UVA Entrepreneurship Update, NOV 13 - NOV 19 2022
What follows is a summary of the events and deadlines for the upcoming week across Entrepreneurship@UVA, the wider Charlottesville area, and even beyond.
As always, should you have any questions about Entrepreneurship here at UVA, feel free to check out our website, sign up for the newsletter, or email startup@virginia.edu.
:: WAHOOWA ::
Kris Cody, co-founder of PAKA, was featured in Inc Magazine, for ascending the tallest peak in Peru to test the sustainable clothing company’s new winter jacket—made with lofted alpaca wool.
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:: HELP WANTED ::
Obsessed with travel, tech, and personal finance, Payton is on the lookout for new venture opportunities. If anyone is looking for a co-founder or help booking free flights, feel free to reach out!
Looking for connections to a co-founder or need help with a project? Email startup@virginia.edu.
:: ENTREPRENEURSHIP CUP ::
Congratulations to all of the finalists and the winning teams in the 2022 ECUP Concept Competition. Special thanks to the Jefferson Trust, which provided the $20,000 in total award support for this year’s competition!
Listed below are all of the winning teams. You can also follow this link for more detailed descriptions of the projects and to watch each team’s video pitch.
Consumer / Business to Business
G&R
Ben Benson (Arts & Sciences, 2025), AJ Nye (Arts & Sciences, 2025), Eric Weng, (Arts & Sciences, 2025), Jinge Zhou (Arts & Sciences, 2023)
Side Hustle @UVA
Rebecca Skoler (Batten, 2024) Jessica Reed (Arts & Sciences, 2024), Ella Burrows (Architecture, 2024) Allie Kantor (Arts & Sciences, 2024), Ian Wolfe (Arts & Sciences, 2026)
Sting Energy
Jacques Bristow (Darden, 2024)
Tuckamore Development Partners
Nick Farmer and Jake Eichengreen (Darden, 2023)
Vocord
Michael Fatemi, Kendall Sano, and Anthony Wang, (Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2026) Darsh Ravada (Arts & Sciences, 2026)
Engineering / Healthcare Technology
AtheroSHuffle
Yilun Zhou (Arts & Sciences, 2025), Ivory Tang (Arts & Sciences, 2025), Justin Orchard-Hays (Arts & Sciences, 2025), Isha Patel (Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2024), Jayati Maram (SEAS 2024), Alyssa Dioguardi (McIntire and Arts & Sciences, 2024)
Hoos.ai
Chan Ho Lun (Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2024), Herrera del Valle Roberto (Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2023), Biswas Ankita (Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2025), Grimes Ryan (Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2025)
PPINtonus
Varun Reddy (Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2025)
Skinzy Software Solutions
Ronil Diyora (Darden, 2024)
teamr
Wenxi Huang (Arts & Sciences, 2023), Ethan Steere (Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2024)
Social Entrepreneurship
College Contact LLC
Sophie Smith (McIntire, 2023)
Distro
Gregory Perryman (Arts & Sciences, 2026)
Petrichor
Curie Chang (Darden, 2024)
SafeRoute UVA
Reese Poe (Education & Human Development 2023), Caroline Buehler (Arts & Sciences, 2023), Heidi Pan (McIntire, 2023)
Tofali Zetu
Andrew Rummel (Arts & Sciences, 2024)
:: OTHER OPPORTUNITIES ::
AWS UNIVERSITY STARTUP COMPETITION
Application deadline November 07, 2022
The top 10 finalists have the opportunity to pitch their startups to a panel of investors and AWS Startup Team members for up to $20K in prizes plus up to $100K in AWS credits. MORE INFO
TIGER LAUNCH
Application deadline November 07, 2022
Princeton's TigerLaunch is the world's largest student-run entrepreneurship competition for student entrepreneurs. $45k in prizes. MORE INFO
CGI U 2023
Application deadline December 16, 2022
The Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) is a diverse community of emerging leaders that supports students, alumni, and global innovators in tackling pressing challenges in their communities. MORE INFO
BIG IDEA BOUNCE
January 15, 2023
WashU Olin’s 2nd annual BIG IdeaBounce® powered by Poets&Quants is a pitch contest open to all current undergraduate and graduate school students OR any prospect interested in pursuing a graduate business school degree. MORE INFO