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million in seed investment as it readies its second cohort and mission
university LSE, and a number of angel investors.Launched late last year, Zinc helps build startups almost from scratch
mission around a broader theme
The debut programme, which was used to prove the model and is currently drawing to a close, set out to create startups that can tackle the
This saw 55 prospective founders and entrepreneurs participate, resulting in 17 new companies being formed.They span tech-enabled businesses
working on problems as diverse as perinatal mental health, loneliness amongst the elderly, young women discovering sexual pleasure,
stress-related physical conditions like IBS, women walking safely in cities, new talking therapies, and more
One criteria of Zinc-founded companies is that the resulting solution needs to be applicable globally, and that the problem being tackled
the company builder is currently recruiting for, will see it focus on the 150 million people living in places that have been hit hard by
automation and globalisation over the last 20 or 30 years, as traditional industries in those areas have declined (e.g
creative individuals who are driven by the mission, and are keen to set up a new business
sentiment and says that Zinc has got off to a great start with its first mission
also sees it effectively become a founder of the burgeoning company builder
The London university is leading a new consortium of U.K
10 Policy Unit and previously a senior partner at KPMG), Saul Klein (co-founder of LocalGlobe and a serial tech entrepreneur), and Professor
Julia Black (Pro-Director for Research at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Board Member of U.K
