We ran a half-day virtual Project Planning workshop with 6 leading food brands to help Imperial College London, Quadram Institute and John Innes Centre apply for a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) grant to commercialise cutting-edge research to benefit public health.

We enabled Wellcome Genome Campus scientists to develop entrepreneurial skills to translate research into tangible innovations to solve humanity’s greatest challenges.

We designed and ran MedTechBOOST, a one-week sprint for Health Innovation East to create early-stage ventures for the NHS. We applied our systematic lean venture-building process and created AI-based MedTech ventures to tackle challenges in Mental Health and Healthy Ageing.

Studio Zao have inspired healthcare innovation researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research to develop the entrepreneurial capabilities of its top researchers through a yearly Entrepreneurship Bootcamp to support them in developing viable commercial applications of their research.

Discover how Studio Zao partnered with University College London (UCL) to deliver a 1-day virtual Lean Entrepreneurship bootcamp. Students, staff, alumni and researchers collaborated in teams, developed startup propositions, and pitched innovative ideas through a Demo Day showcase.

Partnering with Crisis’ Venture Studio to tackle homelessness by developing housing solutions and mentoring start-ups driving social impact.

We helped the Chief Digital Officer at AptarGroup secure ExComm approval for a new digital product to pilot with their global FMCG customers.

We helped Pearson build an actionable strategic view on the Metaverse for education in an intensive workshop at the Epic Games Innovation Lab.

Studio Zao is proud to support Hymid through the IMPACT Torbay programme, funded by the UK Government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). The initiative helps local businesses build resilience, unlock innovation, and drive sustainable growth. This is Hymid’s journey.

Partnered with Gojek to upskill 300+ product managers, driving customer-centric innovation, consistency, and intrapreneurial growth.

Partnered with EY to design and run a startup programme at Innovation Realized, showcasing tech ventures driving digital transformation.

Delivering Retrofit activity in the South London ecosystem by invigorating and strengthening innovation with a new roadmap.

We created a Lean Innovation Strategy for a hedge fund to achieve strategic growth and mindset shifts that would be needed to support its evolution in the future of finance. We created a Roadmap for a hedge fund with $7B of assets under management that can be implemented practically and achieve strategic market re-positioning.