Pitchfest 2019
“I was incredibly impressed by both the organisation and scale of the event. More importantly from our point of view, the Showcase was very well attended by quality investors who proactively engaged with us.” Nia Dokova, Director of Sutrue and Pitchfest 2019 Spring edition Finalist.
Pitchfest on Tour
Pitchfest returns to St John’s Innovation Centre as part of the national programme rollout. We’re delighted to announce that applications are now open for the 7th Cambridge edition of Pitchfest. APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN for the Pitchfest 2019 Autumn cohort of ambitious companies in the East of England with innovative products & services who […]
PAST EVENT – Workshop #7 LEAN HARDWARE
Are you a researcher wanting to exploit your ICT research results and have you considered them as a spin-off, patent or licence? Are you an ICT start-up looking to bring a new idea or process to market? Have you been working hard on developing new ground-breaking technologies and disruptive services, but when it comes to […]
Pitchfest 2019
Applications close on Tuesday, 5th March at noon St John’s Innovation Centre is now accepting applications for the Pitchfest 2019 Spring cohort of ambitious companies with innovative products & services who have the potential to scale or who are already scaling and are looking to raise between £100k – £1m. Delivered by Enterprise Europe Network in partnership with the Knowledge Transfer […]
Pitchfest returns for 2019: Applications are now open
We’re delighted to announce Pitchfest dates for the 2019 edition! Delivered by Enterprise Europe Network in partnership with the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) and held at St John’s Innovation Centre, Pitchfest 2019 is a highly focused training and showcase programme designed to help ambitious business founders develop the necessary skills to become pitch ready. We […]
Prism reveals new public training programme for 2019
Prism Training & Consultancy announces new academic rate for 2019 public statistical training programme. A selection of statistical workshops open to all levels of experience that blends interactive learning with real-life case studies and plenty of “hands-on” experience with various different software packages. The full public workshop programme can be viewed here, with courses taking […]
New event to help entrepreneurs turn users into customers
Building on the success of the MERLIN ICT Cambridge workshop ‘Entrepreneurial Mindset’ with David Gill as a guest speaker exploring principles of effectuation as an approach to entrepreneurship, the team at The Centre is inviting researchers, post-docs, SMEs and start-ups to the fifth event in a series, ‘Interpreting the Customer and UX’ on 22nd January […]
Invested Investor backs Pitchfest to boost angel-entrepreneur dialogue
St John’s Innovation Centre has teamed up with The Invested Investor for this year’s two editions of Pitchfest, a highly-focused training and showcase programme aimed at ambitious companies with innovative products and services who have the potential to scale and are looking to raise between £100k – £1m. The Invested Investor, a social enterprise project, […]
UX strategist to share how to find customers for innovative technologies
St John’s Innovation Centre is delighted to welcome Dr Anna Mieczakowski as a guest speaker to the third event in a series of interactive business workshops aimed at researchers, start-ups and SMEs who want to take their ideas to market. Customer Discovery is a third fully funded workshop delivered under the MERLIN (Methodologies for […]
Pitchfest Autumn Dates Announced
We are delighted to announce the dates for the Pitchfest 2018 Autumn Edition! Delivered by Enterprise Europe Network in partnership with the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) and held at St John’s Innovation Centre, Pitchfest 2018 is a highly focused training and showcase programme designed to help ambitious business founders develop the necessary skills to […]