Pitch Practice

Mid-June marks the beginning of the end of the Catalyst experience for the spring 2025 cohort as their Business Review Panels begin.

Over the next three weeks, these early stage companies will draw on all that they have learned, apply the personalised support they have received from their mentors, and present their honed business propositions for feedback and guidance on next steps.

Science Park Business Development Director, Lucinda Lamont is looking forward to hearing about their progress and helping them to define next steps.

She said, “Our Business Review Panels are a critical element of our Catalyst business accelerator programme. After weeks of intensive workshops and mentoring on a wide range of topics, from raising finance to market segmentation to intellectual property protection, this is when our company founders are put through their paces by a highly experienced panel who will stress test their business plans and readiness for investment and growth. This part of the programme is challenging, as it should be, but always regarded as highly beneficial by participants.

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dxtrus, Genie, Identimab, Kargenera, NuoNano, SOLead Energy, Soter Software and ZerO World for their enthusiastic participation in Catalyst so far, and wish them luck with their pitch presentations in the coming weeks.”

 Early stage businesses interested in taking part in the next Catalyst programme, which begins on 29 September 2025, must complete this simple online application form before 30th June to be considered.  Presentation days will be held on 16 and 23 July to give founders of shortlisted companies the opportunity to explain their business proposition in more detail before a final cohort selection will be made.

Southampton Science Park is grateful to programme partners, the Hampshire Growth Hub, Health Innovation Wessex, the National Oceanography Centre and the University of Southampton’s School of Healthcare Enterprise and Innovation, and to Test Valley Borough Council which provides funding via the UK Government Shared Prosperity Fund.