Dear All

We are proud to announce that the Ideas Empowered Finals are taking place on the 1st of May 6:30-8:30pm at Imperial College

Top 8 teams will pitch their ideas to a panel of judges/investors for 10min each and face 5min grilling. Expect an epic evening given the quality of the entries and the judges below will undoubtedly have a hard time deliberating who the rightful winners are.

-Reshma Sohoni (Seedcamp)
-Christopher Fogg (Connect London)
-Oliver Woolley (BBAA, Envestors)
-Emmett Kilduff(Cmypitch.com)
-Chris Padfield ( LBA)

-Sachin Duggal (Nivio)

Up for grabs are cashprizes, services, media exposure,introduction to investors not to mention an instant of legitimate glory.

Winner:
-£2000 check
-6 months of mentoring by Connect London
-Access to the springboard program and the Connect Business Club
-Video profiles and ‘Find funding’ pitch on Cmypitch.com
-Media exposure

Runner-ups(2nd&3rd):
-£500 check
-Access to the springboard program and the Connect Business Club
-Video profiles on Cmypitch.com
-Media exposure

The other finalists will be given solace in the form of drinks&food but especially with the knowledge that the room will be filled with interesting people and the visibility you will gain and contacts you will be making are invaluable to nudge your startup in the right direction.

Finalists will be announced on the 23rd April. They say patience is a virtue…

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2. Details and structure of the event

Book your seats before its too late!!

http://niccolo.wufoo.com/forms/ideas-empowered-finals/

Location: Blackett LecT1,Imperial College, Prince Consort rd SW7
Time: 6:15pm no later.
Price: Free for members, £5 for the rest (includes food and drinks)
Structure:

6.15 Reception
6.30 Finals
8.30 Prize giving
8.45 Food and drinks
10-?? Party at The Valmont for the bravest of the flock.

Enjoy

The IE team

Enter before the deadline on the 30th March(late entries accepted untill the 5th of April but shouldn’t be telling you this:) for a chance to win £3000 in cash, plus services to get your startup off the ground.

To submit an entry, go to our Ideas Empowered page on Younoodle and on the top right, click on the ’submit an entry’ button. Your entry can be in Word,PDF or PPT.An indicative limit of 1500 words in total with no limitation on figures and graphs. Keep it concise and impactful!Dont forget to send a signed copy of the Competition Disclaimer and NDA for Entrants to lm205@ic.ac.uk by the 30th March.TcN