We are pleased to announce that the short-listing process for the inaugural Pitch@IGNITE session is now complete.

We received a fantastic response from our call for entries, with an exceptionally high standard of submissions. After an extremely difficult process, we have now whittled those entries down to five finalists.

We would like to sincerely thank all those that submitted an entry, and offer our congratulations to all those that made it through.

In addition, we would like to thank our panel of judges for generously sharing their time and expertise:

The Pitch@IGNITE Judging Panel:                

• Mitra Memarzia, Knowledge Transfer Manager: Digital Economy, The Knowledge Transfer Network
• Rosa Glover, ‎Investment Manager, Capital Enterprise
• Paul Williamson, Ticketing Director, England Rugby World Cup

Here are the finalists, in alphabetical order:                              

• Buyapowa                               
• Openr
• Satsum
• Skignz                          
• Yomp

We wish all of our finalists the best of luck, and once again thank you to all those that entered.

We welcome you to join us at Pitch@IGNITE, on day one of IGNITE, to see what the newest and most innovative start-ups rising on the horizon have to offer!