Flare 2024 Finalists

Our enterprise ideas challenge, Flare, is a highly competitive annual competition that gives Herts students and alumni entrepreneurs the support and training they need to bring their business ideas to life, no matter how far along they are in development.

The winner of the People's Choice and our highly coveted award categories was announced at a celebratory awards presentation and networking event which took place in June, at the Enterprise Hub.

2024 Flare Winners

  • Healthcare and wellbeing £3,000 – Padmavathi Valluri – Nutribox
  • Breakthrough science and technologies £3,000 – Olesya Zgonnik – Cool Flush
  • Creative entrepreneurship £3,000 – Joy Brett – Eureka Creative
  • Impactful entrepreneurship £3,000 – Sarah Goldsmith – Well-You
  • Engineers in Business Fellowship £1,000 – Alen Sony Joseph – Gamsity
  • Flare entrepreneur of the year £2,500 – Josep Navarro and Moritz Laas – Uverd
  • People's choice – £2,500 - Sree Palleboina  - VASTRA

Meet the finalists

Joy Brett

School of Creative Arts

Business name: Eureka Creative

Josep Navarro and Moritz Laass

School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science

Business Name: Uverd

Sree Palleboina

Hertfordshire Business School

Business Name: VASTRA

Sarah Goldsmith

Hertfordshire Business School

Business Name: Well-You

Olesya Zgonnik

School of Creative Arts

Business Name: Cool Flush

Alen Sony Joseph

School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science

Business Name: Gamsity

Meriem Gueffal

School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science

Business Name: DEIJ

Mohamad Khir Allah and Bailey Bellenie

School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science

Business Name: Vox Optic

Aman Tripathi

School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science

Business name: Holiest

Padmavathi Valluri

Hertfordshire Business School

Business Name: Nutribox

Chloe Cooper

School of Creative Arts

Business Name: Wyrmbound

Raphael Chryslar

School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science

Business Name: SSPX Ltd