StartUP Challenge team MediaLight won best presentation at Nuori Yrittäjyys (Junior Achievers Young Entrepreneurs) Finnish finals in Hämeenlinna yesterday 3.04.2012.

In all 18 teams from different Universities of Applied Sciences and Universities took part in the competition with StartUP Challenge represented by three teams. The three StartUP Challenge teams were MediaLight who provide well designed, customised, simple to use websites, CKS Energia who are working on a thermo acoustic engine which will help power plants re-use waste heat and turn it into energy, EZ-Traveller which provides a fun travel game App that also helps you plan your trip ahead.

The overall winner of the competition was Season One, who will travel to Skopje Macedonia to represent Finland in the Junior Achievers Young Entrepreneurs European Finals. Season One was founded by four product design students in Turku University of Applied Sciences.

You can view some highlights from the day and the presentations by the StartUP Challenge teams below as well as the comments from the judges awarding MediaLight the best presentation (we will publish the full length pitch later).

StartUP Challenge’s trip and entrance tickets were sponsored by Metropolia Business School. A big thank you goes to Head of Metropolia Business School Helena Kuusisto-Ek for her support to StartUP Challenge.