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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