This year, the Entrepreneurship Institute launched King's Validation Fund - an opportunity for King's students and alumni (graduated within the last two years) to apply for funding to test and validate early-stage business ideas. Applications for the Validation Fund will open quarterly.

June saw the fund open for the first ever round of applications. After shortlisting, 9 winners have been awarded up to £400 based on their application. The winners are using the funding for a range of activities, including building prototypes, setting up websites, conducting customer research and covering marketing or platform subscriptions.

Winners will share a short progress update three months after receiving the grant, outlining what they have achieved and how the funding has supported their progress.

The first round of Validation Fund winners are:

NurseVision	HealthTech	Yangyang Dong (PhD student, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care)
Dermplan App	HealthTech	Dr Fareeha Faisal (Postgraduate student, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine)
The Job Seeker Hub (TJSH)	EdTech	Muriel Tokam (Postgraduate student, King's Business School)
YUÉN	Wellness	Tong Kang (PhD student, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine)
spHlash	HealthTech	Isabella Sandak Lewin (Postgraduate student, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine)
Edupreneur	EdTech	Karen Inomata (Postgraduate student, King's Business School)
DiLi	SaaS (Software-as-a-service)	Lina Kramer (PhD student, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine)
Bite-sized MRCP	EdTech	Dr Mrinalini Dey (PhD student, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine)
Built for Her	FitnessTech	Emma Ingham (Undergraduate student, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine)

 

The next round of King's Validation Fund will open on 1st July 2025.

If you have a potential idea for a business, you can: 

• Apply for the next round of the King's Validation Fund. 
• Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to be the first to hear about entrepreneurial opportunities like Idea Factory.
• Book an Idea Feedback Session with a member of the Entrepreneurship Institute team to share detail and receive feedback on next steps.  
• Join the Women Entrepreneurs Network, a community of King’s students, alumni and staff that supports idea and entrepreneurial skills development for founders identifying as female or non-binary.