2020-11-04
- Dr Rajarshi Banerjee, CEO of med-tech company Perspectum has won BAME Entrepreneur of the Year – an accolade from business technology news website TechRound, which ranked the top 50 BAME-driven and founded businesses and startups in the UK, praised for their innovation and contribution to the UK’s fast-growing startup scene, whilst breaking social barriers along the way.
- A total of 500 applications were entered, judged by Linda Plant; successful entrepreneur and renowned interviewer on BBC’s The Apprentice, as well as Rajeeb Dey, co-Founder of Learnebly and Startup Britain, Kike Oniwinde, Former Team GB athlete and CEO of BYP Network and Bindi Karia, the UK’s ‘Queen of Startups.’
- Oxford graduate Dr Rajarshi Banerjee developed the magnetic resonance imaging techniques for rapid non-invasive liver assessment in Oxford, and commercialised the method as LiverMultiScan, which is now FDA cleared and used in over 200 sites.
- Dr Banerjee set up imaging diagnostics company Perspectum in 2012 – it is now the biggest life science start-up to come out of Oxford University. The company has won 18 grants, had $11m direct funding and $100m funded for global research. They are one of the fastest growing life science company’s in the UK with ambitious plans to play a vital role in the race against liver disease using cutting-edge LiverMultiScan technology.
- In addition, they have been running an ongoing study using their imaging technology to map the long-term health impact and legacy of COVID-19 on survivors – COVERSCAN.
- Dr Banerjee reacted to topping the list by saying: “I am both proud and honoured to have topped this list and I am grateful that you have given a platform for diversity to be embraced in the tech and health sectors.
“This is particularly important to me as at Perspectum, we employ our staff as part of a method we call ‘embraced diversity’ rather than tick box diversity. Our company has more than 50 per cent females on our payroll and they come from all corners of the globe.”
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