SPARK 2.0 Residential
SPARK is the newest pathway for University of Cambridge students, researchers and recent alumni to materialise their ideas into action. Created by King’s E-Lab in partnership with Founders at the University of Cambridge, our four-week residential incubator is designed to validate bold ideas, early-stage products and social ventures.
Welcoming co-founding teams and individuals from all Colleges at the University of Cambridge (undergraduates completing their studies in summer 2026, postgraduate students, researchers, and recent alumni), teams will emerge with a validated business model, pathway to product, a strong understanding of team dynamics, and a segue way to seed-stage funding or scaling their impact.
The King's entrepreneurship community has a proven track record of supporting new ventures including Nemesis, PoliValve, Asan, and ViraHealth in health and wellbeing, Echion Technologies in battery design, RoboK in robotics, and WaterScope in water purification. Meanwhile Founders at the University of Cambridge has accelerated high-tech companies Nanomation, Xterna, and Molyon. These companies have cumulatively raised more than £50 million in funding.
Introducing SPARK 2.0 Cohort
Bringing together participants from across the University, we have an ambitious group of founders building across AI, health, deep-tech, climate, energy, fin-tech, future of work, materials, journalism, sport, food safety and more!
SPARK 2.0 Launch Event
We celebrated the launch of SPARK 2.0 at Balderton, bringing together the newly selected cohort, investors, mentors and members of the King's E-Lab community to welcome the new founders and introduce them to the wider ecosystem. Suranga Chandratillake, General Partner of Balderton Capital also joined E-lab co-founder Kamiar Mohaddes for a conversation on trends in UK and European Venture. Find highlights from the conversation below!
WHEN: 24 August – 25 September 2026
WHERE: King’s College, Cambridge and Balderton Capital