Four more tech start-ups receive £10,000 package at Innovation Birmingham

FOUR new start-ups have each received a £10,000 incubation package, enabling the launch of their tech businesses at the Innovation Birmingham Campus.

A total of 74 companies are currently receiving incubation support, or have graduated from the Entrepreneurs for the Future programme. 

CrowdSticks, Meducation, My Campus Ride and Viaruly are embarking on a six month-long tailored mentoring programme to achieve investor readiness. In addition, the start-ups receive free tickets to events, free travel tickets, telephone, internet, office and meeting space at the Faraday Wharf campus.

Dr David Hardman MBE, CEO of Innovation Birmingham, said: “Since launching three and a half years ago, our Entrepreneurs for the Future tech incubation programme continues to go from strength to strength.

“Importantly, more of the start-ups based here are securing seed finance from investment houses and angel investors, enabling them to grow at a rapid rate and create high-value jobs.”

CrowdSticks is a product designed to harness the potential from online shopping by rewarding a community of customers for making their everyday purchases. 
Meducation is an education social network, which brings medical professionals and their knowledge together to improve the quality of medicine.

My Campus Ride is a start-up dedicated to developing and offering a means to provide carpool and ride share communication to university students through a smartphone application.

And Viaruly.com creates targeted and engaged mass audiences for branded videos.

Mike Bandar, founder of CrowdSticks, said: “I am delighted that CrowdSticks has been accepted onto the Entrepreneurs for the Future programme. The networking opportunities, mentoring and support from the Entrepreneurs in Residence, expert mentors and peers is invaluable.”