Established in 2010 to recognise and celebrate alumni who have created successful entrepreneurial value.
Successful alumni businesses often go under the radar as ventures burgeon five or ten years down the line. These awards, hosted by the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital (IEPC), recognise our entrepreneur alumni building remarkable businesses and inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Growing a thriving business throws up huge challenges, and current students can learn a lot from those who have overcome obstacles and stuck with it.
The award is also a way of showing that the School’s entrepreneurship programmes have real-world impact, and that what you learn in your time at the School can be applied to your future entrepreneurial goals.
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The awards are judged by a committee of previous award winners and the criteria includes the venture’s sales and profit levels, proven ability to raise capital, record in creating employment and the inventiveness of its business model.
The winners are immortalised with a plaque in the Ratcliffe Building.
The nominations for 2022 are now closed. Nominations take place during spring term every year.
For any information about the awards and how to nominate contact the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital at IEPC@london.edu
Early stage winner: Khalid Baareh DEMBAS2011, Cofounder of iKcon
iKcon is a leading Food Technology and Cloud-Kitchen operator in the MENA region which was acquired by the largest US operator of delivery kitchens, logistics and proximity hubs in November 2021, just three years after its launch.
Later stage winner: Yariv Cohen MBA2005, Co-founder of Ignite Power
Ignite Power connects ‘last-mile’ communities across Sub-Saharan Africa to provide them with clean, sustainable and – most importantly –affordable solar-power home systems, as well as other solar solutions, including irrigation and cooking.
Read more about the 2022 winners
Previous winners
Early-Stage Winners: Nick Doman and Will Pearson Co-founders of Ocean Bottle
Programme: MiM2018
Founded in 2018, Ocean Bottle tackles one of the greatest problems of ocean pollution in two ways. First, it enables consumers to change their behaviour by replacing single-use, non-degradable plastics with a reusable bottle that is smart-chip-activated. Second, the company allocates a percentage of sales to plastic collection by coastal communities, with each sale funding the collection of the equivalent in weight of 1,000 ocean-bound plastic bottles.
Later-Stage Winner: Akshat Garg, Co-founder of DCDC Kidney Care
Programme: SLN2019
As Co-founder and Director of DCDC Kidney Care, Akshat Garg helped create a chain of dialysis centres in 10 states in India, with more than 125 centres and 800+ dialysis machines providing affordable quality dialysis to over 6,000 patients, including many in marginalised areas. With no prior knowledge of the field, Akshat undertook to equip the company with the technical capability it needed to be a successful multi-centre chain and developed stringent operating procedures that have enabled it to achieve an incidence rate of less than 0.5% in terms of transfer of infections across dialysis sessions – an industry-best statistic.
2020
Early-Stage winner: Anuj Srivastava, Co-founder of Livspace
Programme: MBA2003
Livspace is a three-way technology platform for interior design that connects homeowners, designers and vendors (suppliers and contractors) to provide a predictable and trusted home design and renovation service.
Later-stage winner: Mark Kornfilt, President and CPO at Vimeo (Co-founder of Livestream, acquired by Vimeo in 2017)
Programme: EMBALS2014
Livestream provided B2B live-streaming. In 2017, Livestream was acquired by Vimeo, the world’s leading all-in-one video software solution. Today, Vimeo’s platform enables professionals, teams, and organisations to unlock the power of video to create, collaborate, and communicate, serving a growing community of over 200 million users – from creatives to entrepreneurs to the world’s largest companies.
Early-stage Winner Gerhard Grueter Managing Director and Co-Founder, Lawson Conner
Programme: IEP2002
Lawson Conner is a regulation technology firm and outsourced compliance services champion, serving a blue-chip client base in the financial services sector, globally.
Later-stage Winner: Richard Downs CEO Iglu.com
Programme: MBA1998
Iglu.com is Europe’s largest retailer of cruise and ski holidays. A one stop shop for cruise and ski products in a live, simple to use website backed up by product experts.
Early-stage Winner: Franz Thomas Fuerst Managing Director / CEO WebID solutions GMBH
Programme MBA 1996
WebID solutions GMBH is the initiator of a fully AML-compliant video identification and is now positioning itself to become one of the premier players in the global identity management space. They provide seamless online processes for identification and signature anytime, anywhere, from any device. WebID has created a brand new space with AML-compliant video identification, receiving approval from the German Federal Ministry of Finance as the first company ever. WebID was also the creator of the first signature service based on the Qualified Electronic Signature as defined by the eIDAS regulation, enabling a real-time online lending process for the first time in Central Europe.
Later-stage Winner: Saurav Chopra CEO and Co-Founder Perkbox
Programme: MBA 2004
Perkbox is a cloud-based employee perks and engagement platform serving business of all sizes. Perkbox believes that happy and engaged employees perform better and stick around for longer. To that end, they’ve created a platform that rewards and recognises employees to help build happier, more productive company cultures.
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2017 |
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Le Cab - Benjamin Cardozo MiM2011 |
Feedzai - Nuno Sebastiao SEMBA2009 |
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2016 |
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Move Guides - Brynne Herbert MBA2012 |
Brightwave - Charles Gould JEMBA2006 |
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2015 |
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Vagabond wines - Stephen Finch MBA2005 |
Dharma Life - Gaurav Mehta MBA2010 |
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2014 |
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Martinhal Beach Resort & Hotel - Chitra Stern MBA2000 |
WorldRemit - Ismail Ahmed DLEMBA2010 |
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2013 |
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Tortilla Mexican Grill - Brandon Stephens MBA2005 |
Dr Thom - Dr Thom Van Every MBA2002 |
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2012 |
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Encore International - Mark Dickinson MiFPT1998 |
OmniComplete - Simon Schneider MBA2007 and Janeen Chupa-Brimacombe MBA2007 |
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2011 |
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Research Now - Chris Havemann MBA1999 |
QualitySolicitors - Saleem Arif MBA2005 |
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2010 |
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Regent's Park Healthcare - Anil Ohri SEMBA1999 |
NX Bakery Group - Ian Zilberkweit MiFPT2000 |
The award for early-stage entrepreneurs has gone to ocean Bottle co-founders Will Pearson and Nick Doman, while Akshat Garg scooped the award for later-stage companies for co-founding Delhi-headquartered DCDC Kidney Care.
Livspace co-founder Anuj Srivastava MBA2003 and Mark Kornfilt EMBALS2014, co-founder of Livestream, have been recognised by the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital (IIE) for their entrepreneurial achievements.
LBS alumni Franz Thomas Fuerst and Saurav Chopra are recognised for creating exceptional entrepreneurial value
A former hedge fund partner and a frustrated skier, who both turned stumbling blocks into successful businesses, have been recognised at the Accomplished Entrepreneur Awards.
