After an intensive ten weeks, the Startup Academy is drawing to a close. We invite you to join us at the Digital Greenhouse to celebrate all the hard work of the businesses participating and hear their freshly formed business pitches!
The Digital Greenhouse's first Startup Academy immersed new businesses in Guernsey in a 10-week accelerated programme, providing expert knowledge and mentorship designed to give them the skills they need to go from idea to market. With expertise provided by their venture-building partners, Blenheim Chalcot, this opportunity has been powered by the SMART Guernsey Economic Development programme.
Tammy Lodge, Founder of Leaving Toxicity. Leaving Toxicity provides sessions and programmes for women who experience high-functioning anxiety to help them shut off the noise in their head and calm the jitters in their body so that they can feel at ease. Tammy is a coach, healer and hypnotherapist who understands how life-limiting internalised fear, nervousness and anxiety can be; and the negative effects this can have on someone's life when they appear to be functioning normally, but the body and nervous system are telling a different story.
Matthias Plunser, Founder of Channelislands-workation and WXplr - Workation Explorer. The Channel Islands workation platform looks to help individuals and teams to increase productivity, focus and work-life balance by combining work and vacation on the Channel Islands. WXplr - Workation Explorer is an AI-based platform that offers worldwide consultation and booking of tailor-made workations.
Louis Jooste, Co-founder of Cloud Wealth. CloudWealth is a secure, interactive online platform for clients and service providers in the Financial Services Industry where all aspects of the client journey can be managed by the use of automated decision making processes and a centralised filing system - thereby reducing reliance on paper, ensuring better data protection and allowing teams to work remotely.
Joanna Corder, Founder of The Veterinary Content Company and PetLearnia. Run by passionate vets, The Veterinary Content Company provides blogs and articles about pets for companies and pet owners all over the world. Their new solution, PetLearnia, will give owners an engaging learning experience so they can better understand and help their pets.
Ben Wratten & Dave Wratten, Founders of Stage Portal. Stage Portal is a platform designed for the live event industry, meeting the demands and logistical challenges faced by event organisers, venues, production teams, and performers. Stage Portal enables the streamlining and automation of processes giving users the power to effortlessly manage equipment, artists, personnel and schedules saving days, if not weeks of work. Allowing all parties to focus on creating unforgettable experiences, one event at a time.
Andre Duquemin, Founder of Three Brain Training Academy. The Three Brain Training Academy is a private online community for next-gen leaders who want to prioritise peak performance while maximising their health and well-being.
Tim Rowe & Sonia Mills Vincent De Vera, Founders of Wild Wolf Wellbeing Limited. Combining psychotherapy and their own personal experiences in their well-being practice, Wild Wolf Wellbeing embraces the understanding that each person is unique, fostering a supportive environment that has garnered overwhelming praise from their clients.
Read more about the businesses on the cohort!
18:30 - Welcome drinks and canapés
18:50 - Introduction by Lucy Kirby, Director of Digital Greenhouse
19:00 - Business presentations
20:10 - Closing remarks
20:15 - Networking
21:00 - Event close
Academy facilitator Ben Weinstock of Red Team, Blenheim Chalcot,