Theo joins judging panel for the Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards

Theo joined the CEO of Santander, Nathan Bostock and Director of King’s College London’s Entrepreneurial Institute, Julie Devonshire in a judging panel for the final of the Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards 2020.The prestigious awards are a UK-wide business pitching competition for students and recent graduate.

The two talented winners which will receive £30,000 worth of seed funding towards their forward-thinking businesses and a fully funded intern were

Konglomerate Games, a video games company which specialises in developing healthcare games to improve lives, from Abertay University;

and Torann, which has developed a unique device to provide 100% sound quality for musicians playing amplified instruments across the globe, from Queen’s University Belfast.

Theo Paphitis commented that “the quality of idea, development and execution of these businesses is excellent and shows how entrepreneurial students can be. That these ideas have been nurtured alongside their studies is inspirational and shows me that UK start ups are in great shape. That so many students are now starting businesses as they study shows the value of earning whilst learning”