VCIC Startups Get Funded
The startups below went on to raise funding after participating in a VCIC event.
We do not claim any credit for their funding. We’re just applauding their success!
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Most VC-Backable Tie, Upkid
Co-Founder/CEO Tyler Morgan
Lehi, UT
2024 Undergraduate West
LinkedIn | Website
Solving the child care shortage in America by providing daycares with qualified flexible staff.
Most VC-Backable, Mallard Bay
Founder/CEO Logan Meaux
Baton Rouge, LA
2024 Undergraduate New England
LinkedIn | Website
An Airbnb-style marketplace where sportsmen and guides can connect.
Most VC-Backable, Surgicure Technologies
Founder/CEO Irena King
Boston, MA
2024 Undergraduate Mid-Atlantic
LinkedIn | Website
Innovating airway management for civilian and military use.
Most VC-Backable Tie, Carketa
CEO Tim Hansen
2024 Undergraduate West
LinkedIn | Website
Uniquely enables vehicle dealerships around the world to reach new heights.
Most VC-Backable, Innerlogic
CEO Bryce Tully
Halifax, Nova Scotia
2024 MBA Canada
LinkedIn | Website
Enables organizations to instantly turn people data into scalable culture growth.
Most VC-Backable, Merqube (NY)
Founder/CEO Vinit Srivastava
New York, NY
2023 Undergraduate Northeast
LinkedIn | Website
Next generation index-linked investing with cutting edge technology.
Dave Danielson, Cairn Surgical
Startup, 2023 MBA Northeast, 2023 Undergraduate Northeast
LinkedIn | Website
Julia Megson, Rescale
Startup, 2023 MBA Northeast, 2023 Undergraduate Northeast
LinkedIn | Website
Most VC-Backable, Enviro Power (NY)
Founder/CEO Dan Nadav
New York, NY
2023 Undergraduate East
LinkedIn | Website
Amogha Tadimety and Alison Burklund, Nanopath (NH)
Co-Founders Amogha Tadimety and Alison Burklund
Hanover, NH
2022 MBA Northeast
LinkedIn: Amogha Alison | Website
Molecular diagnostics company disrupting traditional testing methodologies for women.
Matt Williamson, Plum CoOwnership (NC)
Founder/CEO Matt Williamson
Durham, NC
2022 MBA Silicon Valley
LinkedIn | Website
Vacation Co-Ownership, Made Simple.
February 24, 2022: A Durham-headquartered startup, Plum, led by a Triangle-based serial entrepreneur, seeks to […]
Most VC-Backable, Bookclubs
Founder/CEO Anna Ford
Camden, ME
2022 Undergraduate Northeast
LinkedIn | Website
Organize your club, start a new one, and find your book people. For free.
Most VC-Backable, Infobionic (MA)
Founder/CEO Stuart Long
Boston, MA
2022 MBA New England
LinkedIn | Website
See how we’ve reset the standard for MCT, in physicians’ and patients’ favor.
Most VC-Backable, CertifID (TX)
Co-founder /CEO Tyler Adams
Austin, TX
2022 MBA Central
LinkedIn | Website
CertifID is a security SaaS platform used to protect companies from wire fraud.
Most VC-Backable, TSOLife
Founder/CEO David Sawyer
Tampa Bay, FL
2022 Undergraduate Silicon Valley
LinkedIn | Website
Using AI, we’re providing insights to make key business decisions.
TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 18, 2022 — TSOLife, […]
Most VC-Backable, Five Flute
Founder/CEO Carson Darling
2022 Undergraduate West
LinkedIn | Website
Product development teams communicate about engineering issues never leaving the 3D design tools they already use.
Aug. 9, 2022 […]
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.
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, Evident Systems
Founder/CEO Bobby Calderwood
Reston, VA
2021 Undergraduate Northeast
LinkedIn | Website
We help you take complex systems and make them Evident.
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, 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 water […]
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 gas, […]
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, 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 headache.
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 in […]
Most VC-Backable, TerraClear
President Trevor Thompson
2021 MBA Northeast
LinkedIn | Website
Improves farmers’ productivity through end-to-end automation.
