marcgenuk

About Marc Ortmans

Marc Ortmans is cofounder and Chair of GEN UK

Enter to win the Entrepreneurship World Cup

By |2024-01-31T18:50:43+00:00January 31st, 2024|EWC, competition, INNOVATION|

The Entrepreneurship World Cup is the world's largest pitch competition for entrepreneurs. Enter today to win a share of $1 million, participate in the EWC100 virtual Bootcamp and receive in kind prizes. All entrepreneurs are welcome. Wherever you are in the world, no matter your industry, and whatever your company stage. Opportunities for startups in cleantech, [...]

The Entrepreneur Ship lands in Antigua

By |2024-01-25T11:13:26+00:00January 25th, 2024|Uncategorized|

The Entrepreneur Ship rowed solo by Sam Glover has landed in English Harbour, Antigua. The fastest solo rower in the World's Toughest Row, Sam pulled 3,000 miles in 42 days, 3 hours and 15 minutes. Congratulations Sam on the record time and raising money for UnLtd's social entrepreneurs. You can watch the moment Sam crossed [...]

Find out what really happened at COP28

By |2024-01-19T00:04:41+00:00January 19th, 2024|Uncategorized|

Arif Zaman presents a COP28 Business Show special reflecting on what was achieved at the UN's COP28 conference in UAE. Tune into Bloomsbury Radio 8pm GMT Monday 22 January. Available after on Spotify. Contributors - Naira Hatem, UNFCCC, Victor Kitange, Commonwealth Secretariat, Alexandre Antonelli, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Hannah Wood, UBS Optimus Foundation, Devika Wattal, Global [...]

Be More in 2024

By |2023-12-31T18:08:04+00:00December 31st, 2023|competition, GEN UK, INNOVATION, net zero, scaleup, tech|

Its a new year, with new opportunities. Entrepreneurs rarely succeed by themselves. The smart ones never walk alone, instead gathering like minds, supporters, and people who can help them create success for their startup. GEN UK is here to help you do just that – from aspiration to enterprise and beyond. The GEN UK HUB is [...]

Drifting into 2024

By |2023-12-31T17:45:59+00:00December 31st, 2023|competition, GEN UK, INNOVATION, net zero, scaleup, tech|

Meet Ben Medland, founder of Drift Energy. Inspired by a chat with his 5 year old son, Ben is developing a new class of renewable energy, green hydrogen generated from ocean winds. On 9th December DRIFT Energy Ltd became the first global winner of our LeZero Innovation Prize at an awards ceremony held at the University of [...]

GEN UK is co-hosting Mobility Futures Forum with University of Birmingham Dubai at COP28

By |2023-12-05T20:05:47+00:00December 5th, 2023|Uncategorized|

GEN UK is preparing to hold the 3rd Startup Planet conference coinciding with the UN’s COP meetings. This year we have teamed up with the University of Birmingham Dubai to co-host Mobility Futures Forum on their campus from 7-9 December. Over 3 days we are running plenary sessions and workshops with entrepreneurs, policy makers, investors, educators and [...]

Entrepreneurs Thrive Here in the UK

By |2023-11-12T16:57:22+00:00November 12th, 2023|GEW|

Global Entrepreneurship Week 2023 kicks off 13th November with 40,000 events taking place across the UK and 200 countries around the world. Our UK launch event is being hosted at HSBC Innovation Banking with Kevin Hollinrake MP – Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business, Matt Jolly Director, ClimateTech & Sustainability and Catherine Wright Director in [...]

GEN UK wins global award for GEW

By |2023-09-30T12:11:13+01:00September 30th, 2023|GEN UK, GEW, Uncategorized|

2,500 people from 123 GEN countries came together to engage, learn and collaborate to support the development of our global ecosystems at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Melbourne this month. GEN UK was proud to be nominated in 4 categories at the annual Compass Awards: Champion Catalyzer for Partnerships for GEW Champion Catalyzer for Activities Overall [...]

LeZero Innovation Prize Shortlist revealed

By |2023-09-25T07:47:42+01:00September 25th, 2023|Uncategorized|

16 green mobility startups from 12 countries have been selected to go forward to the finals of the inaugural LeZero Innovation Prize. Shortlist was revealed at Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Melbourne by GEN UK Chair, Marc Ortmans.  Amaranthus Biorefinery Mexico  AviBike Hungary  BANF Korea Drift Energy UK  Ediwheel Hungary Green Energy Mali   GreenBox Republic of [...]

Exporting 101 – prepare to grow your business

By |2023-07-14T13:50:05+01:00July 14th, 2023|export, growth, scaleup, Seminar, Training|

For companies wanting to grow their business GEN UK has launched xporter, an accelerator designed to enable you to export successfully. As part of the programme we are running dedicated webinars exploring topics related to growing your business in new markets. Each month our export experts provide insights and guidance to help you prepare to export [...]

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