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Conception X

A UK programme that turns doctoral researchers into deep technology founders during their PhD.

Program Type
PhD Venture Programme
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Focus
Doctoral Deep Tech Founders

Overview

Conception X works with doctoral students across British universities, training them to build companies from their research while they are still completing their degrees.

The timing is the innovation: catching researchers before they finish rather than hoping they return to their work commercially years later.

Program Structure

  • Part-time programme running alongside doctoral study
  • Open to PhD candidates across partner universities
  • No equity taken for participation in the core programme
  • Venture training, mentorship, and investor introductions
  • Support navigating university intellectual property arrangements

What They Look For

  • Doctoral researchers with commercially relevant work
  • Willingness to build alongside completing a thesis
  • Deep technology areas including robotics, materials, and computation
  • Enrolment at a partner institution in the United Kingdom
  • Genuine intent to found rather than curiosity alone
Notable Portfolio

Companies they've backed.

Programme alumni have founded companies in robotics, quantum technology, biotechnology, and space, many raising institutional pre-seed rounds.

Its contribution is pipeline: it substantially increases how many British doctoral researchers seriously consider founding.

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