Lion Style Pitch Competition

Join us for a crossover night with the UoB Elevate cohort in a Lion's style pitch competition. We'll break off into small groups with anyone not signed up to pitch playing the role of LION 🦁 You'll hear a few of the founder pitches, invest 'money' and declare winners!

Whether you're pitching or taking in the ideas, you'll get a chance to have a bit of fun sharing ideas and experience with the community while working in a small group.

If you'd like to present your business idea for feedback from the community, complete this form.

📝Who Are the Elevate Cohort?
UoB Elevate is an incubator and business growth programme for University of Birmingham students and graduates. Through this space and support our students are helped to develop their own ventures, empowering them to create possibilities beyond established graduate routes.

Specific participating founder details to be added soon.

👥 Agenda

• 6:30 PM – Arrival, Networking & Food
• 7:00 PM – Lion's Style Small Group Pitch / Feedback Sessions
• 8:00 PM - Networking
• 9:00 PM – Event Ends

📋What we'll cover
Community members not electing to 'pitch' will get an opportunity to discuss in small groups with a founder feedback on their direction of travel toward business betterment.

Folks signing up to share a business idea (sign up here) will get an opportunity to share their product / idea, business model and /or path to market with a friendly community of experienced business professionals.

🍕 Food & Drinks
Thanks to our sponsor AND Digital, we’ll have pizza and drinks available, and we'll be ready to connect!

🤝 Thanks to our Sponsors
AND Digital – A digital delivery partner helping ambitious companies build world-class digital capabilities and close the digital skills gap

Coinley – An entirely new payment infrastructure, built with blockchain technology, to simplify global crypto transactions, empowering modern businesses with crypto payments

IntelStream UK – A Birmingham-based content and storytelling company, providing professional photography, videography and PR content for events.