Submit your startup and win a place on our 4 week summer Pop Up lab and the chance to be crowned the UK Varsity Startup Winner 2015 with up to £300k investment from leading London investors

1. Startup
Submissions
Powered
by
@VarsityVentures

2. 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

3. 2015
Timeline
Review
200
Shortlist
50
Finalists
10
Winner
1

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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)

8. UVSC
Partners

9. 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

10. ACCESS
TO
MENTORSHIP
&
FUNDING
Provide
access
world-­‐class
mentorship
&
up
to
£300k
seed
funding
Benefits

11. PROMOTE
YOUR
UNIVERSITY
Help
your
university
develop
a
reputaAon
for
enterprise
&
entrepreneurship
Benefits

12. Benefits
GRADUATE
RECRUITMENT
Help
students
stand
out
and
demonstrate
business
&
technical
skills

13. GET
CONNECTED
Connect
your
startup
with
leading
entrepreneurs,
investors
&
technology
companies
Benefits

14. 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