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Alumni are eligible to participate in 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's entrepreneurial competitions for up to three years after graduation:

•  (51³Ô¹ÏÍø's flagship competition with £20,000 for the winning team and seven £10,000 awards)
•  (Championing women-led teams with shared prize fund of £30,000)
•  (join international teams and generate solutions to the world's most pressing challenges)
•  (supporting climate-positive and sustainability-focused startups)
•  (chance to unlock new opportunities on a funded trip to a global startup hub)
•  (empowering medical technology innovators to develop and scale impactful medical technologies)
•  (supporting early career researchers to launch high-potential AI startups)

Alumni Affinity Networks provide a forum for 51³Ô¹ÏÍø alumni with a particular interest in a specific sector or area to share ideas, challenges and expertise and address topics specific to their interest. We have five Affinity Networks:

• 51³Ô¹ÏÍø AI Alumni Network
• 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Sustainability Alumni Network
• 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Black Alumni Network
• 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Women’s Alumni Network
• 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Marketing Alumni Network

We also have a network of 76 UK and international groups, organising activity for alumni all around the world. Find your local group.

With more than 30,000 alumni members from across the world, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Plexus is a great place to make new connections.

Check-in on Plexus when you reach a new city, or share the dates and destination of an upcoming trip and connect directly with alumni in the region. Ask for top tips for a new city, arrange to meet a friendly face for a coffee, find out where the best co-working spaces are or join in with local alumni activity. There’s a whole community waiting for you wherever you go. 

Not on Plexus yet? Request your account here.

Tap into the expertise of fellow 51³Ô¹ÏÍø founders and entrepreneurial experts:

• (learn the fundamentals of starting a business from experts in the field)
• (book an Idea Surgery for guidance in how to turn an idea into a business)
• (subject-specific advice from more than 100 experts)
• (dedicated guidance to help turn your idea into a fully-fledged business)

Showcase your company with an 51³Ô¹ÏÍø profile page

• Startbook is 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s online directory for entrepreneurs, where you can showcase your venture and create professional profile pages that can be shared with investors, collaborators and the public. 
• We invite our alumni founders to apply for up to three free 51³Ô¹ÏÍø-branded Startbook pages - an online presence which you can use to shout about your company and your 51³Ô¹ÏÍø credentials. 

Apply for your Startbook pages.

Join more than 20,000 fellow alumni and students in our LinkedIn group and expand your online networking opportunities.

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For those in a position to support the startups of the future, there are plenty of opportunities to stay engaged with 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's entrepreneurial community and pay it forward:

• 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Entrepreneur's Pledge (founders can pledge to make a philanthropic gift to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø in the future - when they reach an exit or other liquidity event - to support the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators)
• 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Investor Network (for angels and VC investors seeking investment opportunities arising from 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's extraordinary enterprising ecosystem)
• 51³Ô¹ÏÍø College Enterprise Funds (offering alumni and individual investors an opportunity to invest in companies through an early-stage, tax-efficient vehicle)
• Offer placements or internships, become a mentor or an expert speaker: email alumnivolunteering@imperial.ac.uk or register your interest online.

Enterprise Lab, South Kensington

• The co-working and library space is open to all 51³Ô¹ÏÍø staff, students and alumni.
• Refresh station with access to coffee or cold drinks.
• Bookable event or filming space.
• 'The Green Room' quiet space, also bookable for meetings.
• Phone booth for taking confidential calls.
• Access to the E-Lab Library.
• Generally open 10.00 - 19.00 Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 10.00 - 16.00 Tuesday and Friday but please check before visiting.
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51³Ô¹ÏÍø Incubator, White City

• The White City Incubator is 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's innovation hub for deep science startups.
• Facilities include office space, laboratory space and support for early-stage companies focused on science and technology. 

Find out more about the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Incubator.