Perks & tools
Special deals and handy tools for a smoother startup journey.E-Lab Perks
We have special deals with some essential services. Here are the partners we’re working with.
Amazon Web Services
On-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs.
$5,000 in AWS promotional credit –
Hubspot
Software products for inbound marketing, sales, and customer service.
Get 90% off year 1, 50% off in the second year and 25% off ongoing.
Locals
An IRL social networking app for entrepreneurs and founders. Unlock new community connections, personal growth, access to exclusive events and special meetings with unicorn founders.
Get 3 months premium membership trial for free.
Notion
Productivity software with notes, databases, kanban boards, wikis, calendars and reminders.
Get $1,000 in free Notion credits.
Stripe
Payment processing software and application programming interfaces for e-commerce websites and mobile applications.
Get £15,000 in Stripe processing fees waived and discounted Stripe Atlas incorporation.
Tools
Useful tools to support your day-to-day activities and events and make you and your team work smarter, not harder.
Biorender
Pre-made icons and templates from more than 30 fields of life sciences. Great for making pitch decks and websites.
Bridge
Scale your company faster and avoid operational mistakes with Bridge. All you need to do is provide some basic information about their business, and answer a few questions. In return you’ll get a profile on how your company compares to other companies at a similar stage of fundraising. You’ll also get a prioritised action list to help you get ready for the next round of funding.
Google Forms
Create a survey, target respondents and generate statistically significant results in just days. Great for early stage customer discovery!
Google Analytics
Gives you the free tools you need to analyse data for your business in one place, so you can make smarter decisions
Food Packaging and Labelling
Get the low-down on the legal requirements that you have to follow as a food business.
Konfer
Find knowledge, funding, R&D projects, businesses and opportunities to collaborate in one of the UK’s largest searchable databases.
Landscape
A one-stop shop for founder-friendly tools including investor lists, VC reviews (by founders) and partner discounts. The platform also encourages founders to showcase their venture to potential investors. You can also receive and offer help to other founders.
Mentimeter
Great tool for creating interactive presentations, interactive polls, quizzes and surveys available to all Imperial students staff and alumni. (NB alumni can get an alumni imperial email address to retain access)
Mural
Mural enables innovative teams to think and collaborate visually to solve problems. A great tool for collaborating with your team, especially when working remotely!
Odin
A free resource for founders to discover and contact investors anywhere.
Strategyzer
Silicon Valley originals, Alexander Osterwalder and David J. Bland have built this platform to help entrepreneurs build their company. With masterclasses, books and canvases to get you started.
The Business Model Canvas
Globally recognised software to design business models.
Value Proposition Canvas
A great tool to help you understand your customers