18 Syracuse teams to compete in February 21 campus ACC InVenture Prize: “Battle of the Brains”

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Eighteen Syracuse University teams will be battling it out “Shark Tank” style in the campus edition of the ACC InVenture Prize on Friday, February 21 at SU Libraries.  Coordinated by the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars in Bird Library, the competition is open to student startups at the 15 colleges and universities that are part of the ACC Academic Consortium.  The campus winner will receive a $5,000 cash prize sponsored by M&T Bank, and an all expense paid trip to be part of a live PBS-televised event on April 15, 2020 at NC State University in Raleigh.  In addition to Syracuse University, the 15 participating colleges are: Boston College, Clemson University, Duke University, Florida State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, North Carolina State, University of Notre Dame, University of Louisville, University of Miami, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Pittsburgh, University of Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and Wake Forest University.

The Syracuse University teams competing in the campus qualifier include:

CalebObiagwuAttend ProCollege of Engineering and Computer Science
CalvinAtiekuDNA DevelopmentCollege of Engineering and Computer Science
DanielGreenDreamByzSchool of Information Studies
DavidFoxModern SolutionsCollege of Law
DavidKestinUniRideMartin J. Whitman School of Management
DavidRosenMedKitSchool of Information Studies
JamesLePageEDGE ModularMartin J. Whitman School of Management
JustinDiazEcoBamboo LivingCollege of Engineering and Computer Science
KelseyDavisCLLCTVEMartin J. Whitman School of Management
MattShumerVisosMartin J. Whitman School of Management
MohammedAliUrban CodersSchool of Information Studies
NicoleD’SouzaIndieFloCollege of Arts and Sciences
NikitaChatterjeePAANICollege of Arts and Sciences
NoelChangBlueremCollege of Arts and Sciences
RachelKaiserICEDMartin J. Whitman School of Management
RussellFearonSugEXCollege of Engineering and Computer Science
SamHollanderFISCLMartin J. Whitman School of Management
YuhangZhangF.E.I TechnologyMartin J. Whitman School of Management

For more information:  LaunchPad@syr.edu