Experts show budding entrepreneurs how to grow their businesses at Seedcamp Week

By Tanya Gubbay - Wednesday 14 September 2011 Last week saw the launch of Seedcamp Week at Imperial College Business School and the Department of Computing, linking up new entrepreneurs with industry experts from across Europe. The event included over 400 mentors, including investors and marketing gurus from high profile companies such as Microsoft, Google, Facebook, eBay and Twitter, as well the founders of well-known start-ups such as Spotify, Wonga and Livebookings. Through a number of mini Seedcamps, which have taken place throughout the year, 20 start-up companies from across the world were invited to participate in the week to seek advice from experts on how to take their business to the next level. This year also saw the inclusion of 'Demo Day', where companies were able to explain their ideas to influential investors. Among the participants, was Fractal, a web-based service which converts HTML into compliant email designs. The team of two brothers was only selected last month at a mini seedcamp in London, and includes Imperial undergraduate Kahin Farah. Mr Farah, who is studying Maths and Computing explains why this programme is so important to their business: "We have already received €50,000 from winning the mini Seedcamp in August and Seedcamp Week provided a great opportunity to get everyone as excited about Fractal as we are.