Samsung UK Reveals Final Ten Teams Shortlist For Annual Solve For Tomorrow Competition

LONDON, UK – April 18, 2024 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd – Samsung UK today revealed the final ten shortlisted teams that have made it through to the final of its annual tech for good competition, Solve for Tomorrow. Now in its fourth year in the UK, the competition aims to empower future generations by asking 16-25 year olds to come up with ideas that use technology to help solve societal  challenges.

Between September and December last year, nearly 600 young people submitted their Solve for Tomorrow ideas in teams or as individuals, to be in with a chance of winning a £10,000 cash prize and additional Samsung tech, alongside three months of expert mentoring and support to help bring their idea to life. Applicants were then tasked to ensure their ideas utilised technology to make a meaningful difference in one of four competition themes: Education, Sustainability, Equity Diversity & Inclusion and Health & Wellbeing.

In January, our panel of judges whittled down the applications to a shortlist of 24. These semi-finalists then took part in a second phase of the competition: six weeks of design thinking, market research & prototyping workshops alongside 1-2-1 Samsung mentorship, to help develop their design concepts ready for re-submission in March.

Commenting on the shortlist announcement and standard of entries this year, Jessie Soohyun Park, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Samsung Electronics UK, said:

“It’s been incredible to see the standard of this year’s semi-finalists and their exceptional dedication to the programme to bring their ideas to life over the last six weeks. When we met the teams at our prototyping workshop in March, we were blown away by their creativity and ambition, and hope that even those who didn’t make it through to the final stage of the competition left with valuable knowledge and connections. I’m excited to see how our final ten teams continue to progress over the next three weeks, and we’re committed to doing all we can to equip our participants with the expertise and resources they need to take their ideas to the next level, for the Solve for Tomorrow final and beyond.”

From these developed applications, ten finalists have now been selected to embark on the final stage of the programme, where they will receive a further three weeks of industry expertise around pitching and funding to prepare them for their final in-person pitch on 19^th June at Samsung KX.

Andy Davis, Founding Partner of 10×10 Capital, who judged phase two applications for this year’s 18-25 category competition, also commented on the finalists:

“I wish Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow existed when I was starting my entrepreneurial journey. It’s everything a young person needs to affect change and that’s reflected not only in the bold, captivating ideas but also the quality of their pitches. Our final ten teams all possess qualities that we see in the very best entrepreneurs globally.  During judging, I stopped several times as I couldn’t believe that this many 18-25-year-olds are working at such a high level. Congratulations to all of the teams, whose impact in the future will leave us all telling stories of how we once knew them”.

The winners and runners up for each age category (16-18 and 18-25) will be announced following the awards ceremony in July.

To find out more about our Solve for Tomorrow Competition, please visit: https://www.samsung.com/uk/solvefortomorrow/

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