Imperial celebrates spinout formations and community of experts

2 October 2025

Imperial spinout founders for the year ending 31 July 2025, pictured at a celebration event for founders and the Imperial Technology Experts Service

Imperial underscored its position as a world-leading research institution with the formation of 14 spinouts and staff startups last year.

“A healthy crop of new spinouts shows Imperial’s commitment to its mission ‘to be useful’,” said Marika Reay, Cross-Faculty Commercialisation Director, Imperial College London. “With more than one spinout launched each month in the last year, we’re seeing lots of opportunities to turn Imperial’s world-class research into real-world impact, and I’m excited to see the huge breadth of challenges these new companies are working on.”

Spinning out solutions

Imperial spinouts formed in the past year are working to solve pressing challenges in sustainability, healthcare and the energy transition, applying research undertaken at the university to issues that affect our daily lives.

SiftrBio, a spinout from Professor Ed Tate’s lab, is working to improve the performance of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), an important emerging class of precision oncology treatments.

M-Spin, based on the work of Professor Nigel Brandon and co-founders is using ultra-porous, high surface area materials to revolutionise the performance of electrolysers, fuel cells and batteries – all vital to the energy transition.

Remephy has developed innovative phytoremediation technology that harnesses the natural symbiosis between plants and soil bacteria to efficiently extract heavy metals from land contaminated by mining, enabling it to be restored for agriculture, housing or rewilding.

NuclearMedix, emerging from Professor Eric Aboagye’s lab, specialises in developing and applying radiopharmaceuticals, and is addressing the supply shortage of SSTR-PET tracers for the diagnosis and treatment of neuroendocrine tumours.

A list of Imperial spinouts and staff startups formed during the year is available at the end of this article.

Imperial Technology Experts Service

Expert insight is essential in the development of research innovations into practical solutions. Imperial Technology Experts Service (ITES) brings together industry experts including former C-suite executives and entrepreneurs who play a pivotal role in supporting Imperial academics in the development of new technology opportunities towards the market.

According to Laura Cabo-Fernandez, Commercialisation Executive, Imperial College London, “Whatever the route to market – spinout company, licensing deal or partnership – our academic innovators see great benefits from working with the seasoned industry experts who make up ITES. They are an indispensable part of the community that contributes to Imperial’s spinout successes, and we are grateful for the wise counsel and critical insights they offer.”

ITES members have supported Imperial academics with:

Advice on patenting decisions
Guidance on proof-of-concept programmes
Developing a compelling value proposition for new technologies
Facilitating industry connections
Reviewing and advising on startup business models, recruitment and funding strategies

Supporting ambitious founders

Imperial’s unique entrepreneurial ecosystem supports founders across the university, from undergraduates to senior academics. Founders Choice, refreshed in 2023, offers academic founders a low-friction company formation process and strong incentives.

The Imperial Incubator, based at White City, provides everything early-stage, lab-based startups need to start strongly.

And Imperial Enterprise Lab provides a diverse range of entrepreneurial training, programmes and accelerators that has seen it crowned one of Europe’s leading startup hubs.