Feel Good Inc: the new Google Campus London residency is all about the positives

Meet the start-ups Google has handpicked to undergo its latest Campus London residency programme
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Amelia Heathman21 September 2018

Tech for good is a hot topic. The economic argument is clear: Accenture predicts tech focusing on solving society’s problems will become a $12 trillion market opportunity by 2030.

Duly, the industry’s biggest companies are sitting up. Take Google, whose latest Campus residency programme, which will run for four months, brings together six start-ups who want to make a positive impact.

So how does it work? From now until Christmas, the handpicked start-ups will receive office space in Campus’s Old Street HQ, and workshops and mentoring from a team of Googlers.

The most important aspect of the programme is the community the start-ups are welcomed into. “What we do here is recognise that it’s not just two guys in a garage but a community that creates great companies,” says Amrit Dhir, acting head of Campus London.

The hope is that residencies will become a standard feature of Google Campus’s offering. “Our mission is to support start-ups and see how we can make an impact,” he adds.

The six new start-ups are focusing on areas such as mental health, skin care and drug development (Google )
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Meet the Campus cohort

Alice:

A blockchain platform that demonstrates exactly where charity donations go and how they’re having an impact. Alice wants to encourage social organisations to become more transparent and reassure people that their donation is having a positive effect on the world.

GTN:

Focusing on drug development, GTN is combining machine learning and quantum physics to speed up drug discovery. The start-up is led by Syrian-born Dr Noor Shaker and hopes to develop medicines targeting neurological diseases.

KareInn:

Part of a growing group of start-ups targeting social care, KareInn is a mobile app designed to coordinate care and ease the admin burden for carers, co-founded by Lloyds Banking Group’s former head of digital product, Rachelle Mills.

Labstep:

Labstep is a free tool available for scientists and researchers to make their lab work more organised and effective. With a built-in timer, the ability to add images and connect devices, it’s like a digital notebook that can make reproducing research faster and easier.

SciApps:

Female-led company SciApps is the brains behind Skin Ninja, an app that wants to show you the truth about what's hiding in your skincare products, from allergens to carcinogens. The beauty industry needs to watch out.

Spill:

The chat-based therapist is here thanks to Spill. There isn’t enough time and money to match therapists with those who need them, but Spill’s handy app gives you a qualified counsellor at your fingertips, ready to chat through the things bothering you the most.

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