Suresh Balasubramanian, Armor5
Startup, 2014 Silicon Valley (UNC) Regional Finals LinkedIn The acquisition was less than a year after Suresh presented at VCIC. No terms of the deal were disclosed.
Ryan Beckland, Validic
Startup, 2014 Global Finals LinkedIn Validic Website Ryan Beckland is a co-founder of Validic and currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer. Ryan leads the company with a vision to…
Karl Murphy, Spiffy
Startup, 2015 uVCIC FInals, 2017 VCIC@UNC Internal LinkedIn Also announces new “Fleet Management as a Service” model. Spiffy Website
Andre Swanston TruOptik
Startup of the Year, 2015 Northeast (Yale) Regional Finals LinkedIn Tru Optik on the Progress Ventures website. Prior
Brent Ratz, CardiAQ Valve Technologies
Startup, 2008 Global Finals LinkedIn Press release announcing the acquisition, July 10, 2015. Mr. J. Brent Ratz Co-founded CardiAQ Valve Technologies, Inc. and has been its President since October…
Richard West, Advanced Liquid Logic
Startup, 2006 Global Finals LinkedIn Press release announcing the acquisition, July 23, 2013
Eric Boggs & Adam Covati, Argyle Social
Startup, 2011 Global Finals Eric’s LinkedIn; Adam’s LinkedIn A social tool designed by marketers for marketers. Argyle Social is a Social Media Marketing Dashboard that combines social publishing, customer engagement,…
Jeff Wolf, Heat Biologics
Startup, 2012 Global Finals LinkedIn Press release announcing IPO, July 29, 2013. Heat Biologics offers off-the-shelf “ImPACT” therapeutic vaccines to combat a wide range of cancers and infectious diseases. ImPACT…
STARTUP OF THE YEAR, Rentalutions
Judge, 2016 Global Finals (UNC) Startup Success Story LinkedIn Rentalutions Website More than half of all residential rental units in the United States are owned and managed by busy ,…
Ming Zhang, zGlue (CA)
Startup, 2016 Global Finals LinkedIn zGlue specializes in custom heterogeneous chip solutions for compact, ultra-low power, and secure applications
Hannan Parvizian, Volansi (CA)
Startup, 2016 Global Finals (UNC) LinkedIn Fastest & cheapest on-demand delivery service for time-sensitive items, such as human organs & critical parts, using advanced drone technology.
Startup of the Year – Gregory Makoul, PatientWisdom
Startup, 2017 MBA Northeast LinkedIn
Katherine Kuzmeskas, Simply Vital Health
Startup, 2017 MBA Silicon Valley LinkedIn
Sven Karlsson, PlateletBio, Boston, MA
Startup, 2017 MBA Global Finals Startup Success Story LinkedIn From Sven: “As the founder of an early stage company, I’ve participated in a number of early stage accelerators and the…
David Rose, PRSONAS, Durham, NC
Startup, 2017 Global Finals LinkedIn PRSONAS was acquired in 2019 by NuMedia.
Braden Rawls, Vital Plan (NC)
Startup, 2018 MBA Global Finals Website The holistic health resource for people motivated to live their best life.
Erhan Musaoglu, Logiwa (IL)
Startup, 2018 MBA Global Finals Website At Logiwa, we’ve built our Warehouse Management Software to make YOUR life easier.
Shiv Sundar, Esper (WA)
Startup, 2019 MBA Silicon Valley Website Securing enterprise devices.
Luis Bellafont, Pangea Aerospace (Spain)
Startup, 2019 MBA Europe South LinkedIn
Kasper and David, Carpe Lotion (NC)
Most VC-Backable Finalist, 2019 MBA Global Finals Website From David and Kaspar: “Not only is the feedback and interaction with the students very helpful, we received lots of intros to…
Kim Raath, TOPL (TX)
Startup, 2019 MBA South TOPL / LinkedIn
Trevor Best, Syzygy Plasmonics (TX)
Startup, 2019 MBA South Website
Victor Darolfi, RoboTire (CA)
Startup, 2020 Undergraduate Silicon Valley LinkedIn Guaranteed 10 minute tire change will get you back on the road before you finish your coffee.
