Cambridge Independent: Churchill Gowns’ sustainable mission for graduation gowns – from £28
A feature about Churchill Gowns startup, supported by Cambridge Social Venture programme at Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation. The startup offers affordable graduation gowns made from recycled materials. Dr Belinda Bell, programme director at Cambridge Social Ventures, said: “Churchill Gowns…
The Guardian: From loo rolls to fashion: how to spend your cash more ethically
An article is featuring businesses that are using customers’ money for good- from sustainable and ethical grocery shopping, to renewable energy and second-hand fashion. Thrift, an online shopping platform for second-hand high-street and designer clothing, where people can donate goods…
Venturing forth: FLIT
A venture on the Accelerate Cambridge programme at Cambridge Judge Business School has designed a new electric bike with no visible battery and an easier folding mechanism. It's hard to reinvent the wheel, but Alex Murray and Dave Henderson have…
Bloomberg: Biometric tracking can ensure billions have immunity against Covid-19
A feature about Simprints startup, supported by the Accelerate Cambridge programme at Cambridge Judge Business School. The startup has developed a fingerprint scanner allowing health care workers in developing regions to access patients’ digital records. Co-founder Toby Norman, who studied…
BBC Sounds: People fixing the world
BBC Sounds features Prison Voicemail startup that helps inmates to keep in touch with their families. The startup, supported by the Cambridge Social Ventures programme, provides an innovative solution based on a prison’s own phone system – prisoners can communicate…
Cambridge Independent: Scientific breakthrough as VividQ fashions digital 3D holograms
A feature about VividQ that produces produce novel 3D displays. Co-founder Aleksandra Pedraszewska, alumna of Cambridge Judge (MPhil in Tech Pol 2017), said: “Thanks to a new generation of processors and VividQ’s algorithms, holographic displays can now run in real-time…
Venturing Forth: Visionogy
Helping companies tell a big story in short bursts. When it comes to video advertising in the age of distraction and constant scrolling, brevity is a tactic that companies and agencies often use to cut through the noise. But presenting…
Business Leader: Is Cambridge one of the UK’s foremost business ecosystems?
Bruno Cotta, Executive Director of the Entrepreneurship Centre at Cambridge, comments on what's driving Cambridge's business community and its future ambitions. “Cambridge is one of the most innovative and enterprising places on the planet. The region surrounding an 800 years…
Business Weekly: Social entrepreneurs win Cambridge prize for pandemic response
The annual Cambridge Social Innovation Prize, awarded by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge Business School, to help four outstanding social entrepreneurs with a £10,000 grant to each and advice from experts at the…
Social entrepreneurs win Cambridge prize for pandemic response
The second annual Cambridge Social Innovation Prize, awarded by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge Business School, to help four outstanding social entrepreneurs. As businesses struggle through COVID-19 lockdown, many social entrepreneurs face an…
