Join us to see the best young entrepreneurs in your region!

Date: May 3rd, 2019 from 6pm - 9.30pm

The F Factor is the UK's premier start-up competition for ambitious young entrepreneurs using technology to solve the world's biggest problems.

Taking inspiration from the UN's Global Sustainable Development Goals, the competition is designed for 14-18 and 19-25 year olds across the nation and aims to encourage young bright minds to explore entrepreneurship. The competition is underpinned with active entrepreneurship education for students and graduates to harness cutting-edge innovation and shape them into solutions for the world’s most pressing problems.

The Regional Final is the 3rd round of the competition that started in November with 400+ participants in the 1st round and 100 in the 2nd round. During the Regional Finals, eight founders with brilliant businesses will compete in each of the five regions of the competition to find the very best ideas from across the UK.

Join us for the most exciting start-up event in Bristol for young entrepreneurs to hear their ideas that are set to change the world and learn about the products their building.

to change the world and learn about the products their building.

Come and be part of the buzz for this year's Regional FInals and see the best start-up win the grand prize of £1,000 and advance to the National Finals!

If you love hearing about how new innovations and 4IR technologies, or how bright young founders in the South-West and South-East are bringing their ideas to life, sign-up and invite your friends for an exciting evening of start-up pitches.

The judges on the night will be - Nigel Toon (Graphcore), Marina Traversari (Oracle Incubator), Thanh Quan-Nicholls (Women's Tech Hub), Nick Sturge (Engine Shed)

Agenda for the evening (6pm - 9.30pm)

• 6pm – Registration
• 6.30pm – Introduction
• 7pm – Pitches (3 minutes and Q&A with the judges)
• 8.30pm – Networking and Judges Deliberation
• 8.50pm – Award Ceremony
• 9.30pm – Close

We hope to see you on the 3rd of May!

Hosted by Founders of the Future / Local Partner - Engine Shed

Headline Sponsors include: Talk Talk, The Times, Tech Nation, Speakers for Schools & Whitehat.

More about The F Factor:

The F Factor is brought to you by Founders of the Future

The competition is about providing young aspiring entrepreneurs with tools, skills-training and context to bring their ideas to life and present them to experts, as well as opportunities to collaborate with like-minded peers, interact with mentors and gain access to work experiences. The competition is underpinned with active entrepreneurship education for students and graduates to harness cutting-edge innovation and shape them into solutions for the world’s most pressing problems. During the first four editions of The F Factor, £60,000 of equity-free cash was distributed to the winners and judges included Simon Cowell, Dame Natalie Massenet, Baroness Martha Lane-Fox and Sir Charles Dunstone.