Venturefest 2017
Venturefest Oxford took place on Wednesday 21st June 2017 at the King’s Centre, Osney Mead. With its theme this year ‘From Start-Up to Scale-Up’, we responded to feedback and offer a more focused programme which highlights the most exciting sectors in Oxfordshire in a collaborative and interactive set of workshops, panel discussions, keynote speakers. and competitions. In addition we showcasing more than 30 of the most innovative businesses and cutting edge developments in the county.
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Speaker highlights
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Exhibition
In 2017, Venturefest’s exhibition brought together partners and supporters as well as Oxfordshire’s business networks and commercial businesses, to provide a useful range of contacts for networking.
Some of our exhibitors from 2017:
White October
White October White October is a digital product studio that helps companies to question and discover. We collaborate intensely ...
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Innovation showcase
We welcomed the most innovative and exciting business innovations from across the region, companies looking for funding, partners or new customers.
Some of the participants from 2017:
Buzz Technology
Buzz Technology Buzz Technology have spent the last two years developing an exciting solution to consumer and small business ...
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Pitching for Success
At Venturefest Oxford 2017, over thirty companies pitched to an audience that included investors, support organisations and individuals. Each session included a panel made up of professional funding organisations. The panel voted for two finalists Brill Power and ZapGo, who pitched again at the final session. The winner of the £1,000 cash prize, as voted for by the audience was Brill Power.
Prize package winners included: Exaactly, ChewyMoon, Oxford Cardiomox, FitnessGenes, ZapGo, Droplet Computing and Brill Power.
Some of the participants from 2017:
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Experts
Venturefest Oxford offered attendees the opportunity to acquire free, personalised and objective advice from local industry experts. With business advice on everything from starting up a new company to the day to day management and exit strategies.