33 teams will be competing Friday, March 26 for the RvD iPrize competition, the Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award and Compete CNY, the regional qualifier for the New York Business Plan Competition. The competitions are open to all full and part-time undergraduate and graduate students at Syracuse University. The event features $50,000 in combined prize packages.
Guests are welcome to watch the pitches and the awards ceremony which will run from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Winners will be announced at approximately 4:15 p.m. The link to watch is here.
The competitions are coordinated for the iSchool by the Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries.
The RvD iPrize and Compete CNY competitions will compete in six virtual break out rooms in the following categories:
- Ag tech and food
- Consumer and business products
- Education, well being and advocacy
- First responder and emergency response
- Med tech and life sciences
- Software and services
Teams include:
| Team leader | Venture | Home college |
| Alexander Don ‘22 | CIRUS | Martin J. Whitman School of Management |
| Alexander Peter Rolinski ‘24 | Sice-Me | Martin J. Whitman School of Management |
| Anuj Gupta ‘21 | Car Cams | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
| Ben Ford ‘23 | Fundwurx | Martin J. Whitman School of Management |
| Ben Oleksinski ‘21 | InfoMin | S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications |
| Bruno Gonzalez Hauger ‘21 | Ambassadoor Technologies | Martin J. Whitman School of Management |
| Cassianne Cavallaro ‘21 | Mohan | College of Visual and Performing Arts |
| Cullen Kavanaugh ‘22 | Spread | Martin J. Whitman School of Management |
| Fardin Nasir ’23 with Season Chowdhury ‘23, Georges Leys Elizee ’23 and Raul Chakraborty ‘23 | Field | Martin J. Whitman School of Management, College of Engineering and Computer Science and School of Information Studies |
| Hayley Smigley ‘21 | Viable | School of Information Studies |
| Jack Adler ‘23 | 3 Dollar Challenge | Martin J. Whitman School of Management |
| Jackson Ensley ‘22 | ModoSuite | Martin J. Whitman School of Management |
| Jason Zhou ‘21 | Itemize LLC | School of Information Studies |
| Joseph DeBlasio ‘21 | Skipod | S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications |
| Justin Diaz ‘23 | EcoBamboo Living | Martin J. Whitman School of Management |
| Kelly M Davis ‘23 | Wo-manly | Martin J. Whitman School of Management |
| Kyra Thomas ’21 with Lauryn Ashley Rivers ’21, Logan Logan ’21 and Jeremy Gavrilov ‘21 | Signal Technologies | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
| Mario Garcia ‘21 | Pairinc | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
| Max Freund ‘21 | M. Freund Photography | S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications |
| Murray Lebovitz ‘23 | Keep Coffee Casual | Martin J. Whitman School of Management |
| Noah Lowy ‘21 | Strength Link Fitness | S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications |
| Nolan Kagan ‘22 | Gather | Martin J. Whitman School of Management |
| Russell Fearon ’20 G’21 and Ricardo Sanchez ‘21 | SugEx – The Sugar Experience | College of Engineering and Computer Science; College of Visual and Performing Arts |
| Sam Hollander ‘22 | FSCL | Martin J. Whitman School of Management |
| Samuel Chazen ‘21 | Food-E | Martin J. Whitman School of Management |
| Selim Dangoor ‘23 | MUNCH Jerky | Martin J. Whitman School of Management |
| Shawn Gaetano ‘21 | Solace Vision | School of Information Studies |
| Sheldon Stoney ‘23 | Stoney Fleet CO | School of Information Studies |
| Skyler Hall ‘21 | Hive Pilot | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
| Vaishnavi Varma ‘21 | New Zone | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Compete CNY applicants from other universities | ||
| Jeff Evans | Karten Products | SUNY Oswego MBA Program |
| Daniel Maslowski | SWTRS | SUNY Oswego Meteorology |
| Harman Chopra | Baby Bird Pharmaceutical | SUNY Upstate M.D. program |