University Pitchfest

University Pitchfest is a free opportunity for student spin out companies to pitch their businesses to an audience of influencers and funders.

In collaboration with Set Squared, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, Pitchfest will showcase the innovation coming out of the student spin out companies.

After two amazing semi-finals at Exeter University and Plymouth University we can exclusively reveal who the University Pitchfest finalists are.

Our successful finalists will be presenting their start-up or innovation to an audience of investors, business leaders and other entrepreneurs at SW Innovation Expo on 5th March.

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PITCHFEST FINALISTS 2024

FitBreathe

FitBreathe is a smart wearable breath tracking neckband which tracks the user's breath (inhale time, exhale time and intensity) during a meditation session. All this data can be accessed via an app. It simultaneously creates 'Art' with the breath as an immediate incentive to increase engagement with meditation.

Poke

Poke centralises your relationships, location, availability and preferences into one automated platform. This way you can find, schedule and meet with your existing friendships and create new ones instantly. We want to remove relationships from online platforms; instead maintaining, growing and fostering them in the real world. Poke aims to be the platform to mediate this. We believe your best memories are made in-person not online.

Opas Guides

Opas Guides makes medicine better with custom surgical tools. We work in a partnership with surgeons to help with visualisation, facilitate preoperative planning, and manufacturing bespoke surgical instruments to realise preoperatively planned results. We use a combination of an iterative design process, CAD and 3D SLA printing to create patient specific insturmentation and help surgeons to communicate processes to their patients, and patients to their loved ones.

Planet Devices

Planet Devices offer a vendor-agnostic Home Energy Management System (HEMS), known as Atmo. Currently focused on providing control, scheduling and monitoring to the domestic heat pump market, in parallel with the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant. Planet Devices offer an unparalleled level of insight into performance data, dispelling misinformation regarding heat pump efficiency.

PRE-START UP

Taste of Zero Waste

My solution is to provide an understanding attitude towards the transition to shopping sustainably, ensuring my customers understand that new habits take time to develop and that no one is perfect, but each and every time they choose to buy something with zero they are reducing the strain on our planet.

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KeSocials

KeSocials is a healthcare marketing agency aimed at combining experienced healthcare professionals with digital marketing experts to make health information more accessible.

Waste Warrior Solutions

I founded WWS as a way to solve the problem of excessive waste in Cornwall’s hospitality sector. We aim to reduce the impact humans have on the environment, we will achieve this through education on waste minimisation and the introduction of new technology to facilitate pro-environmental behaviour.

Study Dog

Study Dog is a family of online learning platforms for A Level students to unlock their A* potential. Through online and AI-powered resources, Study Dog's platforms empower students to find their preferred method of learning, and stay engaged with their studies.