Congratulations to the entrepreneurs who won the following prizes:
Best Commercial Opportunity & People’s Choice
Tayla Johns from Equilibrium Equine won both Best Commercial Opportunity and the People’s Choice award with her innovative remote horse management technology.
Best Impact
The prize for Best Impact went to Ngārie Scartozzi of Eclean Envirotech, who have designed a bioreactor which removes and recovers nitrates from dairy farm runoff.
Best Pitch
Jack Andrews from acupressure mat business Lotus Mat Eco and Christy Kimble from music promotions firm Sub180 were both recognised with a Best Pitch award for their slick presentations.
Judge’s Commendation
Finally, Judge’s Commendation Prizes were awarded to Chelsea Aitken and Millie Morgan’s New Zealand and Beyond, a business connecting NZ SMEs to Chinese consumers, and to Tom Maslin’s Ignition Tutoring, which provides NCEA students with a better alternative to traditional tutoring services.
Thank you to the judges, mentors, speakers and sponsors who supported this year’s Summer Startup Programme, and to the summer students for their hard work over the last 10 weeks.
The UCE EY Summer Startup Programme is a chance for students to work full time on fast-tracking the development of their ideas into realistic business ventures. To find out more about the UCE EY Summer Startup Programme click here.
For further information please contact:
UC Centre for Entrepreneurship (UCE) by emailing uce@canterbury.ac.nz