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, 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, Dell, […]
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 […]
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.
The Rounds, Tim Rice
2020 MBA Canada
Halifax, Nova Scotia
LinkedIn | Website
An exclusive online network for physicians and medical students.
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.
Savology, Spencer Barclay
2020 Undergraduate West
Provo, UT
LinkedIn | Website
Plan your financial future in just five minutes. For free.
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 the […]
Luis Bellafont, Pangea Aerospace (Spain)
Startup, 2019 MBA Europe South
LinkedIn
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.
Chris White, Shinesty, Boulder, CO
Startup, 2017 MBA Global Finals
Team, 2nd Place, 2014 VCIC Global Finals
LinkedIn
From the Shinesty Website:
We created Shinesty for one reason and one reason […]
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.
Startup of the Year – Gregory Makoul, PatientWisdom
Startup, 2017 MBA Northeast
LinkedIn
Katherine Kuzmeskas, Simply Vital Health
Startup, 2017 MBA Silicon Valley
LinkedIn
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 […]
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.
Ming Zhang, zGlue (CA)
Startup, 2016 Global Finals
LinkedIn
zGlue specializes in custom heterogeneous chip solutions for compact, ultra-low power, and secure applications
Dan Rua, Admiral (FL)
Startup, 2016 Global Finals (UNC)
LinkedIn
Admiral Website
The websites that you, your family, your friends and the world rely on for news, media and […]
Will Rosellini, Nexeon MedSystem
Startup, 2010 Global Finals
Judge, 2015 Global Finals
VCIC Alum
LinkedIn
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 […]
Andre Swanston TruOptik
Startup of the Year, 2015 Northeast (Yale) Regional Finals
LinkedIn
Tru Optik on the Progress Ventures website.
Prior
Karl Murphy, Spiffy
Startup, 2015 uVCIC FInals, 2017 VCIC@UNC Internal
LinkedIn
Also announces new “Fleet Management as a Service” model.
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 […]
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.
Matt Williamson, Windsor Circle
Startup, 2014 Silicon Valley (UNC) Regional Finals
VCIC Alum, UNC Kenan-Flagler
LinkedIn
Windsor Circle Website
Matt is CEO and a co-founder of Windsor Circle. Prior […]
Richard West, Advanced Liquid Logic
Startup, 2006 Global Finals
LinkedIn
Press release announcing the acquisition, July 23, 2013
Ian Campbell, Next Input
Startup, 2013 Global Finals
LinkedIn
Press release about the funding, July 1, 2015.
Developed a force sensitive touch technology that enables a third-dimension of touch: Force. Imagine […]
Tim Critchley, Semafone
Startup, 2013 Global Finals
VCIC Alum
LinkedIn
Press release about raising £5M, October 2, 2014.
Founded by a team of experienced call center professionals with the aim of resolving […]
Jeff Wolf, Heat Biologics
Startup, 2012 Global Finals
LinkedIn
Josh Scott, Craftsy
Startup, 2012 Global Finals, Sympoz (Craftsy)
VCIC Alum, Global Finals Champ Berkeley Haas 2005
LinkedIn
Sameer Sabir, Momelan Technologies
Startup, 2011 Global Finals
VCIC Champ, MIT Sloan 2007
LinkedIn
Eric Boggs & Adam Covati, Argyle Social
Startup, 2011 Global Finals
Eric’s LinkedIn; Adam’s LinkedIn
Barbara Fox, Avaxia Biologics
Startup, 2009 Global Finals
LinkedIn
Avaxia Biologics, Inc. is developing oral antibody products for disease targets accessible via the mouth and gastrointestinal tract, a $5B […]
Shahyaan Desai and Brad Treat, Mezmeriz
Startup, 2007 Global Finals
Shahyaan’s LinkedIn; Brad’s LinkedIn
Mezmeriz is building a revolution in digital television. Based on research at Cornell University’s famed nanotechnology laboratory, Mezmeriz has developed the ability […]
Ryan Allis, iContact
Startup, 2006 Global Finals
LinkedIn
Professional email marketing from iContact helps businesses of all stages and sizes get results. From the small business just getting starting to the professional marketer […]