London Demo Day 2026
Discover the next generation of high-growth startups from London's leading universities
Taking place at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, London Demo Day 2026 is the capital's premier showcase of university-founded startups seeking investment.
Now in its seventh year, the event will bring together 20 student and alumni-founded startups from 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, King's College London, LSE, Queen Mary University of London and UCL in the largest showcase of its kind, featuring an afternoon of live pitches, networking and innovation.
Hosted by broadcaster, STEM ambassador and adventurer Rob Bell, the programme features remarks from Professor Hugh Brady, President of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, an inspiring keynote from Dr Manjari Chandran-Ramesh, Partner in the Early Stage Fund at Amadeus Capital Partners, and live pitches from startups seeking investment of £100,000–£2 million.
Previous London Demo Day cohorts have gone on to raise more than £121 million in follow-on investment. Showcasing ventures spanning health, climate, AI and beyond, the event offers a unique opportunity for investors and industry partners to discover emerging investment opportunities and connect with the founders driving innovation.
London Demo Day 2026 took place on Wednesday 9 September 2026 at 15.00 at our South Kensington Campus.
For more information about London Demo Day, Please contact via email.
Find startups by A-O
Aeropod
Company: Aeropod
Contact: Lu Afolayan | & Email
Description: Autonomous aeration capsules that make the future of soil regeneration profitable for farmers, and as simple as sowing a seed.
Arti
Company: Arti
Contact: Sasha Gutenmacher | & Email
Description: Arti is an AI facilitator delivering personal compliance training through an interactive conversation.
Change Bio
Company: Change Bio
Contact: Zoe Woods | & Email
Description: A protein prototyping platform that is addressing challenges with developing engineered proteins for scalable manufacturing.
Circe
Company: Circe
Contact: Claudia Radu | & Email
Description: Circe is the AI infrastructure for group therapy - enabling therapists to deliver care to ten times as many women, unlocking affordable, evidence-based mental healthcare at greater scale & lower cost.
Donar Online
Company: Donar Online
Contact: Mario Roset | & Email
Description: Donar Online is the fundraising infrastructure powering 9,600+ NGOs across Latin America to mobilize donations from over 700,000 individual donors.
Excelas.ai
Company: Excelas.ai
Contact: John Quy | & Email
Description: Excelas is an AI-powered learning and testing platform for schools and businesses designed to reduce administrative tasks
Find Care Compare
Company: Find Care Compare
Contact: Roxanne Stevenson-Brown | & Email
Description: The digital front door to the health system - helping patients find, compare and access NHS and private healthcare, all in one place.
MindHug
Company: MindHug
Contact: Chitraj (Raj) Singh | & Email
Description: From the team behind MindHug's institutional programmes, MindHug Zero adds a personalised sound layer to the music you already play. Zero change to your song, zero change to your habit — just better sleep, calm and focus.
MOMI AI
Company: MOMI AI
Contact: Guido Filippetti | & Email
Description: MOMI is an AI-powered hotel operating system that brings five-star service within reach of every hotel by coordinating guest requests, taking repetitive work off staff and giving managers the insights to improve performance and revenue
Mylenium
Company: Mylenium
Contact: Pierrette Hebga Meinrad | Email
Description: Mylenium is a digital health intelligence platform that transforms everyday patient experiences into personalised clinical insights for earlier, better-informed treatment decisions.
Opis Health
Company: Opis Health
Contact: Ivan Andrushevich Petukhov | & Email
Description: AI-driven data capture platform for clinical research, combining the latest in AI vision, LLM-powered data processing, and behavioural research. We help researchers save money, reduce delays, and improve trial outcomes.
Orbion Connect
Company: Orbion Connect
Contact: Tristan Derry | & Email
Description: A healthtech innovation platform connecting founders with the right experts, partners, funders, and regulatory pathways to accelerate the journey from idea to scale.
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Pfentech
Company: Pfentech
Contact: Isaac Pfaender | & Email
Description: Pfentech uses its AI platform to rapidly design and develop new immune-based treatments, with the vision of building a repertoire of TCR-T therapies large enough to treat virtually every cancer patient.
PLAYBACK Sports AI
Company: PLAYBACK Sports AI
Contact: Karim Fawaz | & Email
Description: An AI-powered sports technology platform that combines cameras, GPS tracking, and performance analytics to make elite athlete development tools accessible to grassroots and amateur sports organisations.
Sealeo
Company: Sealeo
Contact: Diana Epel | & Email
Description: A seaweed-based alternative to single-use packaging for temperature-sensitive medicines like vaccines and insulin.
StoryFoundry AI
Company: StoryFoundry AI
Contact: Maya Mehrara | & Email
Description: An AI-driven communications platform that helps charities, social enterprises, and public sector organisations create compelling stories that increase engagement and fundraising outcomes.
