← BackFellows.
23 founders building in frontier tech in the Autumn 2026 cohort, plus the fellows who came before them.
Autumn 2026 cohort.
Alvaro
Social Gravity
The control layer for AI identity: people verify themselves, set terms for how their face and voice are used, get paid and revoke future use.
Amogh
Altis
Geospatial intelligence that turns satellite radar imagery into actionable insight for organisations responding to natural disasters.
Borys
Building in fraud prevention.
Daniel
CareerBay
Award-winning non-profit helping young people across the UK access work experience, apprenticeships and careers advice.
Eduardo
LIMEN
A wearable that predicts panic attacks before they happen from heart rate variability, skin conductance and temperature.
Eva
Hasini
VirtualBio
A predictive layer for biology.
Kushalini
Landed
An onboarding app for international students and workers arriving in the UK.
Mahek
Samite
Agentic AI procurement software for manufacturers.
Malaika
Mustafa
ReachOS
Helps brands find, manage and measure partnerships with online communities.
Nasa
Oliver
Reasoned
Finance education, competitions and recruitment: students build a track record through real trading and case competitions, then get hired on that proof.
Pranav
Leron Systems
An AI operations system for restaurants, live in pilot.
Rebecca
Rhea
Nelvara
The verification and data layer connecting India's generic drug manufacturers with the public health buyers who need them.
Rita
Synthetic, fully defined biomaterial alternatives to Matrigel for 3D in vitro cell modelling.
Samiul
WaSun
Smart prescription eyewear with electrochromic lenses that go from clear to tinted in about a second.
Sinan
Newdryve
A marketplace connecting UK learner drivers with verified driving instructors.
Tanuj
A* AI
An AI tutor that marks A-Level written work the way an examiner does, against the real specification and mark scheme.
Tanveer
LegacyLift
AI migration of legacy COBOL systems for banks.
Vidun
MedCapture
Goal tracking for medical careers that passively captures progress, habits and gaps.
Wendy
Ossava
Personalised material and alloy selection for engineering.
Alvaro
Social Gravity
The control layer for AI identity: people verify themselves, set terms for how their face and voice are used, get paid and revoke future use.
Amogh
Altis
Geospatial intelligence that turns satellite radar imagery into actionable insight for organisations responding to natural disasters.
Borys
Building in fraud prevention.
Daniel
CareerBay
Award-winning non-profit helping young people across the UK access work experience, apprenticeships and careers advice.
Eduardo
LIMEN
A wearable that predicts panic attacks before they happen from heart rate variability, skin conductance and temperature.
Eva
Previous cohort.
Adhya Rajaram
Imperial College London
Quantum-safe encryption / AI-driven founder-investor matching (Aurentiq)
MEng Computing (AI/ML + Quantum), Quantinuum internship, ASES London Bootcamp
Alvaro Joaquin Torres Maquera
King's College London / Imperial
AI tutoring platform: Palmy.co (200,000+ users, fully bootstrapped)
UGC creator network reaching 7-figure views; PPE student
Aryan Shah
Imperial College London
Autonomous underwater vehicles for offshore energy inspection (InxTech)
MSci Geophysics; 2 signed UK pilot trials; 40% cost reduction vs ship deployments
Catherine Prada
University of Bath
Founder & VP of Bath Entrepreneurs (one of the largest student societies on campus)
Perfect 100/100 high school marks; Google Digital Garage; SETsquared IKEEP Programme
Christian Larsen
UCL (based in Menlo Park, CA)
Whole Brain Emulation (Netholabs); curated neuro-behavioural datasets
Directed graph theory, connectomics, structure-to-function emulation
Joseph Garni
University of Manchester (gap year)
AI-enabled hiring platform for Eurasia's 30M+ workers
Built zero-shot diffusion model outperforming PhD team; YC AI invitation + $1K grant; top 3 Oxford BuildX Hackathon
Leo Pauly
PhD researcher, AI & Robotics
AI-powered micro-satellites (PlasmaOrbital)
Built concept prototype solo in London apartment; dedicating next decade to LEO space tech
Mann Patira
Imperial College London
AI-first rethink of CAD and video editing tools (on interruption)
ESA CanSat (top 10 nationally); Samsung smart glasses (5th worldwide); FT-featured farmer app; Grantham Climate Institute
Mara Köhne
Imperial College London (MSc)
Smart energy for SMEs at trawa (raised €24M)
CASM track winner at run:wmn() hackathon for Acuflow (A&E AI triage)
Mihai Mesteru
University of Cambridge
Natural language to electronics / PCB design (siliXon)
MEng Engineering; Cambridge Founders Network; NATO Science for Peace contributor
Raghvi Arya
University of St Andrews
Enterprise data organisation tools; previously Lendomus (AI doc verification, 11 paying customers)
Founded St Andrews Guild (4,000 members); £2K/month blog; Lockdown Labmates (550 members, 12+ founding teams)
Siddharth Kambli
Imperial College London
Wireless Power Transfer for Space-Based Solar Power
EEG headband, Chrome extension for AI feed filtering; RL research on LLMs in social deduction games
Sonia Litwin
Royal College of Art
EEG/BCI emotion detection for VR/XR (Spirosa.io)
MEng Biomedical Engineering; Made for Meta programme; Venice Biennale participant; ACM publication
Adhya Rajaram
Imperial College London
Quantum-safe encryption / AI-driven founder-investor matching (Aurentiq)
MEng Computing (AI/ML + Quantum), Quantinuum internship, ASES London Bootcamp
Alvaro Joaquin Torres Maquera
King's College London / Imperial
AI tutoring platform: Palmy.co (200,000+ users, fully bootstrapped)
UGC creator network reaching 7-figure views; PPE student
Aryan Shah
Imperial College London
Autonomous underwater vehicles for offshore energy inspection (InxTech)
MSci Geophysics; 2 signed UK pilot trials; 40% cost reduction vs ship deployments
Catherine Prada
University of Bath
Founder & VP of Bath Entrepreneurs (one of the largest student societies on campus)
Perfect 100/100 high school marks; Google Digital Garage; SETsquared IKEEP Programme
Christian Larsen
UCL (based in Menlo Park, CA)
Whole Brain Emulation (Netholabs); curated neuro-behavioural datasets
Directed graph theory, connectomics, structure-to-function emulation