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(Previously International Business Plan Competition)
The Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship announces our 21st Annual New Ventures World Competition. Our goal is to improve the chances of entrepreneurial success by exposing students to quality feedback, investment opportunities, and a chance to see some of the most competitive and innovative entrepreneurial enterprises in the world!
Compete for $20,000 cash prizes and qualify for Moot Corp Competition! All 8 teams that make it to the finals win prize money. Graduate First Prize: $7,000 Undergraduate First Prize: $4,000
New Ventures Competition Information (123K)
UNDERGRADUATE
1st Place, $4,000: BSapp, Syracuse University - Creation of a service that coordinates, facilitates, and enhances the graduate management admissions process by offering a one-stop online location for submitting applications.
2nd Place, $2,000: ROUNDSCAPE, UNL - Combines the spatial capture and virtual reality experience of ROUNDUS, LLC, a specialist in city-wide virtual tours, with the unparalleled golf industry influence of Landscapes Unlimited, LLC, the largest golf construction and management firm in the United States.
3rd Place, $1,000: J and J Solutions, University of Iowa - Developed a revolutionary closed-system drug-transfer device for the safe handling of hazardous drugs throughout the entire drug reconstitution process.
Honorable Mention, $500: VidFlips, University of Michigan - VidFlips combines a video yearbook with a social networking site to bring students together and revolutionize the yearbook market.
GRADUATE TRACK
1st Place, $7,000: Romanov Caviar, Queens School of Business-Will become the premier domestic producer, supplier, and distributor of the most luxurious product in the food industry, caviar, to the biggest and most under-supplied market in the world, the United States.
2nd Place, $3,000: Remedium Technologies, Inc., University of Maryland-Dedicated to the development of advanced hemostatic and tissue sealant materials.
3rd Place, $1,500: Hitchsters, University of Michigan-Operates a service that connects travelers going to and from airports in order to share a cab and split the fare.
Honorable Mention, $1,000: MagiCare, Sun Yat-sen University-Intends to provide non-invasive, safe, effective and affordable Enhanced External Counter-pulsation (EECP) treatment service through advanced EECP equipment for precaution, treatment, and rehabilitation of Coronary Heart Disease.
1st Place, $10,000: Effiventa; University of Manitoba 2nd Place, $3,000: Blue Sky Energy Solutions; University of Arizona 3rd Place, $2,000: logMedia; Syracuse University Honorable Mention, $750: Great Plains Nursery; University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1st Place, $15,000: Agile Sports Technology; University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2nd Place, $5,000: ViraTag LLC; Georgia Tech 3rd Place, $3,000: Macuclear; University of Texas at Austin Honorable Mention, $1,000: Securamed Inc.; UCLA
Undergraduate - Red Baron Rocks View All Undergraduate Winners
Graduate - BVM Technologies View All Graduate Winners
