Five teams of entrepreneurs from around the world competed for cash prizes, international exposure and venture funding in the Next Generation Entrepreneur Forum (NGEF) Business Plan Competition.

The teams had ten minutes to pitch their ideas to a panel of internationally recognised entrepreneurs, followed by five minutes of intense Q&A from the panel and the assembled conference of two hundred.

The University of Cambridge won first place with the grand prize of €1,000 going to Cambridge student venture TouchSight.

This week six teams of Cambridge and Oxford student entrepreneurs competed for a total of £10K prize money in the first Varsity Pitch competition. The Varsity Pitch is a showcase for the best entrepreneurial ideas of the brightest students at Oxford and Cambridge.

Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE) warmly welcomes you to its flagship and most exciting event of the year: Where Angels Dare 2007.

CUE will award £30,000 in cash prizes to the winners of our prestigious business creation competitions in an exciting Dragons' Den style showdown!

Since 1999, CUE has had over 450 entries and has awarded over £280,000 in grants to 31 business ideas. These companies have raised more than £15m further funding and are currently valued at more than £30m. Our competitions help create global companies.

Details of the event are as follows:

This year's Cambridge University Entrepreneurs £1k Business Ideas Competition came to a fitting and climactic conclusion on 24 January 2023 with the £1k Awards Ceremony. Held in the grandeur of Cambridge's Guildhall, the awards attracted over 200 students, staff and sponsors to network with one another, browse the 86 ideas entered, and hear the 10 winners announced. Click here to browse photographs of the event.

The winners were:

Cambridge University Entrepreneurs would like to invite you to our £1k Awards Ceremony on 24 January 2007. The £1k Awards Ceremony will begin with a Poster Exposition of all the entries into the £1k Business Ideas Competition. This is a great opportunity to network with all the entrepreneurs who entered the competition and find out about their ideas. CUE will then announce the winners of the £1k Business Ideas Competition and award 10 cash prizes of £1,000! The winners will be asked to do short pitches of their ideas. Come along to find out more about enterprise and meet the stars of the future.