Five Semifinalists Enter Championship Round of Pitch Dingman Competition
On December 3, 2015 the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business hosted the semifinal round of the annual Pitch Dingman Competition. The competition is a three-round process where startup companies compete against one another to secure $15,000 in seed money.
The presentations were evaluated on the following criteria: how they will use the funds, potential revenue streams and growth, competitive advantage provided by their service or product, and how they have identified a viable target segment to go after in the market. Continue reading…
Saïd Seed Fund Invests in Online Education Provider
A publisher of online video tutorials for schools receives a £25k investment from Saïd Business School’s Seed Fund. The funding recipient is Massolit, an educational publisher providing online courses serving Arts and Humanities students.
Massolit produces high quality videos to be used by students both at home and in school, and at present has 50 courses online to choose from. The firm sells site licenses in schools both in the UK and internationally, with nearly 90 schools trialling the product at the moment. The venture will be receiving £25,000 from the SBS Seed Fund.
“The Saïd Business School Seed Fund is delighted to be supporting Massolit as they innovate in the education space both in the UK and worldwide,” said Mo Bazazi of the Seed Fund team, adding “We were impressed with the quality of the product, and the unique positioning of Massolit as a teaching aid in modern classrooms.”
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