BeScience

Name

BeScience

Legal name

BeScience STEM

Website

https://bescience.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

STEM Education Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (61171), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

STEM, Digital Literacy & Maker Education Nonprofits (BPAGADAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

STEM & Maker Education (Makerspaces, Coding Clubs, Robotics) (EDAAAFAL), STEM Assessment, Badging & Competition Platforms (EDAFANAJ), Science & STEM Instruction (School-Delivered) (EDAJAFAH)

Keywords

• STEM education programs
• Youth STEM outreach
• Community hackathons
• STEM career workshops
• Educational events

Headquarters

HQ city

Leicester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Sponsorship: The social enterprise operates primarily through donations, corporate sponsorships, and partnership support to fund its STEM education programs and events.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

BeScience STEM is a non-profit social enterprise that delivers STEM education programs to young people aged 5+. Its core offerings include challenge-based hackathons, STEM Social Conferences, STEM Career Talks, CV & LinkedIn workshops, and the Stepping Into STEM podcast, all unified under the #1MillionToSTEM campaign. Programs are delivered through in-person workshops, school partnerships, library programs, and virtual events across the UK and internationally.

Product overview

BeScience STEM is a social enterprise offering a portfolio of educational programs and events focused on making STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) accessible to young people. The core offerings include STEM Hackathons (challenge-based problem-solving events), STEM Social Conferences (in-person and virtual conferences with industry experts), STEM Career Talks (career guidance sessions), and the Stepping Into STEM Podcast. These programs are unified under the #1MillionToSTEM campaign mission. Additional offerings include CV & LinkedIn Workshops for career preparation and the Community platform for ongoing engagement. The organization also runs the LibraryLAB program and 90-Day Student Summit as supplementary educational initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Stepping Into STEM: Podcast part of the #1MillionToSTEM campaign offering an inside look at diverse STEM careers, exploring unique career stories, industry insights, and breakthrough innovations.

Products and services

• STEM Hackathons Challenge-based events where students collaborate to solve real-world problems, fostering teamwork, creativity, and critical thinking. Includes hackathons across Leicestershire in collaboration with Royal Society of Chemistry.
• STEM Social Conferences Engaging conferences, workshops, and virtual events featuring industry experts, hands-on exhibits, and interactive learning experiences for students.
• STEM Career Talks Online events where students meet STEM professionals and explore career opportunities, featuring tailored resources and guidance for navigating academic and professional STEM paths.
• Community Platform connecting students with STEM resources, networking opportunities, and ongoing engagement with the BeScience STEM community.
• CV & LinkedIn Workshop Career development workshops helping students create professional resumes and LinkedIn profiles for STEM industry job searches.
• Stepping Into STEM Podcast
• STEM Social Virtual Experience Virtual platform hosted on Letslocalise connecting STEM professionals with students from secondary schools across the UK for interactive sessions on STEM opportunities.
• 90-Day Student Summit Virtual event featuring 14 weeks of themed sessions covering different STEM industry sectors, providing students with insights into various STEM career paths.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1 Million To STEM campaign goal
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Royal Society of ChemistrycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2024Collaboration on Leicestershire Chemistry Hackathons - eight STEM hackathons across Leicestershire designed to ignite student creativity, enhance problem-solving skills, and foster teamwork on real-world STEM challenges related to science and sustainability.
• LetslocalisecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership to connect schools with STEM professionals through the STEM Social Virtual Experience platform. Students can interact with STEM experts and learn about career opportunities in the STEM industry.
• Sierra Leone Government / Office of the First LadycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for STEM Social Sierra Leone - first international event hosted by BeScience, a national event in Freetown with 3000+ participants including students, exhibitors, teachers, with Vice President as Keynote Speaker.
• DMUworks Enterprise Network (De Montfort University)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJessica Okoro part of DMUworks Enterprise Network - a new network of founders working with the university to inspire and motivate students, developing entrepreneurial skills.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• STEMettes: STEMettes is a UK-based social enterprise inspiring girls and young women into STEM via events, hackathons, panels, and mentoring programs. Highly comparable mission (engaging underrepresented youth in STEM through community events and hackathons) and similar nonprofit/social-enterprise structure to BeScience.
• Bath Education Trust / Future Frontiers: Future Frontiers is a UK education charity focused on widening access to professional careers for young people from low-income backgrounds, including STEM pathways. Comparable as a UK-based social-impact nonprofit targeting underrepresented youth with career-pathway programming and mentorship, with similar community-led delivery and school partnerships.
• Code Club: Code Club is a UK-based nonprofit running free coding clubs for young people (typically 9-13) in schools and libraries, supported by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Highly comparable as a UK STEM/coding education nonprofit delivering workshops in libraries and schools to engage children and young people in STEM, with similar community-led volunteer model.
• Apps for Good: Apps for Good is a UK-based nonprofit that runs school programs and challenges (including app and AI design) to equip young people with technology skills. Comparable as a UK STEM education nonprofit running challenge-based events in schools and a similar community- and volunteer-driven model targeting young people.
• Teen Tech: Teen Tech runs events and competitions (including TeenTech Awards) that bring together students, teachers, and industry to explore STEM careers. Directly comparable as a UK-based nonprofit running STEM-focused events and competitions for young people, with similar industry-partner-driven model.

Broad incumbents

• STEM Learning: STEM Learning (formerly STEMNET) is the UK's largest provider of STEM education and enrichment, operating the STEM Ambassadors programme and CPD for schools. It is directly comparable as a UK-wide STEM-education nonprofit serving schools and young people, but operates at significantly greater scale and with broader government backing.
• EngineeringUK: EngineeringUK is a UK nonprofit focused on inspiring the next generation of engineers through programmes like The Big Bang Fair and Tomorrow's Engineers. Comparable as a STEM-outreach nonprofit serving schools and young people, but with a national remit and significantly larger scale and funding.
• The Smallpeice Trust: The Smallpeice Trust is a UK educational charity inspiring young people into engineering through residential courses, workshops, and school programmes. Comparable as a UK STEM education charity delivering challenge-based programs and workshops for young people, but with longer history and stronger institutional partners.
• Raspberry Pi Foundation: The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-registered charity promoting computing and STEM education for young people through low-cost computers, learning resources, and educator training. Comparable as a STEM-education nonprofit with digital/learning content serving youth, though with stronger proprietary technology and content assets.

Regional players

• Primary Engineer: Primary Engineer is a UK-based not-for-profit delivering engineering and STEM programs, competitions, and teacher training to primary and secondary schools. Comparable as a UK STEM-education nonprofit running challenge-based school programs (similar hackathon format), though primarily UK-focused while BeScience has expanded into West Africa.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BeScienceSTEM
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@besciencestem2405
• Facebookweb.facebook.com/BeScienceSTEM
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bescience-stemsocial?originalSubdomain=uk
• Instagraminstagram.com/besciencestem

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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