UK Varsity Startup Challenge - Startup Submission
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@VarsityVentures
Provide a pla7orm to help university startups access mentorship & funding up to £300k
Support students & universiAes to incubate and develop
startups MoAvate & inspire students to be more entrepreneurial
and start businesses
To help nurture and connect the next generaAon of BriAsh entrepreneurs
Overview
2015 Timeline
Review 200
Shortlist 50
Finalists 10
Winner 1
EducaAonal MarkeAng
UK Roadshow @ Computer Science, Engineering & Entrepreneurial departments / socieAes Promote the Challenge to students, graduates & universiAes throughout the UK EducaAonal talks covering Lean startup methodology & access to mentoring Rapid prototyping at hackathons through a ‘test-‐measure-‐learn’ approach IdenAfy talent, ideas and technology from leading universiAes
Shape
Startup SelecAon Process
ConstrucAve feedback provided to 200+ startups University InnovaAon Conference in London to celebrate entrepreneurial and enterprise educaAon:
-‐ Pitch events to select 10 Finalists from a Shortlist of 50 university startups -‐ Opportunity for students and graduates to engage with leaders in the startup community -‐ Enterprise track for universiAes to learn about innovaAon ecosystem development
Labs & AcceleraAon
Robust selecAon of startup teams through university tour & selecAon pitch day process Office space, intensive mentoring, training, networking & peer-‐to-‐peer feedback over 4 weeks Proven development model through rapid iteraAon, product & customer development Corporate & investor training / matching to facilitate seed funding up to £300k Demo day in front of 200 of London’s leading investors and startup media
UVSC Team
Fergie Miller Founder
(Base Camp, Compass Offices, Venture Scout, Auto Store Company)
Tony Fish Advisor
(SBT Venture Capital, iNeed, FabLab London, InnovaAon Warehouse)
Maahew Stafford Advisor
(BNY Mellon, Collider12, StudentUpstarts, 9others)
Tobias Stone Advisor
(EyeFocus Accelerator, DotForge Accelerator, University of Huddersfield, AdriaAc Advisors)
UVSC Partners
University Startup Ecosystem
An online pla7orm to support and grow innovaAon in UK universiAes through digital & social media channels
A network of 100+ ambassadors that promote innovaAon, idenAfy talent and source
startups at universiAes throughout the UK
50+ advisors / mentors from leading London startups and corporates who provide mentorship and thought leadership during the Challenge
ACCESS TO MENTORSHIP & FUNDING
Provide access world-‐class mentorship & up to £300k seed funding
Benefits
PROMOTE YOUR UNIVERSITY
Help your university develop a reputaAon for enterprise & entrepreneurship
Benefits
Benefits
GRADUATE RECRUITMENT
Help students stand out and demonstrate business & technical skills
GET CONNECTED
Connect your startup with leading entrepreneurs, investors & technology
companies
Benefits
Thank you
To submit your startup and win a place on our summer Pop Up Lab and the chance to be crowned the UK Varsity Startup Challenge
Winner 2015 please visit:
ukvarsitystartupchallenge.com/submit-‐my-‐startup