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The Student Enterprise Cube Fund offers a grant of up to £1,500 per business, with the aim of providing financial assistance to assist with further development and growth of student businesses.
Applicants must be either current students (or special cases, recent graduates of the University of Surrey, up to three years from graduation) and must be known to Student Enterprise and receiving 1:1 support from a Student Enterprise staff member as per of the EXECUTE Programme.
All applicants will be required to complete an application form to explain how this funding will develop their business and then summarise their business development plans in a live pitch. This will comprise of a five minute pitch to judges with questions and answers from the panel. The panel’s decision to fund/not fund is final although feedback will be provided. If unsuccessful, applicants are still eligible to come back and pitch again in the future.
Founderships
Funded by Santander, Future Generations & University of Surrey
This programme is designed to give student and graduate entrepreneurs between £1,000 – 3,000 in funding in order to work full-time on their businesses over the summer.
As part of the programme we offer specific opportunities for both black founders and LGBTQ+ founders to challenge the inequalities faced by these founders, by helping to create a more diverse and inclusive business community on campus and for the future.
The financial award is part of a wider programme of support for all successful candidates and open for applications each year in April/May ahead of the summer break.
GradInvest
The showcase will be an opportunity to bring together the best graduate start-ups from across our five SETsquared partner Universities, and collectively celebrate some of the most amazing entrepreneurial talents of our graduates.
The event is designed to link graduate entrepreneurs to support resources and help them develop connections with potential investors, mentors, and the larger business community.
This showcase is a culmination of a supportive programme whereby each graduate is given guidance to hone their company pitch to maximise their attractiveness to potential investors.
Graduate companies are provided significant promotion within the investor and wider start-up ecosystem, both nationally and internationally, as well as the corporate and media community, with an online audience of several hundred expected from an international audience.
