{"id":7655,"date":"2026-09-16T11:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/?p=7655"},"modified":"2026-09-16T11:13:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:13:23","slug":"imperial-build-week-wilbe-18-25-september-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/2026\/09\/16\/imperial-build-week-wilbe-18-25-september-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Imperial Build Week &#8211; Wilbe: 18 &#8211; 25 September 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilbe.com\/weeks\"><strong>Imperial Build Week<\/strong><\/a> runs online from <strong>September 18 to September 25<\/strong> for Imperial scientists and engineers exploring big company ideas from their research or technical work.<\/p>\n<p>Build Weeks are 7-day, online cohorts where scientists and engineers go from idea to investment readiness &#8211; with structure, sharp feedback, and direct access to the Wilbe team through office hours. Participants may be considered for a first-check investment and a place on the next in-person founder residency in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>No fee. No equity required to participate. No strings &#8211; we partner where there&#8217;s strong mutual fit, and only if you want us to. Founded in 2021, Wilbe has built and invested in generational companies from Proxima Fusion to Apoha on day zero, with a combined portfolio value of $3.25B to date.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/app.wilbe.com\/apply\/4f32ae4\">https:\/\/app.wilbe.com\/apply\/4f32ae4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"427\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7656\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/files\/2026\/09\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"427\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7657\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/files\/2026\/09\/Picture2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imperial Build Week runs online from September 18 to September 25 for Imperial scientists and engineers exploring big company ideas from their research or technical work. Build Weeks are 7-day, online cohorts where scientists and engineers go from idea to investment readiness &#8211; with structure, sharp feedback, and direct access to the Wilbe team through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":242,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16586,320927,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internships-volunteering-work-experience-opportunities","category-competitions-projects","category-events"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/242"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7655"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7659,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7655\/revisions\/7659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}