Supporting innovation & entrepreneurship at UCL
UCL Ventures is part of the innovation ecosystem in the heart of Bloomsbury.
UCL is home to some of the world’s most ambitious research and is globally recognised for the quality, breadth and impact of its research.
As part of the wider UCL innovation ecosystem, UCL Ventures sits within the Office of the Vice‑Provost for Research, Innovation & Global Engagement, alongside Innovation & Enterprise, putting us at the heart of one of the world’s leading research-intensive universities.
We are proud to build on a legacy of world‑first discoveries, Nobel Prize–winning academics and breakthroughs that have shaped modern society.
Our role is to support and strengthen this innovation ecosystem, helping ideas move beyond the lab, clinic or studio and into the real world.
Through commercialisation, company creation and partnership, we enable knowledge exchange at scale, contributing to UCL’s strong performance in the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) and reinforcing its international reputation for research excellence with impact.
From life‑changing health technologies to climate solutions, AI and Social Ventures, our successes reflect the ambition of UCL’s researchers and the power of collaboration.
Impact Report
Impact at the heart of everything we do
UCL Ventures’ world-leading innovation is brought to life in our annual Impact Report, which spans many aspect of our expertise, as well as our own extraordinary offerings - designed to assist the departments we support at UCL.
Read the 2026 Impact ReportCommon questions
Yes, we are a wholly-owned subsidiary of the university.
Our role is to give expert support to academics, researchers and clinicians from UCL partner hospitals to take their brilliant research to market.
Our CEO is Dr Anne Lane, who has been leading UCL Ventures since 2019.
As a wholly-owned subsidiary of UCL, we’re able to act completely independently, with our own board, made up of experts in academia, venture capital and the world of business.
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