the top-class premium nature of the event really blew me away. Everything was arranged for us and organized better than anything else we had ever seen at other events.

The challenge gave us the opportunity to meet investors and really build our story.

After winning the NEC, Shell became both an investor and a client. This relationship is still strong, and that started with winning the challenge.

We have made much more progress than expected. This success is something we can give back to our investors.

The intense preparation week was even better than we had expected, especially to meeting the other participants. Some of the others also had many years of experience and this provided meaningful insights.