The ten shortlisted business plans for the Converge Challenge 2017 category award have now been whittled down to the Top 6 finalists in Scotland's leading academic company creation competition. Open to students, graduates and staff from Scotland's universities this year's finalists show strong representation from the healthcare and engineering sectors, a healthy presence of female participants (30% of the finalists) and include 4 spin-out and 2 start-up businesses. The finalists are competing to win cash prizes and in-kind business support packages from the total prize value of over £170,000.