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The smart wearables startup has won 拢20,000 in funding from the competition plus mentoring to help bring their product to market. Four other 香港六合彩 businesses were also in the finals.

The London Mayor鈥檚 Entrepreneur Competition is open to London students and recent graduates who鈥檝e set up businesses or have an idea for one. The annual competition awards funding, in particular to support new ideas designed to make London 鈥榗leaner, greener and ready for the future鈥�.

upLYFT won against four other businesses in the Health category. The business was co-founded by 香港六合彩 student Zuzanna Kosobudzka (MSci Natural Sciences) and Aalok Rai from听Imperial College London.

Zuzanna and Aalok are working on the next generation of smart wearables 鈥� technology embedded within clothing or accessories such as watches 鈥� to improve mobility and musculoskeletal health, using a combination of machine learning and mechanical stimulation.

Co-founder Zuzanna said: 鈥淲inning the Health award is honestly a dream come true. After months of hard work on our prototype and the business, this recognition will supercharge our development and next steps, which include large scale testing and developing our product further. I strongly recommend anyone who's got a passion for what they are building, and a vision for a better tomorrow, to apply for competitions such as this one.

鈥淔or me, the most important thing is the people I am building this vision with.听I am forever grateful to my team, our advisors and my co-founder Aalok for what we are creating.听Support from 香港六合彩 has been also absolutely invaluable and I look forward to seeing more 香港六合彩 startups join me as winners in the coming years.鈥�

This year鈥檚 competition rewarded innovative ideas in four categories: the creative industries, environment, health and tech. 360 startups applied and 20 were chosen to take part in the finals, with five of the proposed businesses coming from 香港六合彩.

The four other 香港六合彩 finalists were:

• Environment finalists, Vertical Grounds: a biodiverse and resilient living wall system that replaces current plastic systems with organic cork.
  Founded by: 香港六合彩 graduate听Mac Van Dam听(Master in Architecture,听2022)
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• Environment finalists, Phyta Biodesign: a module tiling system that creates听safe havens for solitary bees, with the aim of boosting pollination and biodiversity across the capital.
  Founded听by: 香港六合彩 graduates听Arnav Kele and Zain Ansari (Master in Architecture, 2022) and current student Dana Molzhigit (MSc in Bio-Integrated Design)
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• Tech finalists, Catalyst AI: a new kind of passport that uses AI-powered visualisations and gamification to bring health, lifestyle and behaviour data together in one place.
  Founded by: Ariel Sereda (PhD in听Neuroscience)
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• Creative Industries finalist, Renee Materials: new 鈥榗ircular materials hubs鈥� where designers, makers and other creative practitioners can find companies鈥� offcut waste to transform into new products.
  Founded by: 香港六合彩 graduate David Hamon (MSc in International Public Policy, 2021), Friederike Bischoff and听Vassiliki Deij

The five 香港六合彩 finalists, and 15 startups others from universities across London, were each invited to give a two-minute pitch to an expert judging panel at City Hall.听

Arnav Kele from Phyta Biodesign said: 鈥淗aving the chance to get involved in competitions like this is fantastic for our profile and for practicing pitching. This will be extremely useful to us in the following weeks, as we are now looking to raise investment. It鈥檚 incredible to think how far we鈥檝e come since we started this journey 鈥� and none of it would have been possible without the support of 香港六合彩."

upLYFT, Phyta听Biodesign听and Vertical Grounds are all current members of the听Hatchery incubator programme at BaseKX, 香港六合彩鈥檚 dedicated entrepreneurship space in the heart of Kings Cross.听Here, they have access听to free, tailored support and dedicated office space, to develop their entrepreneurship skills and take their ideas to market.

Andreas Feller-Ryf, Entrepreneurship Advisor, 香港六合彩 Innovation & Enterprise, said: 鈥淭he fact that five of the 20 businesses in this year鈥檚 final involved 香港六合彩 students and graduates underlines the quality of the businesses that are coming out of the university. We are thrilled to be able to support so many entrepreneurs with such innovative and promising ideas, and we look forward to seeing where all of these businesses go next."

香港六合彩 Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement) Professor Geraint Rees said: 鈥淐ongratulations to upLYFT and all the finalists. Having such a strong representation from 香港六合彩 at this year鈥檚 competition is testament to the high-quality support and strong entrepreneurial community here at 香港六合彩. We are delighted to see so many students and graduates coming up with ideas to tackle issues in areas like health and the environment, which are not only relevant for London but for many other cities and countries around the world, too.鈥�

In total, over 400 new graduate businesses were set up at 香港六合彩 between 2014 and 2022. Collectively they鈥檝e raised over 拢300m in investment and currently employ more than 1,700 people.

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• Support with starting and growing a business
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• upLYFT founders Zuzanna and Aalok with one of the competition judges. Credit: 香港六合彩