VentureVersity

VentureVersity, aimed at turning academic ideas into commercial reality through spin-outs and business collaborations. Led by the University of Leicester in partnership with Loughborough University, De Montfort University and Community Interest Company Leicester Startups Start Ups, is offering support for to up to ten selected ideas. This support includes allocated resources, with the potential for up to £50,000 in grant funding to accelerate the development process for various activities such as market research, business planning, and technology and market development. Want to get involved? 👇 Sign up to attend the Mixer Sessions to hear academics pitch their business idea, network and to find a project to collaborate on. Be quick! Spaces are limited! https://lnkd.in/eQxJNhPX Are you an academic with a business idea? Submit your application here: https://lnkd.in/emJJc_q7 William Wells Sam Larke Jorna C. Ben Ravilious Anjuu Trevedi MBEMonalie Bandulasena Ahtesham Mahmood Nick Gostick Steve Hobbs #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #StartupLife #BusinessDevelopment #Networking

Loughborough University 🤝 University of Leicester 🤝 De Montfort University Another fantastic partnership between our three universities This time to help startups in Rutland 👇

Good morning! Hope you had a warm weekend! ☕️ Grab a cuppa and have a read of your local startups newsletter 👇

"The Venture Capitalists in attendance were clear that the standard was high or higher than might have been expected from any university in the UK” This is a lovely write-up of our event with British Business Bank earlier this month where a selection of our Academic Entrepreneurs pitches their startups to a panel of experts and investors. https://lnkd.in/ezANY4qJ You can register for our showcase event for November, where you can watch our cohort of 'academic entrepreneurs' pitch to a live audience! https://lnkd.in/eW--t6zw

We've got a busy end to 2024! Get these dates in your diaries (and register): 🗓️ 24th Oct: On Tour co-working day at DMU Innovation Centre https://buff.ly/3BJVlxJ 🗓️ 27th Nov: VentureVersity Demo Day https://buff.ly/3YkGC5h 🗓️ 11th Dec: Leicester Startups Accelerator Demo Day https://buff.ly/3U8NCPY

Confirmed ✅ We've got a date and venue for our next 'On Tour' popup co-working day! Join us on Thurs 24th Oct at The Innovation Centre - DMU for a whole day of exclusive co-working for startup founders

Safe to say that we are with Lord O'Neill on this one 👇 "A former Treasury minister will on Wednesday urge more government support for "credible" university spinout ventures as a glut of new vehicles try to raise hundreds of millions of pounds to back academics" https://lnkd.in/ec5b-2nn

Where are you working tomorrow? We're going to the Silver Arcade 😍 Join us for a day of founder co-working and networking in a beautiful setting! Limited places available so contact us if interested

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“The biggest and most effective engine to tackle poverty is the business community" A number of Leicestershire founded startups have been highlighted in a new report examining the role of business in creating jobs and supporting growth https://buff.ly/3T6rHse