Converge 2014 Cohort

May 22, 2014August 19, 2025

Meet our 2014 cohort below:

Best Buy sells Current Health back to Co-founder

Pneumagen raises £8million to accelerate phase 2 clinical development

Shot Scope raises $8.5million in a Series B funding round led by Guinness Ventures.

Arnold Clark acquires alarm firm, Pick Protection.

Meet our 2014 winners:

Meet our 2014 runners-up:

Meet our 2014 Converge finalists:

Meet our 2014 Converge semi-finalists:

Name	Company	University	Challenge
Wenxing Wang	3D Printing of Bio-Based Surgical Models	HWU	Converge
Amanda Day	All Day Designs	Strathclyde	Converge
Maiwenn Kersaudy-Kerhoas	CircaSAFE	HWU	Converge
Andrew Manches	Digiblocks	Edinburgh	Converge
Triantafyllos Gkikopoulos	High Performance Unmaned Air Sytem	Dundee	Converge
Olivia Feng	ICAN Future Star	Glasgow	Converge
Blair Sprott	Interact	Edinburgh	Converge
Jamie Kunka	Lonely Mountain Skis	Dundee	Converge
Heather Young	Lucky Duck	GSoA	Converge
Helen Hastie	mySneeze	HWU	Converge
Silvana Palacios	New Natural Textiles	HWU	Converge
Helen Connaris	Pneumagen	St Andrews	Converge
Siraj Sabihuddin	Sinterbot	Edinburgh	Converge
Anton Caius Gurgu	SpaceSurfer Limited	Edinburgh	Converge
Steven Hammer	The E-Finger	HWU	Converge
Luke McKinney	Us Collective	GSoA	Converge
Victoria Hamilton	Recoil Kneepads	Strathclyde	Converge
Javita Narang	Weaving Destination Scotland	Edinburgh	Converge

Meet our 2014 KickStart finalists:

Name	Company	University	Challenge
Elizabeth Adamson	Alternative Eye Dropper	Edin Napier	KickStart
Metodi Hristov	Human Dynamo	HWU	KickStart
Lorna Macsween	Monomise Ltd	Strathclyde	KickStart
Atif Syed	Nanject	Edinburgh	KickStart
Lysimachos Zografos	Parkure	Edinburgh	KickStart
Laszlo Csetenyi	Quick-Shift Bicycle Transmission	Dundee	KickStart
Dominik Goetz	The Robotic Butler	Strathclyde	KickStart

Meet our 2014 KickStart semi-finalists:

Meet our 2014 Impact finalists:

Name	Company	University	Challenge
Tarige Hassan	Eco Kettle	HWU	Impact
Maria Mullane	Human Capability Extensions	Edin Napier	Impact
Marion Blain	La Belle Place Practice	Stirling	Impact
Rachael Reid	Revive	Strathclyde	Impact
Audrey Mutongi	Tenda Clothing	Glasgow	Impact

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