New Enterprise Competition – 2024

The New Enterprise Competition is a flagship in the University of Bristol’s business idea challenge opportunities. Run annually, participants can win a packages of support totally £35,000. Prizes include cash, legal support, marketing, business acceleration services support and bespoke mentoring.

Accessible in three self-contained stages, to reflect the ideation, development and growth levels of entrepreneurial thinking, the competition is open to all entrepreneurially inclined students and alumni (up to three years post-graduation) across the university who have a business venture they would like to develop.

First place: SLANT Sustainable Technologies

With its sleek modern design and flexible usage, SLANT’s power-assisted e-carriage is a revolutionary load-carrying solution for short journeys. Able to carry 120kg of load, it has an approximate battery life of 40-50km. It is able to accommodate children, shopping, produce and more, giving people a modern option of transport without using a car.

Students:

Artemis Fragkopoulos – Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Nigel Deshpande – Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Tarun George Maddila – Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Louis Cocking – Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Samuel Bell – Business, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Hirshikesh Sudhir – Engineering with Management (Intelligent Manufacturing)

Prize awarded: £3,000

Positive feedback

The New Enterprise competition has been at the forefront of the start-up work at the University for over 24 years now, and during that time we have seen many brilliant and successful businesses come through our programme. The value that the Engineers In Business prize fund brings to our offer punches way above its weight. Its powerful combination of a generous cash prize, excellent mentors and the chance for all participants to be part of the brilliant Champion of Champion Award really makes it second to none.

Elizabeth Cameron
Senior Enterprise Advisor
University of Bristol