Last week we held final startup idea presentations in our venture capital class co-taught by Professors Bill Collier and Rodney Lake. During the semester the student teams built startup companies and also competed with their ideas in the New Venture Competition (NVC). Five teams made it to the semi-finals of the NVC.
For the students’ culminating course experience, teams pitched their startups ideas to professors and alumni: Dr. Randy Graves, James Huckenpahler, and Bojana Jankovic. All student teams focused on building product solutions within the tech industry, see below for more information:
Ferified – Seeding the storefront, ensuring trust in the products we consume.
Ferified is a technology startup leveraging blockchain smart contracts and data analytics to ensure and promote transparency and integrity in the consumer supply chain, focused on organic food products.
creRate – “Frogs ribbit, we rate it.”
creRate is an online platform that allows content creators to discover more information on different brand sponsorships. The website allows influencers to anonymously review their experience with different brand partnerships and offers unparalleled insight into a partnership’s terms and deals.
Bridge – Crossing educational and cultural boundaries.
Bridge is a platform that aims to address significant gaps in the market for personalized, educational support services for international students.
UP UP
UP UP is a cutting-edge photo editing software application that is equipped with state-of-the-art artificial intelligence technology.
WealthWise
WealthWise is a business-to-business software solution that leverages consumer data and artificial intelligence (AI) to help wealth managers handle multiple young adult clients with similar spending habits.
In the fall 2023 semester Prof. Collier is teaching another Foundations of Venture Capital class, stay tuned for more details.
