Recommended Solutions for Higher Education Providers
Find the right fit for your programme
Choosing the right business simulation depends on how you plan to use it, your students’ level, and your programme or module objectives.
SimVenture offers three products – Evolution, Classic, and Validate – each designed for specific learning outcomes and delivery contexts.
Choose Evolution for management, strategy, and employability programmes
Best for: Modules and programmes where students need to apply strategic thinking, make complex decisions, and develop graduate employability skills – at undergraduate, postgraduate, or MBA level.
Aligned with the learning outcomes most valued by business schools and graduate employers: analysis, evaluation, critical thinking, leadership, and independent application of knowledge.
- Run and manage a virtual business across a simulated period – within a single session or over multiple weeks
- Make decisions across all business functions: operations, finance, marketing, research and development, and people
- Analyse performance data, identify strategic options, and adapt decisions in response to changing conditions
- Work individually or as a management team — supporting both independent and collaborative learning
- Monitor student engagement and progress remotely via the educator Control Tower
Ideal for Operations Management, Business Leadership, Strategy, and Employability modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level – and for virtual placement and work readiness programmes.
Choose Classic for seminar and workshop delivery
Best for: Structured, facilitator-led delivery in seminar or workshop settings – or in environments where internet access is limited.
Offers the same core business simulation experience as Evolution in a traditional, offline format.
- Deliver structured activities that integrate naturally into existing seminar or lecture programmes
- Guide students through practical decision-making in a controlled, discussion-based environment
- Use as a standalone activity or as a complement to Evolution in programmes where both online and offline delivery is needed
- Supports introductory business education as well as more advanced applied learning
Ideal for structured teaching, knowledge consolidation, and accessible group-based learning – particularly in first-year or foundation-level programmes.
Choose Validate for enterprise, entrepreneurship, and placement programmes
Best for: Enterprise modules, entrepreneurship education, startup programmes, enterprise placement years, and any context where students are developing and testing their own business ideas.
Aligned with key entrepreneurial competencies including creativity, critical evaluation, customer insight, and commercial thinking – and mapped to frameworks such as EntreComp.
- Guide students through ideation, Business Model Canvas development, assumption testing, and portfolio creation
- Support primary and secondary research as part of the validation process – with evidence uploaded and stored directly in the platform
- Monitor student progress remotely and frame coaching conversations around each student’s own inputs and decisions
- Generate professional, shareable portfolios that serve as both a learning record and an assessment submission
- Works across disciplines – business, engineering, design, arts, and beyond
Ideal for entrepreneurship modules, enterprise placement years, startup competitions, and any programme where developing independent entrepreneurial thinking is the goal.
Quick decision guide
An online, guided simulation where students run a business and learn from decisions – across modules, programmes, or placement contexts.
An offline, facilitator-led simulation for seminar or workshop-based delivery.
An online platform for developing, testing, and presenting business ideas – ideal for enterprise modules or placement years.
Combine products for maximum impact
Many universities use SimVenture products together to create a richer, more progressive learning journey across modules or across a full programme:
- Start with Validate in an enterprise or first-year module to develop entrepreneurial thinking and idea generation skills
- Progress to Evolution for management, strategy, or employability modules — building commercial awareness, decision-making, and leadership skills
- Use Classic in seminar or workshop settings where internet access is limited, or for structured, facilitator-led reinforcement alongside other delivery
This approach allows universities to offer students a complete spectrum of applied business learning – from creative idea generation through to strategic management – across their undergraduate or postgraduate journey.
