Alumni By Year

Converge 2014 Cohort

Meet our 2014 cohort below:

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Successful exit for Current Health as Best Buy Health acquires the Scottish medical technology company

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Pneumagen Announces £2.5m fundraising

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Shot Scope raises $8.5million in a Series B funding round led by Guinness Ventures.

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Meet our 2014 winners:

NameCompanyUniversityChallenge
Yi-Chieh ChenSavitur MetricsStrathclydeConverge
Anne RushingPop Up! ScotlandEdinburghImpact
Christopher McCannCurrent HealthDundeeKickStart

Meet our 2014 runners-up:

NameCompanyUniversityChallenge
Muhammad SadiqUltravizionDundeeConverge
Alexander WardRazorbill InstrumentsSt AndrewsConverge
Fiona MitchellSafespotGlasgowImpact
Jonas MarciusNext Stage Health & WellbeingAberdeenImpact
James PrendergastDipodo.orgEdinburghKickStart
Rebecca PickPick ProtectionStrathclydeKickStart

Meet our 2014 Converge finalists:

NameCompanyUniversityChallenge
David HeathCuitronics LtdStrathclydeConverge
Sumanth Kumar PavuluriDiverSense LtdHWUConverge
Steven RussellGuerilla DrumsGSoAConverge
Tom FreemanKajekaEdinburghConverge
Sarah MorganNano-Lit Technologies LtdDundeeConverge
David HunterShot ScopeEdinburghConverge
Philip OrrSynaptecStrathclydeConverge

Meet our 2014 Converge semi-finalists:

NameCompanyUniversityChallenge
Wenxing Wang3D Printing of Bio-Based Surgical ModelsHWUConverge
Amanda DayAll Day Designs StrathclydeConverge
Maiwenn Kersaudy-KerhoasCircaSAFEHWUConverge
Andrew ManchesDigiblocksEdinburghConverge
Triantafyllos GkikopoulosHigh Performance Unmaned Air SytemDundeeConverge
Olivia FengICAN Future StarGlasgowConverge
Blair SprottInteractEdinburghConverge
Jamie KunkaLonely Mountain SkisDundeeConverge
Heather YoungLucky DuckGSoAConverge
Helen HastiemySneezeHWUConverge
Silvana PalaciosNew Natural TextilesHWUConverge
Helen ConnarisPneumagenSt AndrewsConverge
Siraj SabihuddinSinterbotEdinburghConverge
Anton Caius GurguSpaceSurfer LimitedEdinburghConverge
Steven HammerThe E-FingerHWUConverge
Luke McKinneyUs CollectiveGSoAConverge
Victoria HamiltonRecoil KneepadsStrathclydeConverge
Javita NarangWeaving Destination ScotlandEdinburghConverge

Meet our 2014 KickStart finalists:

NameCompanyUniversityChallenge
Elizabeth AdamsonAlternative Eye DropperEdin NapierKickStart
Metodi HristovHuman DynamoHWUKickStart
Lorna MacsweenMonomise LtdStrathclydeKickStart
Atif SyedNanjectEdinburghKickStart
Lysimachos ZografosParkureEdinburghKickStart
Laszlo CsetenyiQuick-Shift Bicycle TransmissionDundeeKickStart
Dominik GoetzThe Robotic ButlerStrathclydeKickStart

Meet our 2014 KickStart semi-finalists:

NameCompanyUniversityChallenge
Harsh VaidyaAquarion TechnologiesEdinburghKickStart
Carla BrownBacteria CombatGlasgowKickStart
Alan HarperBioMortarHWUKickStart
Lourdes Gala SantosBiosphere TechnologieStrathclydeKickStart
Andrew Wilsonfocus.doGSoAKickStart
Jordan SmithHappy HandsGSoAKickStart
Elena TsyplakovaLFEdinburghKickStart
Nick KempMBA SocEdinburghKickStart
Helen CampbellMü StackpotsGSoAKickStart
Michael TougherMusic BlocksGlasgowKickStart
John Stormonth-DarlingNanoReplication SolutionsGlasgowKickStart
Tobias Mansfield-WilliamsTermiteEdinburghKickStart
Kyle WhiteThegitherGlasgowKickStart
Michael TiinYP Technologies EdinburghKickStart

Meet our 2014 Impact finalists:

NameCompanyUniversityChallenge
Tarige HassanEco KettleHWUImpact
Maria MullaneHuman Capability ExtensionsEdin NapierImpact
Marion BlainLa Belle Place PracticeStirlingImpact
Rachael ReidReviveStrathclydeImpact
Audrey MutongiTenda Clothing GlasgowImpact