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 second year in 2023 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 2023 are:
- c-section uk - A digital solution for c-section education, aiming to support the 6,700 women a month who will give birth via c-section with the correct knowledge before and after the procedure.
- Cloud Wealth - A customer-centric application that brings together different advisors to share information, render services and execute complex advisory functions without compromising on data security and trade secrets.
- Stage Portal - A subscription-based platform, sitting as a central hub for live event management. Bringing together key event management functions, standardised artist and venue information and crew resources, enabling the powerful automation of complex time-consuming tasks.
- KIWI - A platform designed to bridge the gap between job-seekers and HR professionals within International Finance Centres (IFCs) across the globe.
- Petlearnia - A digital e-learning platform to engage, pet owners to understand their pets. Whether it’s an illness, a diagnostic plan, or part of routine healthcare, a vet can prescribe the learning material to help support the pet owner and make visits more efficient and less stressful.
- The Fund Society - An online hub for investment and fund professionals, bringing together relevant thought leadership, intelligence and insight from partners, complemented with a curated news aggregation service delivering commentary on markets and the investment industry.
- Three Brain Training - A training programme to support leaders and teams to reverse burnout, supercharge performance and maximise well-being
- WXplr - A platform to help individuals and companies plan and book their workations without the hassle of research and other time-consuming tasks.
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