WIN £15,000

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TO KICKSTART YOUR BUSINESS OR IDEA!

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Watch Highlights of the 2025 Grand Final…

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“The Varsity pitch was such an incredible opportunity. To win in a room full of such incredible businesses feels like a huge achievement. I'm really excited to explore how Tata can help Recondition on its business journey.

“I'm so excited to get designing, this feels like a huge step towards being able to bring even more amazing products to market. The next big push for us is going to be working on positioning ourselves for those Retail conversations we need to have to bring Recondition to the high street.”

Ellie Louise Brown Founder and Director

Our 2025 Grand Champion…

Recondition!

Representing

2025 Category finalists

Competing for the Category Winner titles on 20 November, will be:

Hospitality, Travel and Tourism

Supported by Tata Group

  • ClearedToGo (University of Exeter)

  • Foreignteer (University of the West of England)

  • HONARR Design (University of Cambridge and Teeside University)

  • OpenWorld (UCL)

  • PortalZero (University of Warwick)

Consumer and Retail

Supported by Tata Consumer Products

  • Cardiovolt.ai (Imperial College London)

  • Lutea (Imperial College London)

  • PersonOmix (University of Cambridge and UCL)

  • Recondition (Manchester Metropolitan University)

  • Triagonistics (UCL and Imperial College London)

Mobility, Clean Energy and Infrastructure

Supported by Agratas and Jaguar Land Rover

  • Compound Hound (University of Cambridge)

  • Myta Bio (University of Cambridge)

  • Sealeo (Imperial College London)

  • StagOn (London Business School)

  • Tera Mira (Imperial College London)

Digital and Design

Supported by Tata Communications

  • 532 Design Limited (University of Dundee and Abertay University)

  • BuildUp Global (UCL)

  • Formiq (University of Warwick)

  • Neuro Notion (Loughborough University)

  • Shopfront Media (London Business School)

Community and Social Development

Supported by Tata Consultancy Services

  • 10mg Health (Aston University)

  • Avenna (UCL and Imperial College London)

  • Coblum (Imperial College London)

  • Ellyfe Ltd (University of Hertfordshire)

  • Rephobia (Queen's University Belfast)

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