Georgetown Entrepreneurship Challenge

GEORGETOWN ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGE 81

PARTICIPANTS

 49 Undergraduate  32 Graduate

GEC is Georgetown Entrepreneurship’s biggest pitch competition tournament of the year. It is our signature end-of-the-year event with nearly 10 preliminary rounds and roughly 100 teams participating. At the April finals, teams received over $36,000 in cash ($20,000 were awarded in in-kind prizes) to build out their businesses. While we certainly missed having all our teams in person and pitching live, the pre-recorded pitches made for an entertaining livestreamed experience for the Georgetown community and helped us reach distance-learning students, alumni, and those outside of the DMV we have never been able to before.

GRADUATE UNDERGRADUATE

Out of 12 winners, 9 winners identify as a member of a minority community and/or as female Out of the 8 winners, 7 winners identify as being from a minority community and/or as female

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WINNERS

 9 McDonough School of Business  1 School of

Continuing Studies  1 Law Center  1 School of Medicine  5 Georgetown College  2 McDonough School of Business  1 Walsh School of Foreign Service

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WINNERS

$18,500 $17,500

Total prize money awarded Total prize money awarded

“I liked the real-life applications of the competition; at the time, I was working within a startup and I now work in an advisory capacity to startups. Generally speaking, the experience was immersive and a good simulation of real-life pitches… The feedback from the judges also was great for learning.”

—Maya Silardi (C’21), MergedMed

WINNING PITCHES

GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Cradl, Natalie Poston (MBA’21), Allison Cavasino (MBA’22) A short- and medium-term baby gear rental company

MM-Seas, Nathaniel Gilman (SCS’21) The first software that automates the manual task of obtaining, tracking, and renewing U.S. Coast Guard credentials

Budeli, Carlos Bello (MBA’22), Jinsung Bach (MBA’22), Michael Pollinger (MBA’22) A property tech Saas solution that allows property managers to provide free delivery of food to their tenants

Homemade in DC, Mackenzie Loy (MBA’22), Chidozie Obidegwu (MBA’22), Lauren Jordan (MBA’22), Michael Schapiro (MBA’22) A local wholesale marketplace that connects local businesses to entrepreneurs

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

Neurazio Biotechnology, Daniel Chapman (M’25) A brain-computer interface that can synthesize speech

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:

Convenient Compost, Gracey Owen (B’22) A revolutionary new reusable compost freezer bag

ACTWorldly, Betsy Ratliffe (F’23), Nora Bolster (C’23) An online platform that allows people to take action on the social causes they care about while building a community

Refillanthropy, Brandon Lee (C’24) Provides shampoo/conditioner refill stations to cut out wasteful single-use containers in haircare

Charting History, Kai Isaia (C’22) A browser extension that transforms the way we study and take notes

MergedMed, Pia Bhatia (C’21), Maya SIlardi (C’21) A platform for secure health data transfers between patients, caregivers, and insurance

College Deposit Insurance, Blake Gattuso (B’24) Ensures students will not be burdened by two enrollment deposits as a result of being waitlisted