Hipsters, hustlers and hackers get creative at VentureJam

Published on Monday, 08 August 2016 09:05

PItching an idea at VentureJam 2016. Image: KC Photography

Over the 5th-7th August, teams of young creatives and wannabe entrepreneurs descended on Glasgow Science Centre for VentureJam 2016.

Organised by Young Scot and Glasgow City of Science, the weekend Jam brought together hipsters, hustlers and hackers to come up with fresh thoughts on air quality and invent the next big thing. Inspirational mentors from the world of television, gaming, product design and 3D animation, as well as legal experts and environmental gurus, guided the teams as they tackled the green challenge set by the judges.

Here are some of snaps of the creative process over the weekend.

An amazing weekend of creativity and innovation ahead!

100 innovations in 5 mins! Photo: @cityofscience on Twitter

An amazing group of experts were on hand to provide advice to the teams in Meet the Maker sessions. Photo: @YoungScot on Twitter

A fantastic range of products and pitches presented at VentureJam. Winning teams will go forward to pitch to investors at Venturefest Scotland. Photo: KC Photography

Look out for the winning teams from VentureJam pitching their brilliant ideas to potential investors at Venturefest Scotland – Scotland’s innovation summit, taking place at Glasgow Science Centre on 1st September.

We are grateful to all supporters of VentureJam 2016

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