Optera, Tim Weiss
2020 MBA Mountain Region Boulder, CO LinkedIn | Website Manage emissions, energy, water, and waste in accordance with climate science. Formerly called POINT380.
Savology, Spencer Barclay
2020 Undergraduate West Provo, UT LinkedIn | Website Plan your financial future in just five minutes. For free.
Autobound, Daniel Wiener
2020 Silicon Valley San Francisco, CA LinkedIn | Website Fully composed, expert sales outreach to your target buyers.
BankNovo, Michael Rangel (NY)
2020 MBA Northeast New York, NY LinkedIn | Website Bringing small business banking into the modern age with easy-to-use tools. From Michael: “VCIC is like an accelerator for the fundraising…
Most VC-Backable, Ecobot
Founder/CEO Lee Lance Asheville, NC 2021 Undergraduate East Regional Finals LinkedIn | Website Environmental regulatory compliance twice as fast at half the cost.
Most VC-Backable, Syzygy Plasmonics
Founder/CEO Trevor Best Houston, TX 2021 MBA South Regional Finals LinkedIn | Website Syzygy is a technology company developing a new type of photocatalytic chemical reactor to revolutionize the industrial…
Most VC-Backable, CaliberMind
Founder/CEO Eric Westerkamp Boulder, CO 2021 MBA Mountain Regional Finals LinkedIn | Website CaliberMind empowers B2B marketers to optimize pipeline and revenue growth by elevating the insights they need—without the…
Most VC-Backable, South 8 Technologies
Founder/CEO Cyrus Rustomji San Diego, CA 2021 MBA West Regional Finals LinkedIn | Website A novel Liquefied Gas Electrolyte (LiGas™) chemistry for next-generation rechargeable and primary lithium batteries and electrochemical capacitors.
Most VC-Backable, Archer Roose
Founder/CEO Marian Leitner-Waldman Boston, MA 2021 Undergraduate New England Regional Finals LinkedIn | Website Archer Roose is an alternatively packaged wine company dedicated to bringing sustainably produced, dangerously delicious wines…
Most VC-Backable, InsightFinder
CEO Dan Turchin Mountain View, CA 2021 Undergraduate Silicon Valley Regional Finals LinkedIn | Website System of intelligence that uses AI to prevent IT outages for organizations like Credit Suisse,…
Most VC-Backable, Glanris
Founder/CEO Bryan Eagle Memphis, TN 2021 MBA East Regional Finals LinkedIn | Website Glanris manufactures a sustainable, low-cost water filtration media that can radically change the economics of producing clean…
Most VC-Backable, El Camino Travel
Founder/CEO Katalina Mayorga Washington, DC 2021 Undergraduate Mid-Atlantic LinkedIn | Website Boundary-pushing commitment to culturally immersive and responsible travel.
Most VC-Backable, TerraClear
President Trevor Thompson 2021 MBA Northeast LinkedIn | Website Improves farmers’ productivity through end-to-end automation.
Most VC-Backable, Evident Systems
Founder/CEO Bobby Calderwood Reston, VA 2021 Undergraduate Northeast LinkedIn | Website We help you take complex systems and make them Evident.
Jason Ray, Paperless Parts (MA)
Founder/CEO Jason Ray Boston, MA 2021 Undergraduate Global Finals LinkedIn | Website The secure manufacturing platform that empowers everyone on your team.
Most VC-Backable, Fonbnk
Founder/CEO Chris Duffus Washington, DC 2022 Undergraduate Mid-Atlantic LinkedIn | Website Leading global marketplace enabling you to convert your airtime into digital money. WASHINGTON, DC (March 2, 2022) – Today,…
Yann Barbarroux, OTONOMI (NY)
Founder/CEO Yann Barbarroux Brooklyn, NY 2022 Undergraduate Global Finals LinkedIn | Website Blockchain-enabled parametric MGA that transforms cargo insurance policies into fast, cost-effective, and transparent digital products.