SANTANDER X GLOBAL AWARD 2023

Kiera Sowery

The Santander X Global Award, IS Santander’s International university entrepreneurship competition, where 36 winners from their respective Local Awards will have the chance to represent their countries (Spain, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, and the UK) and compete to win cash prizes and additional benefits to take their solutions to the next level.

The six winners of the Santander X Global Award 2023 were announced on 10 May 2023.

The winners received cash prizes (a total of €60,000), training in entrepreneurship and other benefits, and some also joined Santander X 100, the global entrepreneurship community comprising the most outstanding Santander X start-ups and scale-ups with the greatest potential.

The event took place as part of the 5th Universia International Rectors’ Summit.

THE WINNERS

  • Etimo – Universidad de Buenos Aires
  • Hedonix Bioscienc – Universidad Catolica Argentina
  • Team Repair – Imperial College London
  • Apolo Biotech – Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional del Litoral
  • Liight – Universidad de Alcala, Universidad Carlos III
  • Uni Sim Universal Simulation – The Open University

James Markey, Founder of UNI SIM commented: “Starting a business with the support of Santander X has changed my life beyond all recognition. From getting valuable feedback on the initial idea, to finding our first client in Spain, right through to being one of the winners of the Santander X Global Awards final in Valencia. We’ve gone from a student business from The Open University with an idea and a pencil drawing of what could be to, today, a fully-fledged business with offices in Portsmouth and a product that is starting to have an impact on global education and that has already been exported to countries like Spain, Chile, Peru and Morocco. We can’t wait to see what the future will bring, it feels like it’s still only the beginning!”

Megan Hale, Co-founder and CEO of Team Repair: “The experience of being in Valencia for the Santander X Global Awards final was incredible.  Hearing about how people around the world are revolutionising education and meeting the other start-up founders was inspiring, and made me realise how lucky we are to have so much support from the likes of Santander X to scale our business. Winning the competition will allow us to start making an impact in schools so we can continue on our mission of inspiring more children from all backgrounds with science using the applicable and hands-on skill of repair.”