Events

Guernsey Venture Challenge - Pitch Night Final

An exciting evening comprising of eight tech startups pitching for funding to help kick-start their startups.

Date & Time

19 Sep 18:00 - 21:00

Location

Top Floor, Digital Greenhouse

Join us for the showcase of the Guernsey Venture Challenge businesses as they compete for one of three prizes that could take their ventures to the next stage.

After six weeks on the mentoring programme, and two business masterclasses facilitated by Blenheim Chalcot's Red Team, our eight businesses will present their honed pitches to our panel of judges in what promises to be an exciting event for the local entrepreneurial ecosystem.

What is the Guernsey Venture Challenge?

Launched in 2022 and returning for its third year in 2024, GVC is a tech accelerator programme run by the Digital Greenhouse in partnership with Blenheim Chalcot, as part of the SMART Guernsey programme. The programme aims to support tech entrepreneurship and accelerate businesses.

This year the challenge offers £70,000 of grants to support local startup businesses, comprising of:

  • £40,000 First Prize
  • £20,000 Second Prize
  • £10,000 Third Prize

The eight shortlisted businesses for 2024 are:

Factforge Labs

MAP Health

Kloakify

myDemeter

The Quarry

Raglan Education Limited

Trainerfy Limited

UN1TY Limited

 

The judges:

Xenia Levina - Head of Emerging Venture Opportunities Team at Blenheim Chalcot

Marc Cohen - Sole Partner at unbundled vc

Paul Wilkes - Co-Founder at Osney Capital

Find out more about the 2024 Shortlisted Businesses

here