We are delighted to announce the finalists of the 2019 Postdoc Business Plan Competition.
It has been another year of high calibre submissions. As a result, the judges elected to send six business plans through to the final round.
The postdoctoral researchers, and their affiliations, are:
The Grand Finale will be held on Thursday 31 October when the finalists will pitch their business ideas in front of an audience of experts in spin-out investment.
The judges include Anne Dobrée, Head of Seed Funds at Cambridge Enterprise, Ashutosh Trehan, President of the Entrepreneurial Postdocs of Cambridge, a member of Cambridge Innovation Capital and Iris Good, Member of the Cambridge Enterprise Investment Committee.
The finalists’ pitches will be judged on a number of criteria, including each business’s competitive position, the potential for new business creation and the teams’ collective skill set.
The competition is sponsored by Taylor Vinters and Hardcastle Burton.
Up to three prizes in total will be awarded.
With special thanks to ideaSpace for providing all six finalists with part-time membership for up to two people for 12 months.
If you entered but didn’t make it through to the finals, we hope you have learned from your mentors and that the process has helped you in moving your business idea forward.
Congratulations to all the finalists. We’ll see you at the grand finale. Good luck!