Rocket Pitch

Held in both the fall and spring semesters, Rocket Pitch is our competition for idea-stage ventures. Undergraduate and graduate students pitch their ideas for up to $3,500 in total prize money, which can provide new startups the boost they need to acquire customers, build an MVP, and create the enterprise. Even in a virtual environment, we had nearly 80 students come out to pitch between the two events, a number on par with years past. Furthermore, we were proud to debut the $1,000 Eisenberg Prize for First-Generation Student Entrepreneurs.

Across both semesters, 8 out of 10 identified as either a member of a minority community and/or as female.

FALL

38

PARTICIPANTS

 17 Undergraduate  21 Graduate

SPRING

36

PARTICIPANTS

 17 Undergraduate  19 Graduate

$7,000

Total prize money awarded

($3,500 Fall / $3,500 Spring)

WINNING PITCHES

FALL ROCKET PITCH:

First Place: Team Magis, Nick Genovese (G’21) A storytelling service and digital content platform for student athletes

Second Place: Kits 4 Kids, Mackenzie Loy (MBA’22), Ryan Lee (MBA’22) A monthly subscription box of children’s toys and activities

People’s Choice Award: Lazzos, Carlos Herrerias (MBA’21) A fintech company that provides microloans to low-income women in Mexico

Eisenberg Prize: >Seven, Evelyn de la Vega (SCS’21) E-commerce platform that helps consumers shop for sustainable fashion products

SPRING ROCKET PITCH:

First Place: Kitchen with a Mission, Jordan Foley (L’21) A food truck that trains and places veterans into careers in the culinary arts

Second Place: RxGuardian, Ted Cho (MD/MBA’22) A cloud-based medication record that’s linked to a patient’s wristband

People’s Choice Award: Convenient Compost, Gracey Owen (B’22) A revolutionary new reusable compost freezer bag

Eisenberg Prize: Whizard, Sadichchha Adhikari (MBA’21) A review service for professional documents