The Entrepreneurship Centre at CJBS

28/04/2025

Meet our Ignite alumni: Charles de Dampierre (Ignite 2024), Founder and CEO at Bunka.ai

Bunka.ai helps businesses that implement conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve their user experience and business performance by auditing, analyzing, and optimizing their AI-driven interactions. Charles focuses on transforming academic research into business solutions and drives innovation in conversational AI, fostering key scientific partnerships and advancing Bunka.ai's technologies.

If you are a , , or with a novel innovation or technology that you would like to successfully adapt for the commercial arena, then join us at Ignite 2025 from 6-11 July. Applications are open until 31 May 2025.

Find out more about Ignite and apply > https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/programmes/ignite/

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24/04/2025

Meet our Ignite alumni: Mark Golab, Co-Founder of Cambridge Surgical Models (CSM)

Founded in 2022, CSM is developing the next generation of surgical training tools in the form of artificial anatomical models. Mark joined Ignite in 2024 to learn how to apply his academic expertise in a business setting and identify the best business model for CSM to gain commercial success.

If you are a , , or with a novel innovation or technology that you would like to successfully adapt for the commercial arena, then join us at Ignite 2025 from 6-11 July. Applications are open until 31 May 2025.

Find out more about Ignite and apply > https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/programmes/ignite/

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17/04/2025

Ignite 2025: Apply by 31 May to fast-track your innovation to commercial reality > https://rb.gy/m9k2qb

Ignite is a tried and tested high-impact catalyst for looking to develop their strategy and get clarity and support on their next steps. Watch our video below 👇 to get an idea of the Ignite experience where delegates are supported by mentors, given advice by industry practitioners and experienced entrepreneurs from the ; and learn from academics with the latest thinking and frameworks.

The 2025 cohort is already taking shape with delegates bringing ideas with real-world potential across sectors that include , , , and . We are excited to see these ideas being entrusted to the Ignite approach and processes, which will equip the delegates with the tools and techniques, not to mention the confidence and networks, to put their ideas into action for positive social and economic impact.

Got a venture idea but need support to make it happen? Don't miss out on this opportunity. Join us for Ignite from 6 -11 July 2025.

Apply now to secure your place > https://rb.gy/m9k2qb

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07/04/2025

Ignite 2025: Calling all entrepreneurial postdocs and researchers in Cambridge. Apply by 8 April to see if you qualify for p2i Network sponsorship to support your place: https://lnkd.in/eGXGZnaX

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07/06/2024

Calling , and ! Do you want to know if your research results or early-stage technology has commercial potential? Applications are open to submit a project proposal to , where a student team will research your market and deliver a commercial feasibility report.

Cohort 15
Programme Dates: 17 Sep-22 Nov 2024
Application deadline for project proposals: 2 July 2024

Cohort 16
Programme Dates: 5 Nov 2024-31 Jan 2025
Application deadline for project proposals: 4 October 2024

Accelerate the commercialisation of your early-stage research or novel technology. Find out more or apply now > https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/programmes/enterprisetech/opportunities-for-inventors/

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07/06/2024

How can we better harness unicorn startups? Professor Matthew Grimes, Academic Co-Director of Cambridge Judge Entrepreneurship Centre argues that entrepreneurship should shift from prioritising growth at all costs to a more responsible model that mitigates negative consequences.

https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2024/how-to-better-harness-unicorn-startups/

Entrepreneurship needs to shift from prioritising growth at all costs towards a more responsible model that controls negative consequences.

09/05/2024

Cambridge business Nuclera, which was founded in 2013 and participated in our the same year, is having great success with its benchtop protein system – eProtein Discovery™ - as it is adopted by a range of academic institutions across the UK and beyond. Read more > https://www.businessweekly.co.uk/posts/brain-gain-for-nuclera-as-academia-rushes-for-protein-optimisation-tech

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Highly respected academic institutions in Cambridge, wider UK and Belgium have installed protein expression optimisation technology from Cambridge biotech Nuclera.

09/05/2024

Great to be involved in the Cambridge Wide Open Day on 12 June. Check out the website to find out more and book a place. 👇

09/05/2024

Accelerate Cambridge is now accepting applications for Autumn 2024. In the past 10 years, has supported over 400 ventures. These businesses have collectively raised £615m including over £580m in equity investments.

Starting with two Induction Days on 19 and 20 September, the next programme runs from Thursday 26 September – Thursday 28 November 2024 with seminars, talks and workshops every Monday and Coaching every Thursday. The entry criteria are that you have a team of two or more people, one founder has a connection, i.e. , , , staff of the University or resident of the town; and during term time, team members must be Cambridge based. Places are competitive and limited so please apply soon and come with a passion for developing your .

Find out more and apply > https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/programmes/accelerate-cambridge/programmes/apply/

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09/05/2024

Accelerate Cambridge alum, Healx, to receive investment from the Children's Tumor Foundation to advance Neurofibromatosis Type 1 treatments. It represents a major boost for the Cambridge-based rare disease specialist. Healx, the AI-powered, patient-inspired, company pioneering the next generation of , participated in our Accelerate Cambridge in 2014. The company has signed an investment agreement with its long-term partner, Children’s Tumor Foundation (CTF). Milestone-driven payments from CTF will support the advance of Healx’s AI-powered programme including its lead candidate, HLX-1502, which is on course to enter a Phase 2 clinical trial in the coming months. Read more >

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09/05/2024

Calling all Ignite alumni! Do you know someone who would benefit from this immersive learning experience in Cambridge, UK? We are offering 10% discount on the standard fee for delegates referred by our alumni who apply for the next Ignite programme running from 30 June to 5 July 2024. Hurry - limited places available! Applications close 27 May > https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/programmes/ignite/apply/

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25/04/2024

AngioGenius, a Cambridge startup currently participating in our Pre-Accelerate programme, is working on an App where anyone can take a photo of their eye at home to help detect and monitor eye disease progression. Using generative AI technology that the team previously developed, this simple photo of the eye can be turned into another imaging type that provides more rich data, allowing disease diagnosis and progression to be monitored at home. The fledgling business is currently celebrating its founder, Dr Ethan Waisberg, for winning the Verizon Business and Unloc Young Entrepreneurs Challenge 2024. The company has also entered two categories of the current Business Weekly newspaper Awards – Young Company and Graduate Business.

Read more > https://www.businessweekly.co.uk/posts/cambridge-eye-screening-tech-brought-to-earth-via-nasa-trials

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Cambridge startup AngioGenius and its founder Dr Ethan Waisberg are causing a stir with an App which allows anyone to take a photo of their eye at home to help detect and monitor eye disease progression.