Young Innovators Shine: Meet the Finalists of the Verizon Unloc Young Entrepreneurs Challenge

Five young entrepreneurs have been named as finalists in the 2025 Young Entrepreneurs Challenge. Hit the link to find out who!
Ready for some impact? Check out our brand new Impact Report for 2024-25

It’s that time of year when we invite our partners, stakeholders, schools, colleges and supporters to take a peek behind the curtain and see what we’ve been up to over the past 12 months.
Meet the Finalists of The Young Entrepreneurs Challenge ’24

5 young entrepreneurs have been named as finalists in the 2024 Young
Entrepreneurs Challenge to encourage and attract the dynamic new business leaders of tomorrow.
Ethan Waisberg is the Winner of the 2024 Verizon/Unloc Young Entrepreneurs Challenge

The winner of this year’s Young Entrepreneurs Challenge has been announced! Ethan Waisberg scooped the £10,000 Grand prize. Click for the full story!
Check out our 2023-24 Impact Report!

Our latest impact report for the 2023-24 academic year is now available! Inside you’ll find a whole wealth of information of the work we’ve been carrying out over the past academic year!
Meet our three Ignite category Winners 2024!

This year’s 2024 Young Entrepreneurs Challenge was extra special as we launched an all new category for young people with the initial sparks of an idea! Meet our three Ignite winners!
“Don’t think twice about applying! Never doubt your abilities and ideas.” Interview with YEC 2024 winner Ethan Waisberg

As applications begin to flood in, we caught up with our 2024 Winner Ethan Waisberg to reflect on the process and how he found the whole experience.
Unloc and Verizon launch The Young Entrepreneurs Challenge 2025 across Europe
. Unloc and Verizon Business have launched The Young Entrepreneurs Challenge for 2025, an annual event that seeks to identify the best young talent across Europe with innovative business ideas. The winner will receive £10,000 (€11,750*), mentorship and a technology package to launch their business. In addition, they will also receive a ticket to attend […]
Our 2022-23 Impact Report is now available!

Read our 2022-23 impact report and get the lowdown on all the work we’ve been doing with over 200 schools & 15,000 young people over the past 12 months.
“Never have I felt so empowered at a competition/event by the other finalists and the staff! Don’t just consider! Apply!”

. Young Entrepreneurs Challenge Winner Olivia Simpson talks about her Grand Prize Win! . A few weeks ago we were thrilled to crown 21 year old Olivia Simpson the Winner at our Young Entrepreneurs Challenge Grand Final in collaboration with our wonderful partners Verizon Business. Held at the impressive new V-Suite in Verizon’s London headquarters, […]