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Multidisciplinary team based in @UniStrathclyde, designing scaleable electricity interconnection technology for social and economic uses around the world 💡

Glasgow, Scotland
Joined April 2019
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Cumulatively £25k has been secured by #StrathInspire companies in the @ScottishEDGE #EDGE17Awards Wildcard category - congratulations to start-up @ConnexSolar and pre-spinout @MicroplateD! 🙌💫 heraldscotland.com/business_…
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Our first #EDGE17Awards winner of the evening, big well done to @connexsolar, taking a £10,000 Young EDGE Award!
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Delighted to be named the first Wild Card winners at tonight’s @ScottishEDGE #EDGE17 awards, winning £10k towards innovative microgrid projects! A great competition with a whole load of inspiring winners. Excited for the rest of the night — good luck and congrats to all⚡️
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Congratulations to startups @ConnexSolar and @washruk on winning £10k each last night. And a massive thank you to Santander Universities for making it possible @santanderuknews #startup #entrepreneurs #strathinspire
The @UniStrathclyde #Inspire100 event is now underway, with over £40k in prize funding up for grabs! Over the next 5 years, it will focus on giving 100 start-up and spin-outs the chance to present to an audience of entrepreneurs, investors and experts 👏#StrathInspire
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🥳 Congratulations to our winners: Contimed awarded £20k in the Spin-Out category, and @ConnexSolar and @washruk each receiving £10k in the Start-Up category! 🏆 A special mention to @ConnexSolar who were also our audience winner, receiving an additional £1k! 🥳 #Inspire100
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Delighted to announce that we are winners in the @ScottishEDGE wild card category! Connex was chosen from 159 business to win one of six £10k prizes, to help set up our first full-size, locally-run microgrid in Rwanda later this year. Congrats to the other amazing winners too! ⚡️
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Delighted to have been selected as finalists for the @ScottishEDGE Wild Card competition, and extremely excited to pitch for a shot at funding to further scale-up our Energy Box operations next month. Wish us luck! ⚡️💡
#EDGE17 applicants! Check your email, the results are out! Good luck to those pitching in the next stages, & if you weren't successful this round, it's never a closed-door, we wish you luck in a future round. Thanks to all who applied, our panels were REALLY impressed.
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We had a fantastic time all the way through #Santanderstartup and feel no disappointment losing out to some seriously worthy winners on the day. It’s been a huge week for us with @ConvergeC success too — thanks a million to everyone who made the competition so amazing!
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Thanks to @santanderuk for having me at the Santander Universities Entrepreneur Awards this afternoon👍 It was a tough choice for the judges ! #santanderstartup
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Fingers crossed for everyone taking part in the Santander Emerging Entrepreneurs this afternoon (and in particular @ConnexSolar 🤞🏻)! #santanderstartup
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Connex Solar retweeted
Best of luck to Bartosz and @fraserjfstewart from @ConnexSolar representing @UniStrathclyde in the Emerging Entrepreneurs final later today. @ConnexSolar seek to bring cheap, renewable energy to communities in the developing world. #santanderstartup
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In the words of Frankie Valli, oh what a night!! Friday has a lot to live up to now. Congratulations to everyone in the finals of @ConvergeC & particularly to our fantastic entrepreneurs who did amazingly well this evening. And thanks to the Converge team for such a great event.
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Two for two! 🎤 Congratulations @ConnexSolar What an evening this is turning out to be 🎉🥈
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Connex Solar retweeted
Fantastic result for @UniStrathclyde as Fraser Stewart @ConnexSolar takes the #ImpactChallenge runner-up prize winning £19,000 in #equityfree cash & in-kind business support. Congratulations! #ConvergeAwards
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Big congrats to #AquaponicsGarden and & @ConnexSolar! I'm looking forward to spending some time with you both in the coming months and watching you grow. #ImpactAward #ConvergeAwards #Impact #ThisIsScotland
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Connex Solar retweeted
We’re ready to roll! @hallamohieddeen kicks off tonight’s virtual #ConvergeAwards. With a fantastic line up of speakers and £230k prize package to award, it’s going to be an amazing night!
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Connex Solar retweeted
It's finally here! #ConvergeAwards Day 2020 🎉 Best of luck to our Impact Challenge finalists: Yanik Nyberg @SeawaterFarming Leia Kennedy, Aquaponics Garden James Swinburne, Metacarpal Fraser Stewart @ConnexSolar Laura Higham @Vet_Sustain See you all at 5.00pm!
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Can't wait for this tomorrow night! Good luck @ClaudiaConverge @AdamKosterka As always, I'm sure it will be an amazing tribute to our creative and entrepreneurial researchers.
18 of Scotland's most promising #AcademicEntrepreneurs have now made it to the finals of Converge 2020. Read the full story here: ow.ly/V0WZ50BmRAD #ConvergeAwards #ScotlandIsNow
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Well done Bartosz and Fraser @ConnexSolar !
Delighted to announce that we’ve made it to the national final of the #santanderstartup competition to pitch for £30k equity-free funding in front of an esteemed judging panel including Theo Paphitis and Prue Leith. Wish us luck!
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