Student Ventures
Building in public, from school.
These are real products built by real students — with real users, real feedback, and sometimes real revenue. We don't just pitch ideas. We ship them.
Active Ventures
Currently building.
ReThread
ActiveSustainabilityStudyBridge
ActiveEdTechPitchDeck Club
ActiveCommunityAlumni Ventures
What came before.
Past ventures that reached milestones, graduated to independence, or transformed into something new. Every one of them started with a CES cohort.
FoodMap
AcquiredLocal Commerce · 2023
MedRelay
PausedHealthTech · 2023
CampusCart
GraduatedLocal Commerce · 2022
Patchwork
TransformedSocial Impact · 2022
How It Works
The CES incubation programme.
Twice a year, we run a 12-week programme for student founders. You come in with an idea (or a curiosity), and leave with something you've tested in the real world.
You'll get a dedicated mentor, access to our speaker network, a peer cohort, and weekly sessions on everything from unit economics to customer discovery.
Become a MentorWeeks 1–2
Problem Definition
Frame a problem worth solving. Customer interviews, desk research, and validating your assumptions.
Weeks 3–5
Ideation & Prototyping
Build the smallest thing that tests your core hypothesis. Wireframes, landing pages, prototypes.
Weeks 6–9
User Testing
Get your first real users. Iterate based on feedback. Track metrics that actually matter.
Weeks 10–12
Demo Day Prep
Refine your narrative, build your pitch, and present to investors, mentors, and peers.
Want to support a venture?
We're always looking for experienced mentors — founders, operators, and investors — who want to guide student teams through the incubation programme.