Sign up to this Pitch@King's session for an opportunity to practice a short pitch for your venture (we welcome various stage ventures) in front of a live audience and to receive constructive feedback from our E-Lab community including Visiting Entrepreneurs and Research Associates.

This session is designed to allow practice in an environment that mimics what you might expect as you develop any future ventures and we welcome entrepreneurs at all stages!

Niren Chaudhary will discuss leading through values to address global challenges like hate, inequity, and climate change. Niren, a seasoned leader with experience at Panera Brands and Krispy Kreme, emphasizes the importance of compassion, accountability, and responsibility in leadership.

Technical: Henry Setiawan leads Amazon's "AI Kitchen" team developing Rufus, an AI shopping assistant. Previously at Google and Microsoft Research, he worked on Cloud, YouTube, and Bing projects. He co-founded super.ai and advises AI Singapore and Madrona Venture Labs. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and MBA from MIT.

Entrepreneurial: Ylan Steiner is a partner at Orrick's Technology Companies Group, specialising in VC and PE. With a software background, he advises tech companies and investors across multiple sectors. Recognized in Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners, he serves on Cambridge University's Corporate Law Advisory Board..

We are delighted to host the InnoFrugal 10th Anniversary Conference at the E-Lab, in collaboration with the Centre for India & Global Business and Circular Economy Centre at the Cambridge Judge Business School.

Coffee. Everyone knows it; (almost) everyone loves it. It is the first thing we think about in the mornings, and the fuel that keeps us going late at night. 

In recent years, specialty coffee – those delicious, single-origin roasts served in trendy coffee shops – has become somewhat of a craze in the UK, prompting many to wonder: wouldn’t it be nice to start my own coffee shop? Travel the world to source the best beans? Maybe become the next Café de Flore and catalyse a second Enlightenment? 

In this fireside chat, we take a look behind the scenes at the reality of running a coffee business, entering into conversation with successful coffee entrepreneurs from Cambridge. 

Technical: Nethermind is a leading blockchain company with expertise in Ethereum, protocol engineering, and DeFi. They provide technology and consulting services, contribute to Ethereum core development, and collaborate with top partners to shape the future of blockchain and decentralised finance.

Entrepreneurial: Dr. Uday Phadkeis CEO of Triple Chasm, specialising in commercializing innovations. With 30+ years experience, he founded Cartezia which has built >100 companies. A former Entrepreneur in Residence at Judge Business School and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), he authored "Camels, Tigers & Unicorns: Rethinking Science and Technology-enabled Innovation" and "The Scale-up Manual: Handbook for Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Teams and Firms".

How can we integrate sustainability and entrepreneurial thinking into banking to drive positive change? What are the potential effects of current regulatory trends on sustainable finance, particularly regarding ESG practices and environmental considerations? Join us for what promises to be a stimulating evening with colleagues from EFG, along with ample time for networking.

Technical: Aditi Goswami is a Lead Data Scientist at Boeing. Previously, she worked at Telespazio UK and Microsoft, where she gained extensive AI and Computer Vision experience. She has worked with satellite remote sensing, applying AI to analyse imagery for real-world applications.

Entrepreneurial: Michelangelo Valtancoliwas Principal at seed stage fund Stride.VC ($300m AUM) under the mentorship of Fred Destin. He's now investing as an angel alongside two unicorn founders and focusing on creating a convergence point for young undiscovered talents. 

Join KCSU and the E-Lab on the 5^th of March for a fireside chat with Noor Sweid, one of the World's Top 50 Women in Tech. The conversation will take place before the annual Women and Non-Binary Formal Hall.

Join us for this fireside chat with Cameron McLain, who will share his lessons from building Giant Ventures, the world's leading purpose-driven venture firm, from the ground up and key learnings from backing over 50 purpose-driven entrepreneurs. Cameron provide insights on the opportunities and challenges for those building within climate and healthcare.

