Winners of 2019 UCI Beall New Venture Competition

Irvine's Beall Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship recently selected the Winners of its 2019 New Venture Competition. 

2019 New Venture Competition

These teams pitched their business ideas to investors, entrepreneurs, and business leaders competing for over $100,000 in awards. 

Their hard work, openness to coaching and feedback, and their innovative ideas truly speak to the amazing depth and breadth of talent that is found among the students of the University of California, Irvine.

Please join us in congratulating the following teams:

CONSUMER PRODUCTS

First place: Poo Pal, $10,000

Second Place: Steth n' Go, $5,000

CONSUMER SERVICES

First place: myHealth Today, $10,000

Second Place: Curbd, $5,000

Swapplt, $5,000

BUSINESS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

First place: UniSAFE, $10,000

Second Place: JiFFAL, $5,000

LIFE SCIENCES TRACK

First place: ELF Therapeutics, $10,000

Second Place: Embryologic, $5,000

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE TRACK

First place: VolunteerCrowd, $10,000

Second Place: giv, $5,000

TECH SURGE

First place: ELF Therapeutics, $10,000

Second Place: P-FLAPs, $5,000

SPECIALTY PRIZE - WIN THE FUTURE AWARD

First place: CenSyn, $4,000

Second Place: Embryologic, $3,000

NOWA Innovations, $3,000

Third Place: Smart Real Estate Signs, $1,000

NanoCurv, $1,000

WITH WARM GRATITUDE TO:

  • Beall Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Board of Directors

  • New Venture Competition Concept Paper Judges

  • New Venture Competition Feedback Mentors

  • New Venture Competition Pitch Judges

  • New Venture Competition Coaches

  • New Venture Competition Committee

A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS AND SPONSORS:

  • UCI Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program

  • Baker Hostetler

  • Boeing

  • UCI Blum Center

  • Edwards

  • Mansoor and Fiza Shah

  • Experian

  • UCI Applied Innovation

  • Dr. Emanuel Shaoulian

  • Matt Bailey

  • Ken and Carla Neeld

  • Johnson Chuang

  • Venture Week For International Elites In Suzhou

  • Gabriel Holdings

  • Genea

  • Cove Fund

Learn more at: merage.uci.edu/NVC

SOURCE: Beall Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship