New Venture Challenge
The Stride Tech team won the 2019 New Venture Challenge (NVC) and walked out of the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Theater with $100,000 toward their invention and the opportunity to hobnob with venture capitalists, business leaders and more.
Bright Wearables, KartWheel, Stride Tech, Nimb.ly, TissueForm and Button Huggie will battle it out for $200,000 at the NVC 11 Championships.
Competing against five teams in the NVC 11 Research & Development (R&D) Track Finals competition (hosted by Venture Partners at CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ), TissueForm took home the first place prize and $6,000 after pitching their business idea to a panel of judges and a live audience.
Developing mobility solutions for seniors, Stride Tech's Smart Step system detects and corrects movements and behaviors that can lead to potentially fatal or debilitating falls.
Bright Wearables brings both style and communication together in order to eliminate the need for business cards. Their micro-chip embedded fashion accessories allows contact information to be passed to smartphones with just a tap of the phone.
New Venture Challenge Track Finals are in full swing, and we're excited to announce KartWheel as the second NVC 11 Championships finalist! KartWheel is a specialized transportation company established to transport students with disabilities and injuries from their homes to specific buildings on campus.
Nimb.ly took home the first place prize and $3,500 at the NVC 11 IT Track Finals after pitching their business idea to a panel of judges and 100 more in attendance. The team is creating a revolutionary software platform that helps catering companies keep their events efficiently staffed.
Statehill, a finalist in CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s New Venture Challenge 10 announced it has been acquired by POLITICO Europe, a joint venture between POLITICO and Axel Springer.
ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ-based interactive toy and robot maker Sphero today announced the acquisition of CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s 2018 New Venture Challenge champion Specdrums.
New Venture Challenge track finals are happening this week, and the excitement and tension is thick. The level of competition has never been higher, with over 125 teams competing across four tracks, and many of them are very strong