2009/04/19

2009.04.17 CU New Venture Challenge Finals!

On Friday 2009.04.17 CU hosted the Finals for its first cross campus new venture challenge. Of the 8 semi-finalists, the 4 best teams were selected with 2 social-networking ventures (TechoShark and fetcht) , a biomedical venture (3Q Matrix), and a new charter school venture (Knova Learning)!

Full Competition
1st place: Knova Learning
2nd place: 3Q Matrix
3rd place: Fetcht

CS Prizes:
Cash: TechoShark
TechStars Space: Api.gy

Most Innovative Award: Conifer Quantum Technology

Congrats to everyone and Good luck with your ventures!

2 comments:

Micah Schwalb said...

Isn't Knova based in Oregon?

John Giacomoni said...

I didn't read the plan, but I believe they are close to opening facilities in Oregon but since they are affiliated with CU, they competed with a proposal to open a second set of facilities in Colorado. :)