Incubating and Hatching Your Entrepreneurial Ambitions

The Winchester Hatchery offers students at the University of Winchester a dedicated space to work from while developing their start-up business dreams! Access to the hatchery is competitive and places are awarded to students who deliver viable business start-up ideas at pitching events held at the Business School. Members of the hatchery will be provided with a real-world business mentor to support the development of their start-up, alongside being enrolled on a fast-paced intensive business start-up acceleration programme! There is also even a chance to win start-up seed funding!

This is completely free of charge for staff and students at The University of Winchester.

Step 1

Register your interest in starting your business!

Step 2

Pitch your business start-up idea to our panel of business leaders

Step 3

Move into the hatchery space and start your journey with a mentor

Step 4

Accelerate and launch your business start-up into the world!

Start Your Journey Now

Let us know you are interested by signing up, join the next pitching event, pitch your idea and win your place in the Hatchery!

Ready To Get Going?

The Hatchery Space @ Winchester Business School

Check out the Winchester Hatchery space, which offers a dedicated space for students and staff looking to develop their own start-up business dreams!

Welcome to Winchester Hatchery!

The business support and acceleration hub based at Winchester Business School.

If you are a student (or member of staff) looking to launch your own business start-up then this is the place to make those dreams come true! Supported by a range of real-world business mentors and investors, networking events and a bespoke business start-up acceleration course, we will help you skyrocket your business start-up from idea to launch!

I look forward to meeting with you and hearing your startup pitches as you get ready to enter the hatchery!

Steven Northam - Hatchery Project Lead BA (Hons) MSc MA Ed. PgCert LTHE FHEA AcFIOEE

Alumni Student Start-Up Case Studies

Explore and find out more about some of the past student-supported start-up businesses.

Our Business Mentors

All of our mentors are leading local business figures.
Serial Entrepreneur
Serial Entrepreneur

Steve Northam

Founder & CEO

LinkedIn

Finance Director
Finance Director

Joanne Brinton

Vitality

LinkedIn

Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO

Nella Pang

OmegaRE

LinkedIn

Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer

George Scott-Welsh

IncuHive

LinkedIn

Entreprenuer
Entreprenuer

Julian Gee

Marketing Guru

LinkedIn

Business Builder
Business Builder

Beverley Poole

Aspire4Business

LinkedIn

Business Mentor
Business Mentor

Tim Brock

Federation for Small Business

LinkedIn

Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO

Sam Pieperhoff

BarBox

LinkedIn

Coming Soon
Coming Soon

Barry Sacks

Coming Soon

LinkedIn

Coming Soon
Coming Soon

Alana Penkethman

Coming Soon

LinkedIn

Business Mentor
Business Mentor

Coming Soon

Coming Soon

LinkedIn

Coming Soon
Coming Soon

Stephen Carter

Coming Soon

LinkedIn

Want to Help Support Students?

Alumni Student Mentoring Team


Meet the Alumni Student Mentoring Team - these are all ex-students from The University of Winchester who are now running their own successful businesses! they are on hand to answer questions and give insight into their own experiences going from student to start-up business owner and beyond.
Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO

Tony Edwards

bitsmart.tech

LinkedIn

Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO

Mag Lepkowska

Mag's Media

LinkedIn

Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO

Will Cuthell

Crush

LinkedIn

Managing Director
Managing Director

Josh Mitchell

Mitchell & Stones

LinkedIn

Owner & Designer
Owner & Designer

Laura Fisher

Laura Fisher Ltd

LinkedIn

Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO

Jake Hawkins

The RedRed Video

LinkedIn

Start-up Support
Providing a range of business start-up support services to ensure the best chance of success with your start-up idea!
Business Mentoring
Providing real-world business mentors to support your start-up with experience, networks and someone who has "been there and done it".
Investment
Providing seed investment to help support the development and launch of your business start-up idea, without debt or equity - all free or charge!
Events & Networking
Providing a range of exciting and innovative networking and business start-up pitching events to support your start-up journey!