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YES25 Showcase hosted at the Royal Society

After five months of dedication, hard work and collaboration from brilliant minds across UK universities, YES25 has come to an end.

Huge congratulations to all the incredible Master and PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, research fellows and technicians who poured their hearts into this journey, creating inspiring and innovative products!

And also, a BIG THANK YOU to our wonderful judges:

  • Chair: Malcolm Skingle CBE
  • Sara Holland, Potter Clarkson
  • Fiona Marston OBE, RFM Associates
  • Anji Miller, LifeArc
  • Steve Smith, Syngenta
  • Pauline Stasiak
  • Sue Staunton, James Cowper Kreston
  • Martin Wickham, Reacta Healthcare

 A Photograph of our YES 2025 Showcase with Professor Simon Mosey presenting on stage

News release (on the web) News release (PDF)Media gallery (coming soon)
 

Our YES 2025 Winners

  • Best disruptive food and drink business plan sponsored by the Food Consortium Collaborative Training Partnership (CTP)
    Zoned from the University of Reading
  • Best healthcare business plan sponsored by YES
    PhenoPhase from MRC Laboratory of Medical Science
  • Best sustainable agriculture business plan sponsored by YES
    DetectiVax from the University of Reading
  • Best consideration of financial planning strategy sponsored by James Cowper Kreston
    PhenoPhase from MRC Laboratory of Medical Science
  • Best consideration of IP strategy sponsored by Potter Clarkson
    EcoMetal from the University of Durham and University of East Anglia
  • Best consideration of Market Penetration Strategy sponsored by Reacta Healthcare
    HerMonitor from the University of Nottingham
  • Best consideration of Commercial Awareness sponsored by the Engineers and Scientists Business Fellowship
    AstraNourish from the University of Leicester, University of Manchester, and University of Cambridge
  • People’s choice sponsored by Indigo Business Services Ltd
    Zoned from the University of Reading
 

Your Entrepreneurs Scheme

  • Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • Nottingham University Business School
  • Jubilee Campus
  • Nottingham, NG8 1BB