Start-ups will find it hard to survive, says Alice Gast
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She added that the main question then would be how to have a sustainable infrastructure, given that start-ups need space, funding (VC and
seed funding), mentorship and a learning environment.
"If the failure rate in high, then how can they survive"? Gast said.
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She further added that Imperial College has been UK's leading university in producing start-ups in the last 10 years, saying that the college has been supporting Indian students in becoming entrepreneurs by providing mentorship, and teaching pitching skills, while also helping them design concrete business plans and creating markets.
"We are also focusing on sustainable social entrepreneurship for serving the societal problems", Gast said.
Over the last decade, Imperial College has provided incubation facilities to several spinout companies that have later given more than USD one billion to the college as investments.
"… so far we have not been collaborating with Indian peers in the start-up space. But Imperial College has a number of partnerships with Indian counterparts, especially the IITs, for research in science and technology," she said.
Even though there has been a slowdown in the number of Indian students in other UK universities, Imperial College has nearly 300 Indian students as of now.
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