In the Startup VŠE competition, CEMS students won the first place, while CEMS VŠE won the annual competition for the best Business Project alliance

Once a semester, the Department of Entrepreneurship of the Faculty of Business Administration together with xPORT VŠE, announce the Startup VŠE competition. Student teams compete for a scholarship of CZK 40,000 to support innovative businesess. Seven student teams from the Prague University of Economics and Business entered the finals in the winter semester, which took place on December 14, 2021. 

The VŠE Startup Title was awarded to the SunAware project, which addresses the negative effects of UV radiation on children’s skin. The first product they created is a cap that alerts parents in the event of excessive skin exposure. TalentSeed student team, which is working on a digital solution for finding young football talents, got second place. The third place belonged to the team with the City Adventure project, which develops games for travellers. 

Prague University of Economics and Business together with the Corporate Partner of the CEMS programme Plzeňský prazdroj and their HQ ASAHI Europe & International has won the Business Project of the Year 2021. Every year, all 34 CEMS schools propose one Business project for the competition. Prague University of Economics and Business won with the project “Crowdsourcing for Retail Store Compliance“.  

From the Partnership Centre VŠE, we congratulate the winners and welcome the cooperation of companies and students from VŠE.