of an Entrepreneurial Mindset at one of our many interactive workshops running throughout the year. As with everything we do, these are open to staff, students and alumni.

King’s Demo Day

Our biggest pitch-off event of the year, where our King’s20 ventures pitch for support from our network of 450+ investors

Inspiring innovators

Get inspired by attending or streaming our speaker events and enterprise visits with high-profile guest speakers.

Advisory Board

Our Advisory Board of students, staff and alumni meets regularly to help shape the Entrepreneurship Institute of the future.

Start-Up Visas

We can support up to 20 individuals a year that have an innovative, viable and scalable business they want to start in the UK. We have two annual application windows: Oct-Nov and another in April-May.

Pitch nights

Watch and learn how to compel as entrepreneurs present their business ideas at our pitch nights.