UCE Summer Startup Showcase

Support the next generation of entrepreneurs launching impactful ventures!

On Thursday 8th February 2024 the UC Centre for Entrepreneurship will be showcasing our latest cohort of student-founded ventures seeking to make an impact in the world. Join us to celebrate our top 8 ventures pitching their ideas and venture ambitions!

Event: UCE Summer Startup Showcase

Date: Thursday, 8th February 2024

Time: 5:15pm – 8:00pm

Location: The Piano, 156 Armagh Street, Christchurch

The 2023/24 Summer Startup Programme features a diverse range 15 ventures and 17 participants, whose ideas range from a bespoke series of nature-rich classical music events, a computer vision powered refereeing system for badminton, a powdered oatmilk that tastes great and eliminates unnecessary packaging, through to a propolsion unit for cube satelittes that increases service life and reduces space junk.

Now in our 11th year, the Summer Startup programme is an intensive 10 week validator and accelerator programme that empowers students with the capabilities and support to launch their ventures. We’ve got a rich alumni of entrepreneurs and ventures including:

Hannah Duder (Indigo & Iris)
Luke Campbell & Lucy Turner (VXT)
Logan Williams (serial inventor and entrepreneur)

Chris Bacon & Jack Wood (Komodo Wellbeing)
Kendall Flutey (Banqer)
Ben Scales & William Murrell (Kiwifibre)
Monique Lau (Endosoothe)

This year our ventures and participants have been exposed to 90 + guest speakers, workshop facilitators, and mentors including Brianne West (Ethique, Business but Better, IncrediBalls), Vaughan Fergusson (Vend), James Laughlin, Guy Horrocks, Icehouse Ventures, Blackbird, NZGCP, and many more inspiring entrepreneurs and leading business professionals. We’ve added more in-depth facilitated workshops, weekly customer enquiry challenges, and field trips to the likes of Kea Aerospace, Partly, and Peerage Product.

Please come and join us for our final pitch night, be inspired by the innovative ideas and ventures our participants have been creating, and support the next generation of entrepreneurs seeking to make an impact in the world.

Thanks for your support, we look forward to seeing you at the Summer Startup Showcase event.

Ngā mihi,

The UCE Team