SurgeryAI
Company: SurgeryAI
Contact: Natalie Cooke | & Email
Description: SurgeryAI is a machine-learning scheduling platform that helps hospitals optimise operating theatre capacity, taking into account clinical, staffing and operational constraints to get patients treated sooner.
Synaptive
Company: Synaptive
Contact: Merlin Kelly | & Email
Description: Synaptive builds brain-signal sensors that work reliably for people with all hair types, helping make medical diagnosis and research more accurate and inclusive.
VirWave
Company: VirWave
Contact: Kate Julia | & Email
Description: VirWave’s testing platform, AIKEI, ensures AI products designed for children comply with safety standards.
VocaLoci
Company: VocaLoci
Contact: Syed Muhammad Shahzaib Haider | Email
Description: VocaLoci is an AI-powered speech accessibility platform that helps people with communication disorders such as stuttering to overcome speech barriers and communicate more confidently.
Find startups by University
- Synaptive builds brain-signal sensors that work reliably for people with all hair types, helping make medical diagnosis and research more accurate and inclusive.
- Merlin Kelly | & Email
- VirWave’s testing platform, AIKEI, ensures AI products designed for children comply with safety standards.
- Kate Julia | & Email
- Pfentech uses its AI platform to rapidly design and develop new immune-based treatments, with the vision of building a repertoire of TCR-T therapies large enough to treat virtually every cancer patient.
- Isaac Pfaender | & Email
- Excelas is an AI-powered learning and testing platform for schools and businesses designed to reduce administrative tasks.
- John Quy | & Email
- Find Care Compare - The digital front door to the health system - helping patients find, compare and access NHS and private healthcare, all in one place.
- Roxanne Stevenson-Brown | & Email
- Mylenium - Mylenium is a digital health intelligence platform that transforms everyday patient experiences into personalised clinical insights for earlier, better-informed treatment decisions.
- Pierrette Hebga Meinrad | Email
- MOMI AI - MOMI is an AI-powered hotel operating system that brings five-star service within reach of every hotel by coordinating guest requests, taking repetitive work off staff and giving managers the insights to improve performance and revenue.
- Guido Filippetti | & Email
- Opis Health - AI-driven data capture platform for clinical research, combining the latest in AI vision, LLM-powered data processing, and behavioural research. We help researchers save money, reduce delays, and improve trial outcomes.
- Ivan Andrushevich Petukhov | & Email
- Arti - Arti is an AI facilitator delivering personal compliance training through an interactive conversation.
- Sasha Gutenmacher | & Email
- Circe - Circe is the AI infrastructure for group therapy - enabling therapists to deliver care to ten times as many women, unlocking affordable, evidence-based mental healthcare at greater scale & lower cost.
- Claudia Radu | & Email
- Donar Online - Donar Online is the fundraising infrastructure powering 9,600+ NGOs across Latin America to mobilize donations from over 700,000 individual donors.
- Mario Roset | & Email
- MindHug - uses behavioural science to work with how the mind processes information to create technologies and experiential programmes/training that strengthen psychological and nervous system safety, and build practical skills that help people navigate uncertainty and turn intention into lasting change.
- Chitraj (Raj) Singh | & Email
- Playback Sports AI– an AI-powered sports technology platform that combines cameras, GPS tracking, and performance analytics to make elite athlete development tools accessible to grassroots and amateur sports organisations.
- Karim Fawaz | & Email
- StoryFoundry AI – an AI-driven communications platform that helps charities, social enterprises, and public sector organisations create compelling stories that increase engagement and fundraising outcomes.
- Maya Mehrara | & Email
- Orbion Connect – a healthtech innovation platform connecting founders with the right experts, partners, funders, and regulatory pathways to accelerate the journey from idea to scale.
- Tristan Derry | & Email
- VocaLoci – VocaLoci is an AI-powered speech accessibility platform that helps people with communication disorders such as stuttering to overcome speech barriers and communicate more confidently.
- Syed Muhammad Shahzaib Haider | Email
- Aeropod - Autonomous aeration capsules that make the future of soil regeneration profitable for farmers, and as simple as sowing a seed.
- Lu Afolayan | & Email
- ChangeBio - a protein prototyping platform that is addressing challenges with developing engineered proteins for scalable manufacturing.
- Zoe Woods | & Email
- Sealeo - a seaweed-based alternative to single-use packaging for temperature-sensitive medicines like vaccines and insulin.
- Diana Epel | & Email
- SurgeryAI – SurgeryAI is a machine-learning scheduling platform that helps hospitals optimise operating theatre capacity, taking into account clinical, staffing and operational constraints to get patients treated sooner.
- Natalie Cooke | & Email
