ABVentures, University of Aberdeen

🚀 What a ride! Over 4 weeks, 100+ students, 40 teams pitched ideas tackling sustainability, health, tech & more challenges at @aberdeenuni's Lightbulb Ideas Competition 2026 🏆Congrats to our winners! Big thanks to @ESBFcharity for funding prizes & supporting student innovation.

📢 Quick Update There will be no Start Here Breakfast this Wednesday. We’ll be back soon with more opportunities to connect, share ideas, and get support ☕ Stay tuned! #StartHereBreakfast #ABVentures #BeTheSpark

Calling all University of Aberdeen students and recent graduates 🚀 Ready to take your idea further and start building something real? Applications for the Take Off Accelerator are now open. Free to join, no equity taken. Apply now. Deadline 26 April 👇 forms.office.com/e/3RdqXRE7e1

☕✨ Start Here Breakfast is back — at a new location! Join us this February at Crombie Hall for a relaxed morning of conversations, fresh ideas, and new connections. 📍 Interdisciplinary Lounge, Crombie Hall 📅 25 February 2026 ⏰ 8:30 – 10:30 AM #StartHereBreakfast

🔥😍 LIGHTBULB IDEAS COMPETITION 2026 😍🔥 💰 FREE to take part! 🔥 You could win £1,000! Up to £3,600 prize pot! Apply now to reserve your spot (link in bio) ➡️ forms.office.com/e/h6QbKr1snK #LightbulbIdeas #ABVentures #UniversityofAberdeen #AberdeenUni

🎯 £5,000 Funding Opportunity for Student/Graduate Entrepreneurs ⏰ Deadline: February 15, 2026 👉 Apply now: forms.office.com/e/6s4XfB3Jux Know someone who should see this? Tag them or share this post so they don’t miss out.

☕✨ Start Here Breakfast is back! Join us for the next Start Here Breakfast 📍 Interdisciplinary Lounge, Crombie Hall 📅 Wednesday, 25 February ⏰ 8:30 – 10:30 AM Come along, grab some breakfast, and start your day with great conversations and ideas. #StartHereBreakfast

💡 Lightbulb Ideas Competition 2026 — Applications Now Open! 🏆 £3,600 prize pot available 📜 Certificate of Achievement for all participants who pitch 🍕 Free pizza & drinks included 🔗 Apply now: forms.office.com/e/h6QbKr1snK #LightbulbIdeas #ABVentures #StudentEnterprise

Build a startup idea in one day! Develop new startup ideas focused on sustainability. £3,000 in cash prizes to be won! 📅 Saturday 21st Feb ⏰ 09:00 – 18:30 📌 ONE Tech Hub Free to attend. Lunch and dinner included. No startup idea or experience needed. foundersvault.co.uk/services/found…

🔥😍 LIGHTBULB IDEAS COMPETITION 2026 😍🔥 Still open for applications: Lightbulb Ideas Competition 2026 Hurry, limited spaces available. Apply now to reserve your spot ➡️ forms.office.com/e/h6QbKr1snK #LightbulbIdeas #ABVentures #UniversityofAberdeen #AberdeenUni

Did you spot us today at the Students’ Union? 👀 💡 Lightbulb Ideas Competition 2026! Turn your idea into action, pitch to judges & win funding. 🏆 £3,600 prize pot 🍕 Free pizza 📜 Certificate included 📅 Apply by 15 Feb 🔗 forms.office.com/e/h6QbKr1snK ✨ Be the Spark

☕✨ Start Here Breakfast - January Edition 🚀 What’s next? Join Lightbulb Ideas Competition 2026 💡 Develop a solution to a real-world problem 🎤 Pitch your idea to expert judges 🏆 Compete for a share of the £3,600 prize pot 👉 Apply : forms.office.com/e/h6QbKr1snK

🎯 £5,000 Funding Opportunity for Student/Graduate Entrepreneurs Got an idea that could make a difference? ⏰ Deadline: February 15, 2026 👉 Apply now: forms.office.com/e/6s4XfB3Jux

🔥😍 LIGHTBULB IDEAS COMPETITION 2026 😍🔥 Starting off 2026 with even more opportunities for all @aberdeenuni students and recent grads to try something new! 🚀 Hurry, limited spaces available. Apply now to reserve your spot (link in bio) ➡️ forms.office.com/e/h6QbKr1snK

🎉 It’s 2026!
 
This term, ABVentures has some exciting opportunities:

Apply or find out more using the links below: 
👉 Lightbulb Ideas Competition: forms.office.com/e/h6QbKr1snK 
👉 Microfinance Fund: forms.office.com/e/6s4XfB3Jux 
👉 Start Here Breakfast: abdn.ac.uk/students/suppo…

☕✨ Start Here Breakfast is back! Join us for the next Start Here Breakfast 📍 Seminar Room 224, Sir Duncan Rice Library 📅 Wednesday, 28 January ⏰ 8:30 – 10:30 AM Come along, grab some breakfast, and start your day with great conversations. #StartHereBreakfast #ABVentures

🎉 Best Gift Idea 2025 Winners Announced! 🎁 Thank you to everyone who took part in the Best Gift Idea 2025 competition. 😂 Funniest Gift Idea: Trisha 🌀 Most Useful (in a Weird Way): Himasara 🎨 Best Visual / Image: Geetanjali 🧠 Most Surprisingly Smart Idea: Adriana

⏳ 24 hours left to enter! Have a real problem and a wildly creative gift idea to solve it? This is your final chance to submit for the Best Gift Idea 2025 Competition. 🏆 £25 Amazon voucher 🕛 Entries close tomorrow 👉 Submit here: forms.office.com/e/0nh1QzDMqz #BestGiftIdea2025

⏰ Last 48 hours! Got a weird problem? Turn it into a gift idea 🎁 🏆 4 winners 💳 £25 Amazon voucher each 🎨 Funny, smart or totally unrealistic ideas welcome 👉 Link: forms.office.com/e/0nh1QzDMqz #BestGiftIdea2025 #ABVentures #BeTheSpark

Looking for ideas? Here are some fun examples for the Best Gift Idea Competition 2025 from our team to get you started 🎁✨ Submit your own gift idea before 17 December for a chance to win a £25 voucher! Link: forms.office.com/e/0nh1QzDMqz #ABVentures #BeTheSpark