Technical: Petar Veličković is a Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind. His work has had a profound real-world impact, from improving Google Maps travel-time predictions to guiding mathematicians toward new theorems and conjectures. He also contributed to the first full AI-driven football analytics system and co-developed the first AI-assisted top-percentile result in competitive programming.

Entrepreneurial: Sam Marchant is Partner at AI venture builder Inaugural, after being a seed stage VC investor at Salica Investments. Led by the team behind Shazam, iTunes and Google Play, Inaugural uses AI to build companies across sectors. They've launched 3 AI companies in 12 months, with one reaching $3.2m annual revenue in 7 months.

This panel will explore the transformative connections between art and business, shedding light on how these intersections create dynamic networks that bridge emerging and established careers. With a particular emphasis on empowering women leaders and promoting sustainable cultural practices, the discussion will highlight the critical role of art in shaping more inclusive, forward-thinking industries.

Technical: Julian Sutherland, head of formal verification at Nethermind and former tech leader at Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, will explore formal verification's role in blockchain security and its broader industry impact.

Entrepreneurial: Edward Sloan, partner at Mills & Reeve, specialises in VC investments and investment round negotiations. He advises investors, funds, and growth companies from seed to late-stage rounds. Notable deals include the £250m Midlands Mindforge investment, Sphere Fluidics' $40m Series A, and various deep tech ventures.

King’s College, a place synonymous with groundbreaking contributions to science and technology, has been home to computer scientists such as Alan Turing, the father of modern computing, and Geoffrey Hinton, Nobel Prize winner who has transformed the field of artificial intelligence. Continuing this tradition, we are delighted to host the Cambridge-Oxford AI Evening!

Join us for a fireside chat with the founders of White Rose Mathematics and Science Education to learn more about how teachers and other public sector workers can engage in entrepreneurship and how a venture with a social purpose can be scaled to have an international impact.

Learn how to captivate an audience from your first words, the essential elements you need to include, how to avoid the most common fails, the art of effective slides, and ways to exude authority in this high energy, highly interactive two hour workshop.

Tim Bestwick is the Chief Development Officer and Deputy CEO at the UK Atomic Energy Authority. He is also the Chair of the Harwell Campus (the major science and innovation campus in Oxfordshire) and Chair of the Space Partnership (industry, government and academia growing the UK Space sector). After corporate research in optoelectronics and two start-up technology companies Tim now works for UKAEA, leading the commercialization of fusion technology.. He is passionate about the opportunities for new spin out businesses from big science programmes, and also creating mixed ‘public-private’ campuses where innovation thrives. Tim was awarded an OBE in 2023 for services to the commercialisation of science, technology and innovation.

Join us for an exciting and hands-on workshop where creativity meets business acumen. In this unique session, participants will use LEGO bricks to explore the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, brainstorming of ideas and explore your own motivations and strengths. Each term, we will be running a different Lego Serious play workshop, designed around a specific theme. Whether you’re a budding entrepreneur or just looking to unleash your creativity, this workshop is the perfect opportunity to build your dreams, one brick at a time!

Join us for this fireside chat with Caroline Hargrove, who will share learnings from her career as an ‘Engineering Leader’, from her 20-year tenure at McLaren, through to her journey in the world of ventures in Health Tech and now Hydrogen Power at Ceres. Caroline will provide insights on how her time in Formula 1 prepared her to lead entrepreneurial teams at the pinnacle of innovation.

Brent is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Founders Factory (global venture studios, seed programmes and accelerator programmes), Founders Forum Group (global community of founders, corporates and tech leaders), and firstminute capital ($500m seed fund with global remit, backed by over 130 unicorn founders). Previously, Brent co-founded Made.com in 2010. He left before it went public in 2021 at a valuation of $1.1bn. Brent also co-founded lastminute.com in 1998 where he was CEO from its inception and sold it in 2005 to Sabre for $1.1bn. Brent has backed 11 unicorns at Seed stage and technology businesses Brent has co-founded have raised over $1bn.