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ventureversity

@ventureversity

Growing university ideas in partnership with researchers, students and businesses.

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Leicester Startups (@leicstartups) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Know a thing or two about streamlining feedback? 🎓 DR Himanshu Kaul from University of Leicester is looking to turn his innovation, LeicSurvey, into commercial reality. 👀 Can YOU help him? buff.ly/42LvUp5

Know a thing or two about streamlining feedback?

🎓 DR Himanshu Kaul from <a href="/uniofleicester/">University of Leicester</a> is looking to turn his innovation, LeicSurvey, into commercial reality.

👀 Can YOU help him?

buff.ly/42LvUp5
Leicester Startups (@leicstartups) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is a nice write-up from Jay Ludditt, an advisor and mentor on ventureversity, a brand new collaboration between us and University of Leicester, Loughborough University and De Montfort University Have a quick read 👇 boldperspective.co.uk/post/supportin…

William A Wells (@willawells) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Plenty of time for researchers to log their ideas on ventureversity.org and business partners to review ideas on the site, see what they think they could add value to and register for the mixer events University of Leicester DMU Enterprise & Business Services Loughborough University

Leicester Startups (@leicstartups) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What is ventureversity? It's an Innovate UK funded project aimed at turning academic ideas into commercial reality 🚀 We're collaborating with our three local universities on it and our first event is this Thursday 7th March William A Wells can explain more 👇

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80 people registered! 🤯 We've now got 80 people signed up for our first VentureVersity mixer session tomorrow (Thurs)! Don't miss out 👇 buff.ly/4bMgx3R

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G'morning from Loughborough University! We've kicked off our second ventureversity mixer session and we’re looking forward to hearing from more academics pitching their innovations to a packed room full of founders, investors, mentors and more! 🎓 Academia 🤝Entrepreneurship 🚀

G'morning from <a href="/lborouniversity/">Loughborough University</a>!

We've kicked off our second <a href="/ventureversity/">ventureversity</a> mixer session and we’re looking forward to hearing from more academics pitching their innovations to a packed room full of founders, investors, mentors and more!

🎓 Academia 🤝Entrepreneurship 🚀
Leicester Startups (@leicstartups) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So far at our second Mixer Session, we've heard pitches on... 👊 Eradicating workplace bullying 🧠 Detecting concussions 🦠 A test for Lyme disease 🛬 Docking for drones 🧑‍🎓 An app that generates student feedback Check out ventureversity.org for all of these projects 🚀

So far at our second Mixer Session, we've heard pitches on...

👊 Eradicating workplace bullying
🧠 Detecting concussions
🦠 A test for Lyme disease
🛬 Docking for drones
🧑‍🎓 An app that generates student feedback

Check out ventureversity.org for all of these projects 🚀
William A Wells (@willawells) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just a few hours away from the ventureversity mixer event University of Leicester and hosted by University of Leicester Services for Business . It promises to be an exciting exchange of ideas and people working to grow innovation in the City and County! Really excited to see how it goes.

William A Wells (@willawells) 's Twitter Profile Photo

ventureversity is absolutely smashing it University of Leicester mixer event. The quality of the concepts is extraordinary -from Heritage, through cardiograms, enhancing patient experiences. Brilliant pitches from all of the researchers. A great community of businesses and students!

<a href="/ventureversity/">ventureversity</a> is absolutely smashing it <a href="/uniofleicester/">University of Leicester</a> mixer event. The quality of the concepts is extraordinary -from Heritage, through cardiograms, enhancing patient experiences. Brilliant pitches from all of the researchers. A great community of businesses and students!
William A Wells (@willawells) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The very first ventureversity cohort of potential academic entrepreneurs comes together University of Leicester with our partners dmuleicester Loughborough University and Leicester Startups - supported by Research England it will create new ventures across many sectors - economic growth from research!

The very first <a href="/ventureversity/">ventureversity</a> cohort of potential academic entrepreneurs comes together <a href="/uniofleicester/">University of Leicester</a> with our partners <a href="/dmuleicester/">dmuleicester</a> <a href="/lborouniversity/">Loughborough University</a> and <a href="/LeicStartups/">Leicester Startups</a> - supported by <a href="/ResEngland/">Research England</a> it will create new ventures across many sectors - economic growth from research!
Leicester Startups (@leicstartups) 's Twitter Profile Photo

⚡️ NEWS ⚡️ 12 budding startups from our pre-accelerator have won grant funding and a place on to the next phase of our ventureversity programme to help turn their innovations into reality! Read more: leicesterstartups.com/startups-found…

⚡️ NEWS ⚡️

12 budding startups from our pre-accelerator have won grant funding and a place on to the next phase of our <a href="/ventureversity/">ventureversity</a> programme to help turn their innovations into reality!

Read more: leicesterstartups.com/startups-found…
William A Wells (@willawells) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Eleven potential new East Midlands businesses are a step closer to becoming reality after being chosen to join the first VentureVersity Commercial... le.ac.uk/news/2024/june… including University of Leicester clinical researcher Leyshon Griffiths with HTOPS! #citizensofchange

Eleven potential new East Midlands businesses are a step closer to becoming reality after being chosen to join the first VentureVersity Commercial... le.ac.uk/news/2024/june… including <a href="/uniofleicester/">University of Leicester</a> clinical researcher Leyshon Griffiths with HTOPS! #citizensofchange
Leicester Startups (@leicstartups) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Morning! We're feeling a lot of love following the finale of our ventureversity project with dmuleicester, University of Leicester & Loughborough University ❤️ You can read all about it in our weekly newsletter, as well as news of a high growth accelerator, our next Demo Day and more 👇

Leicester Startups (@leicstartups) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"What an incredible journey!" New startup founders from across Leicestershire’s three universities have been reflecting on their time as the first cohort of the VentureVersity programme. buff.ly/3ZeuDFy

William A Wells (@willawells) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An important piece of analysis as ever -albeit identifying some challenging trends derived from 3 major drivers: Geopolitics, Business doing R&D in other global locations and, of course the financial challenges facing the UK HEIs. Partnership is more important than ever.