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Prototyping Problems:
Taking an Entrepreneurial 
Approach to Research

Thursdays @ 13:00 - 14.00 GMT

We run this event bi-weekly. You can select a date on the form below.


Curious to learn about designing research to optimise for real-world impact?

Join this one-hour online workshop with research commercialisation experts, Zinc VC, designed for academics and researchers:

  • Discover how to integrate user-centred design and prototyping principles seamlessly into your research process, propelling your innovations toward breakthrough products.

  • Uncover strategies that bridge the gap between academia and market success.

  • Acquire invaluable insights, empowering you to create user-centric solutions and revolutionise your approach to product development.

  • Elevate your research to new heights by mastering the art of designing for real-world impact in this dynamic session.

About Zinc

Zinc is an early stage mission-driven investor. We invest in founders to create innovative solutions and build ambitious businesses that tackle the most pressing and complex challenges facing the health of people and the planet. We select and invest in exceptional founders who can have outsized impact using cutting-edge science and technologies.

Our next cohort kicks off in May 2024 and applications are now open. If you're an innovator, entrepreneur or academic looking to tackle big challenges affecting the health of people or the planet, and want to make 2024 the year you launch your mission-driven business, we would love to hear from you.

Zinc Team - 2024