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Westmont Enterprise Hub

Ideas

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Idea today, entrepreneur tomorrow

The Hub is the university's ideation, innovation and incubation centre based at the heart of the St Mary's Road site.

We back brilliant business ideas and help pre-startups grow – from the flicker of something smart, through to proof of concept and on to market. We welcome those from the University, or beyond, in the west London community.

We partner ambitious entrepreneurs with the investment, resources, experts and support to make their ideas a reality.

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  • Why join the Hub?

    To help develop commercial models, technology or an idea, the Hub offers access to:

    • a co-working space with WiFi in a collaborative environment with peer mentoring
    • regular business workshops and meet-ups with business professionals
    • regular pop-up IP, legal and accounting clinics 
    • sector specialists, expert advice, support, routes to funding, coaching, the Hub WhatsApp group, and lots more from a range of experienced professionals
    • incubatees receive additional benefits such as one-to-one business advisory sessions, business modelling on canvas driving hard to produce an MVP and full due diligence programme in readiness for investment.

    We offer levels of membership to fit the ambition of local businesses already at market, ideators from the local community with a burning ambition to start a business; students and staff of the university who wish to commercialise.

    Members and Hub-based businesses enjoy free access to Hub events and free wi-fi in a multi-functional space that includes co-working space areas, private meeting rooms, work pods and a video-conferencing suite.

  • Who can join?

    • anyone with a creative business idea, innovative product design, a unique commercial solution or just something that will sell at huge scale.
    • anyone from within UWL or from west London
    • any idea in need of technical development, commercialisation or the expertise and experience of others
    • we are particularly looking for start-ups with more than one co-founder, new business ideas that can accelerate to scale very quickly

    Subscribe to our email database to receive information about the Hub.

Knowledge Hub

Case studies

  • Valitudo

    Helping patients manage their history, keep their own records and share it safely with people that matter.

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  • Book of Beasties

    Book of Beasties is an award-winning developer of mental wellness games for children that raise emotional literacy and encourage the open conversation about mental health.

    Children playing with the Book of Beasties game

  • vHelp

    vHelp, the entrepreneur-in-residence at the hub, was born during the pandemic. The founders were supporting the local community and working with charities when they spotted a big gap in the market, there is no solution out there to reimburse the expenses of people who are not on payroll.

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  • Musidex

    Musidex is a digital scrapbook for composers and songwriters. It gives them an easy and efficient way to upload, tag, and recall any music idea they've ever had.

    Alex Liberatore, founder of Musidex, standing next to a Musidex stand with the company logo showing.

  • Workscan

    Workscan is an AI-powered industrial placement portal that helps students find placements and internships using automation.

    A group of students with Workscan T shirts on, smiling and enjoying themselves.

What do people say about the Hub?

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I chose to be a part of the Hub as I love being surrounded by entrepreneurs and people who want to contribute to the world, by shaping the future to be a better place for us, our families, the planet and generations to come. I am hoping to gain new friends, knowledge and partners out of the experience." – Christos

The Hub

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Room hire

Hub-based businesses enjoy access and free Wi-Fi in a multi-functional professional space that includes shared work space areas, work pods, private meeting rooms, a video-conferencing suite, storage lockers, magazine subscriptions, kitchen and coffee maker.

The perfect facility for your next meeting, work station, workshop or any other small space requirement. In addition to the facilities we provide our businesses, we can arrange food and beverages to meet your requirements.

Located in west London, the Hub has close transport links to the tube, trains and buses.

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