2018 New Venture Competition Winners
Meet the NVC winners! These 14 teams collectively won $140,000 in cash prizes.
114 judges from all over the world have chosen the 2018 winners.
Congratulations to all the teams!
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Total Participants Entered
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Total Team Represented
$140k
Total Cash Awards
Social Ventures
Sisterly Questions
Neha Jog CCAS '20
Sarah Stupp CCAS '20
Sisterly Questions is an online information and support system that acts as a virtual big sister and a curriculum provider.
$5,000
Finalist ($5,000)
George Washington University Credit Union Initiative
Sahil Pankaniya GWSB '21
Chris Trummer SEAS '21
Allen Wang GWSB '21
Our credit union strengthens the GW community by helping students bank cheaper, build credit and learn to manage their finances.
$5,000
Finalist ($5,000)
Sumak
Andrea Armas CPS '18
Sumak is an Andean healthy beverage based on purple corn that contains antioxidants and phytonutrients, created for and by women.
$5,000
Finalist ($5,000)
Uget
Myojeong Kim GWSB '20
Amy Jung CCAS '20
We provide a flexible, customized homecare service app to connect social workers to beneficiaries immediately.
$2,500
Semifinal Honorable Mention Prize ($2,500)
Technology Ventures
TimeTable
Jason Kornreich GWSB '18
Jonas Majauskas GWSB '18
Giuliano Senese
Time Table is redefining the dining experience by integrating automation, increasing calculation accuracy, and streamlining the wait-list process.
$42,500
First Place Winner ($25,000)
Blank Rome's Best Undergraduate Venture ($10,000)
Kulkarni Prize for Best Technology Venture ($7,500)
Nostopharma
Jelena Jermic GWSB '21
Katya Vert
Nostopharma develops treatment to prevent pathologic bone growth - a painful complication after traumas and severe burns affecting 100,000 patients.
$25,000
2nd Place Winner ($15,000)
Best Women's Venture ($10,000)
C.W.O.S.S
Arthur Cronin CCAS '18
Rohan Patil CCAS '19
Ibet Ramirez CCAS '19
Krishan Shah GWSB '20
C.W.O.S.S. is creating a low-profile, wearable device that predicts when patients will have aggressive outbreaks.
$7,500
Best Medical Device Venture ($7,500)
DiStat
Isaac Lichtenstein SMHS '20
Spencer Lichtenstein
The Rapid Diagnostic Suite is an on-site, on-demand clinical testing solution saving time and money for healthcare businesses and consumers.
$5,000
Finalist ($5,000)
Spark Enterprises
Ahmad Aljaberi CCAS '20
Nathan Carney GWSB '21
Nam Tran SEAS '19
Applying augmented reality to trading card games will entice people who've never played TRGs before to join the market.
$2,500
Semi-Finalists Honorable Mention ($2,500)
New Ventures
The Wandering Raven
Mayank Mathur
Trishanya Raju GSEHD '18
The Wandering Raven is an e-learning platform that teaches young students creative writing through informative and engaging animated videos.
$17,500
3rd Place Winner ($10,000)
Quinn Prize for International and Social Entrepreneurship ($7,500)
Bendt
Samuel Bamiboyo
Rem Houghton SEAS '18
John Kuhl GWSB '18
Bendt is a distributive-risk mitigation platform that facilitates the trading of future earnings of professional athletes to produce tracking stocks.
$10,000
Finalist ($5,000)
Audience Choice Award ($5,000)
Sassy Pants
Nancy Calderone
Erin Oliphant CCAS '19
Elizabeth Terry GWSB '19
Tamara Wurst
Sassy Pants empowers women by co-creating innovative, customizable athletic apparel to transform traditional fitness.
$5,000
4th Place Winner ($5,000)
Eat Exercise Enhance
Alex Berets GWSB '19
Schuyler King CCAS '19
Ryan Sprague SPH '18
EEE will be the most straightforward fitness app on the market targeted towards young to middle-aged males.
$5,000
Veterans Prize ($5,000)
Snap Collar
Jack Collins GWSB '17
Michael Sullivan GWSB '18
Snap Collar is a product designed to be applied to casual and polo shirt collars to improve the shirt's appearance.
$2,500
Semi-Finalists Honorable Mention ($2,500)