We’re here
for you.
The startup hub for students by students
Launching your startup as a student is hard. We get it.
We bring together the best talent from all across the UK to build truly strong founding teams with diverse skillset. From team formation to MVP building and pitching for investors, we help you through your founding journey through mentoring, workshops and a global network.
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30
universities
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100+
industry professionals
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75+
startups
KickstartInsider
Your go-to newsletter about everything startup, built for students, by students.
Be it industry news, startup resources & tips, alumni stories, team BTS: the Kickstart Insider aims to be one email reaching your inbox from time to time for all the relevant information you need to bring your ideas to reality and take your startup from 0 to 100.
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Prerak Goel - Co-Founder of FinzAI
”I think we have always had the idea of creating a start-up, but Kickstart provided a good platform to make that a reality…the best thing is the connections with mentors, in industries you wouldn’t even think about...Kickstart’s connections are unparalleled.” -
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Paul Olaiya - Founder of The Immortality Project
“A massive thanks to the whole Kickstart Global team and community for a wonderful experience I cannot recommend it highly enough!”
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Lorenzo Bernasconi - Co-Founder of SnapSense
“It's very difficult to meet people that are not strictly from my field... Kickstart makes it really easy to meet other people that have that diversity of skill sets and also want to build a start-up in the first place. “
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Federico Fries - Co-Founder of UroSense
“I think the mentors is what we enjoy the most, talking to them, because they really give us specific questions... I think that's the most interesting part about Kickstart.”
Programmes
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Community building
This phase focuses on allowing students to learn and network with one another. Hackathons will be great opportunities to test your team!
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Incubation
Formed teams explore and validate their idea with the help of mentors and advisors to then build their MVP.
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Acceleration
In this program, we help the startups by supporting their product launch and raising funds.