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While most of us are still getting to grips with the wonders of artificial intelligence (AI), Cambridge University’s Impulse programme entrepreneurs are already working on top-tier advancements to take this transformative innovation to a new level.One of the standout participants in this year’s 2025 cohort is Dr Markus Hellenbrand, a postdoctoral R…

Cellestial Health, a pioneering pharmaceutical development spin-out from the University of Cambridge, has closed a £515,000 pre-seed equity funding round to accelerate the development of novel therapeutics targeting astrocytes, an often-overlooked cell type in the brain, with the first indication of Parkinson’s disease.Astrocytes are intricately-sh…

impulse alumni lead the charge in the battery revolutionWITH the world racing to find urgent sustainable solutions to meet its energy needs, the spotlight has turned increasingly to the crucial role of batteries.From powering electric vehicles and the next generation of consumer electronics to enabling renewable energy storage, batteries are at the…

As the journey to net zero intensifies, the climatech market is growing exponentially in lockstep. One of the most exciting recent innovations is focused on overcoming the intermittency of renewable energy in Power-to-X processes, and comes courtesy of two recent graduates of Cambridge University’s impulse innovation programme. Professor Laura Torr…

Cambridge joins forces with ARIA to fast-track radical new technologies to revolutionise brain healthA major consortium from across the Cambridge life sciences, technology and business worlds has announced a multi-million-pound, three-year collaboration with the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), the UK Government’s new research funding…

The Maxwell Centre and SAS, leaders in data and AI, jointly launch an AI & Advanced Analytics Hub to advance opportunities for the healthcare sector.Today SAS and the Maxwell Centre are launching a partnership aimed at accelerating healthcare innovation through enhanced access to advanced analytics. It will embed SAS experts and SAS® Viya® data and…

AI and analytics partnership to accelerate healthcare innovation at the University of CambridgeThe Maxwell Centre, University of Cambridge and SAS, leaders in data and AI, are establishing a new collaboration hub to advance opportunities for the healthcare sectorOn the 12 June 2024 SAS and the Maxwell Centre announced a partnership aimed at acceler…

Double Congratulations to Dr Aga Iwasiewicz-WabnigWe want to congratulate Aga for 2 outstanding achievements. The recent announcement of Aga’s appointment as Director of the Maxwell Centre is recognition of the skills Aga has developed since the inception of the Maxwell Centre. As the first two Directors of the Centre we have benefitted enormously …

A collaboration between Professor Erwin Reisner’s group at the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry and Professor Sam Stranks’s group at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology and Department of Physics has led to a scaled-up demonstrator system, built for the final of the EU Fuel from the Sun Prize. Results of the competition were…

Impulse is featured on the University of Cambridge - For Business website.---At the height of the pandemic, McKinsey published a report on innovating in a crisis. More than three quarters of the senior executives surveyed thought that COVID would provide significant opportunities for growth. However, fewer than 30 per cent of them felt confident th…

Great feature in today’s Cambridge Independent of Impulse 2022 intrapreneurial approach. The article features entrepreneur Phil O'Donovan (co-founder of CSR) who actively contributes throughout the programme and alumna Martina Pintani from Cambridge Display Technology.

We are delighted to announce the launch of Cambridge Zero Demonstrators Laboratory at the Maxwell CentreProblem and OpportunityThe Climate Emergency demands solutions ready to be delivered promptly and at scale in response to, and matched against, well-defined challenges. Climate change affects everyone, time is running out, and yet few have found …

High-resolution thermal infrared space telescopes for globally monitoring the energy efficiency of buildingsAn ongoing project within the Cambridge Zero portfolio aims to deliver high-resolution thermal infrared imaging data from space, to identify buildings for energy retrofit and to help meet the UK’s Net-Zero target.The data it will generate wil…

The Impulse Programme is recognised as unique in connecting budding entrepreneurs with highly experienced mentors, in order to refine and accelerate their ideas, as well as providing the grounds for cross-pollination of ideas and chance encounters - both during the Programme and a posteriori.It featured on yesterday's edition of Business Weekly, in…

The Maxwell Centre at the University of Cambridge (www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk) provides a platform for companies to engage with University researchers on mutually agreeable topics. The current top priority of the Maxwell Centre is to work with a range of stakeholders in support of reducing our carbon footprint in partnership with the University's Cambri…