Femtech: looking for innovative ventures to promote women’s health
A Venture Creation event organised by the Entrepreneurship Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School and the Cambridge Femtech Society seeks to disrupt the future of women’s health. Women’s health is the focus of a special Venture Creation event on 25…
Cambridge entrepreneur wins Women in Innovation Award
On International Women’s Day 2023, Becky Cotton (EMBA 2015) has been announced as a winner of an Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award, which recognises trailblazing women entrepreneurs. Innovate UK Women in Innovation Awards recognise women with exciting, innovative ideas…
Platform Times: Muazu Appoints Board of Advisors
Ayobami Olunloyo, Executive MBA 2018 alumnus at Cambridge Judge Business School, is appointed to the Nigeria Board of Advisors at Muazu Africa, a social startup designed to democratise financing, market and knowledge opportunities for early-stage female-led social enterprises across Africa.…
Celebrating high potential female-owned businesses
Three women whose ventures have joined the Cambridge Social Ventures programme at Cambridge Judge Business School are named to ‘100 Female Entrepreneurs to Watch’ list by NatWest and The Telegraph. Three women whose ventures have participated in the Cambridge Social…
“Life is short, so take the best and leave the rest.”
Tara Heuzé-Sarmini (MPhil in Finance 2014) talks about her motivation to study finance at graduate level and her non-linear career path encompassing an NGO to fight period poverty and a co-living project for single-parent families. Tara Heuzé-Sarmini has always pursued…
Making an impact as a female entrepreneur in Africa
Joyce Ollunga (MFin 2008), outgoing COO of Arifu, a learning platform for emerging markets, talks about her time at Arifu and her experience as a female entrepreneur. Joyce Ollunga had always wanted a career that would allow her to have…
Taming the dragon: managing chronic pain
In 2019, Nicola Filzmoser (PGDE 2019) co-founded Happyr Health, an app to help young people manage chronic pain. Nicola spoke to us about her motivation and goals. Chronic pain can have a massive impact on everyday life. In addition to…
Cambridge Independent: #21toWatch 2023 opens for nominations as it is revealed that Top21 winners have raised more than £250m
Nominations to the #21toWatch 2023 awards have been opened. The awards recognise world-class science and technology entrepreneurs, start-ups and ground-breaking innovation from across Cambridge and the East of England. Among the first three entrants to qualify and accept the nominations…
Female entrepreneurship: what’s holding women back?
Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs – take a quick look at some of the biggest names in entrepreneurial history and it's hard to avoid the fact men make up the overwhelming majority. That's not to say there…
CAM: Hub life
A feature about RE.USE startup, that is currently on the Accelerate Cambridge programme run by the Entrepreneurship Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School. RE.USE is “return and reuse” logistics system, which aims to eliminate the use of single-use takeaway containers.…