Spin Out Show 26 will bring together investors, founders, advisors and ecosystem leaders to celebrate and accelerate high-growth ventures.

We are inviting eight leading universities to participate as official University Partners.

Participation is free.

In return, we ask each university to actively engage its entrepreneurial community and help us showcase the very best of university-led innovation.

Why Participate?

Spin Out Show 26 provides a national platform for universities to:

Showcase their entrepreneurial ecosystem

Highlight spinout success stories

Connect student founders with investors

Strengthen links with the startup and investment community

Position the university as a leader in innovation and commercialisation

This is an opportunity not only for your startups — but for your institution — to be visible within a serious, growth-focused audience.

What Participating Universities Receive

🎤 Pitch Competition Access

Each partner university may nominate three startups to compete in the Spin Out Show 26 Pitch Competition.

Selected ventures will pitch live to a panel of investors and experienced operators in front of a curated audience.

🛍 Marketplace Stands

Your nominated startups will each receive space in the Marketplace to promote their products or services and connect directly with attendees.

📖 Featured in the Event Brochure

All participating universities and nominated startups will receive a profile in the official printed event guide distributed to attendees.

🎙 Panel Participation

We invite universities to propose:

✔ Enterprise leaders

✔ Innovation directors

✔ Commercialisation specialists

✔ Spinout founders

✔ Academic entrepreneurs

to contribute to panel discussions on topics such as spinouts, investment readiness, university-industry collaboration and scaling innovation.

🌐 Brand Visibility

Your university will be recognised as an Official University Partner across event materials and communications.

What We Ask in Return

Participation is free. In exchange, we ask each university to:

✔ Promote the Event Internally

• Actively promote Spin Out Show 26 to:

• Student entrepreneurs

• Incubator and accelerator cohorts

• Spinout founders

• Academic staff

• Enterprise and innovation teams

✔ Run an Internal Selection Process

• Organise an internal competition or selection process to identify your top three startups to represent your university.

✔ Encourage Attendance

• Support strong attendance from your entrepreneurial ecosystem to ensure energy, engagement and cross-institution collaboration.

✔ Nominate Panel Contributors

• Put forward relevant academics, spinout founders or enterprise leads to contribute to the programme.

A Collaborative National Platform

Spin Out Show 26 is designed to strengthen the bridge between:

✔ Universities

✔ Investors

✔ Founders

✔ Advisors

✔ Commercial partners

By limiting participation to eight universities, we ensure meaningful visibility and strong representation for each institution.

Secure Your University’s Place

If you are part of an enterprise team, innovation office, commercialisation unit or incubator programme, we invite you to apply to become an Official University Partner.