The UK has an incredible depth of research coming out of our world-class universities. Each company pitching is a spin-out capitalising on R&D from a different university around the country. This is a chance to see deep innovation and breakthrough thinking.
Format
This exciting showcase evening will see presentations from a series of talented entrepreneurs, who will have strictly five minutes to pitch followed by five minutes of Q&A. As well as an audience voted prize, a panel of judges will announce awards for the most innovative product or service and the best pitch.
The evening will conclude with drinks and networking – a chance to meet the companies and for them to meet you!
How to attend
- If you would like to hear from these high potential companies and network with investors, media and entrepreneurs during the drinks reception, please register here.
- If you have a product or service that originates from university research, and would like to participate in the pitch, please read the below criteria and apply to participate by completing a short 5 minute form. Successful applicants will be notified by Wednesday 6 May.
Application deadline: 12pm, Wednesday 29 April
Pitching Criteria
- The product or service must fit within the Digital Catapult’s theme and challenge areas. All of our projects concern the sharing of closed data in better and more trusted ways. In particular we look at trust in the use of personal data, the licensing and sharing of creative content, data from networks of Internet of Things deployments, and closed organisational data. These represent areas of large economic opportunity and potential disruption on the one side, and strength in the UK research base on the other side.
- Each company must be able to show the genesis of their product or service from a research project at a UK university or other institute within the last two years. Just being alumni is not sufficient.
- Companies must be at a stage where there is a developed prototype or product in market, with seed funding. The event is not intended for later-stage companies.
- A maximum of one company representing each UK university will be accepted.
- At least one person must be able to attend the event in London on 13 May in person.
As well as the chance to pitch to our influential audience members and gain visibility, we anticipate continuing to work with and help the selected companies over time.
Cost: FREE
Click here to book your place at this event
About The Digital Catapult
The Digital Catapult is here to help UK businesses unlock new value from sharing proprietary data in faster, better and more trusted ways.
We help data innovators overcome and realise the opportunities around four challenges that unlock the potential of shared proprietary data in better, faster and more trusted ways. The Digital Catapult Centre is the physical embodiment of this activity.
The Digital Catapult aims to have generated £365m of additional economic revenue and made a difference to 10,000 organisations in the UK by 2018.
We build platforms for many UK small businesses to innovate on at speed and with less risk, so new digital products and services can be accelerated to market.
To achieve this we bring together a wide range of partners interested in the success of the digital economy such as:
- Large businesses
- Startups and small businesses
- And the research and academic community to name just a few.
The Digital Catapult is not a funding agency. Rather than working with small businesses on an individual-by-individual basis, we build platforms, put out open calls and other programmes for a large number of small businesses to be part of.
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