The New Enterprise Competition
Win funding for your business through the University’s flagship start-up competition.
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Every year we award £35,000 of funding to entrepreneurial students, staff and alumni. These start-ups cover a broad range of areas from jewellery design to novel vertical farming technologies.
We provide funding for all levels of start-up through three stages; supporting University of Bristol Entrepreneurs from Ideation, through Development Stage to Growth Stage of their ventures.
Winners join a prestigious group of start-ups and spinouts and are part of the 20-year tradition of celebrating and rewarding entrepreneurship at the University of Bristol.
The three stages of the New Enterprise Competition
Each section has a resource link with more information about that stage.
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IDEATION
For the idea generators, explorers and creators; anyone wishing to develop entrepreneurial skills or a budding start-up idea.
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DEVELOPMENT
For all the entrepreneurially minded who want to build up skills and knowhow; for creators who have early-stage businesses with a clear vision.
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GROWTH
For the bold and ambitious and for registered businesses seeking to expand their operation and are ripe for investors.
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Email basecamp@bristol.ac.uk if you have questions about:
- enterprise support
- sponsoring our programming
- becoming a mentor.
Meet the 2023-24 winner of the New Enterprise Competition - SLANT.
We are thrilled to announce our overall winner, SLANT, winning £15,000 plus 12 months of incubation at SETSquared. They also won a £3,000 bonus prize from competition sponsor, Engineers in Business.
SLANT is building electric trolleys – called ‘e-carriages’ – to help shoppers get their groceries home. They want to reduce the 4.5 billion car journeys made to the shops in England each year and help those who do not drive to get their shopping home easily and sustainably.
SLANT co-founder, Artemis Fragkopoulos (pictured above) said:
“It is amazing. We’ll use this to develop a minimal marketable product, to get pre-orders and start generating revenue”.
Meet our other winners:
Weronika Stelmach (Weaving Change) won £7,500 and a six-month membership at SETsquared Bristol for her fashion app Swerv, which aims to connect people with their wardrobes through an app that lets you digitise your clothes, and try them on your own customisable avatar.
Louisa Billington (Accomodeep) won £2,500 for her start-up, Accommodeep, which is developing the first wearable deep-pressure device that is suitable for people with breasts.
Deeshen Shah (Lettus Digest) also won £1,500 in the People’s Choice Award, receiving the most votes in an extremely close public campaign.
Basecamp Newsletter
Current students
If you are a current student then sign up to the monthly Basecamp newsletter using your university email address. You can keep informed about our events, competition deadlines, and enterprise news.
Externals and graduates
If you do not have access to your university email address or are external to the university, then please sign up for the monthly Basecamp newsletter using this MS Form.
The Basecamp Enterprise Team
Whether you want to start your own business, develop your entrepreneurial mindset or do a bit of both, the Basecamp Enterprise team can support you in achieving your ambitions
Meet our brilliant New Enterprise Competition sponsors:
The New Enterprise Competition is made possible by our incredible sponsors and mentors.
This year's sponsors are Engineers in Business Fellowship, SETsquared Partnership, and VWV
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