2020 Winners
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1st Place, $40,000 |
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2nd Place (Tie), $20,000 Wire is a cleantech mobility startup making freedom accessible through affordable personal electric. vehicles. We are the nation's first scooter subscription company focusing on service and maintenance.Team: Lawrence Ham (FEMBA '22), Jay Tsao (EE '12), Nick Drombosky |
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2nd Place (Tie), $20,000 |
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Third Place (Tie), $10,000 |
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Third Place (Tie), $10,000 |
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$1000 FAST PITCH COMPETITION WINNER: |
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2019 Winners
Team: Jordan Dil ('19), Mikel Noriega ('19)
Team: Shirin Nikaein (EMBA '19), Eli Selkin (Cal Poly Pomona M.S. '19),
Nathan Cox (J.D. '19), Barbara Wong (J.D. '20),
Hunter Carlisle (B.A. '19)
Team: Greg Comanor ('19), Sonya Falcone ('19), Daniel Fine ('19), Aaron Sassounian ('19), Molly Tarrant ('19)
Team: Max Berg ('19), Dave Goldman ('19), Chris Pelch ('19), Joe Schwappach ('19), Ashley Wright ('19)
Indarra is serving consumer appetite through the fusion of culinary art and robotic automation technology.
Team: Sai Ravi Behara (EMBA '19), Savitur Badhwar (EMBA '19), Farzad Massoudi (EMBA '19), Vineet Sharma (EMBA '19),
Robin Schroder (EMBA '19)
Fast Pitch
1st Place, $1000:Veloscite is a science-first sports nutrition company with a mission to unlock your active potential.
Team: Nima Alamdari (EMBA '19), Tanya Kaprealian (EMBA '19), Bryan Miller (EMBA '19), James Ouyang (EMBA '19), Jayson Wickenkamp (EMBA '19)
2018 Winners
First Place
U-Defi
$15,000
TEAM: Aditya Marathe, Anderson MBA '18; Cynthia Mckee, PhD '20 (UCLA - College of Life Sciences); Thanh Thuy Dan Pham, PhD '20 (UCLA - David Geffen School of Medicine); Van Nguyen, Anderson FEMBA '19
An innovative pesonalized anti-aging skincare that is scientifically fomulated based on an individual's unique skin biomarker profile. U-Defi - the tailor-made suit of your skincare.
Second Place
Tutorfly Inc.
$10,000
TEAM: Jairo Mateo, FEMBA '19; Parsa Rezvani, UCLA '18; Erica Nagase, UCLA '21
A peer to peer tutoring platform that pairs student tutors with younger students in the same community. We partner with academically based student groups to provide qualified tutors that can produce results.
Third Place
Mivue
$7,500
TEAM: Jane Zhang, FEMBA '20; Hadley Washburne, FEMBA '20; Larry Chang, MBA '18
MiVUE is an at-home smart otoscope that enables telemedicine and tracking of ear infections. Our mission is to empower patients and caretakers to take control of their own health.
Fourth Place
Riders Share
$5,000
TEAM: Guillermo Cornejo, MBA '19
The "Airbnb of motorcycle rentals", a peer to peer rentals marketplace for motorcycles. We have over 600 morocycle listings in the U.S. and growing!
Fifth Place
Pluscare
$2,500
TEAM: Nick Talone, FEMBA '18; Milan Karunaratne, FEMBA '18; Alex Ng; Casey Tracy
Pluscare streamlines the outdated, slow and expensive process of temporary staffing in healthcare with a technology platform that intelligently connects healthcare organizations with staffing agencies and clinicians via an interactive marketplace.
Fast Pitch
Altitude Beverages
$1,000
TEAM: Connor Doyle, MBA '19; Mark Larik, MBA '19; Erica Wood, MBA '19; Charles Fields, MBA '19
Sells ultra-premium and innovative cold brew coffee ready to drink options currently through e-commerce and intends to expand to additional sales channels including direct B2B and to retailers.
2017 Winners
First Place
Mechanodontics
$15,000
TEAM: Whitney Conroy (MBA ‘18), Mehdi Roein-Peikar (UCLA Dentistry - Orthodontics Resident), James Wratten (Non-UCLA)
Mechanodontics is revolutionizing orthodontics with its invisible braces that substantially reduce treatment time, pain, and trips to the orthodontist.
Second Place (tie)
Officebites
$5,000
TEAM: Jesse Shapiro (MBA ‘17), Evan Milnor (MBA ‘17), Brian Leong (MBA ‘17)
Officebites is a subscription snack box company helping people form healthier snacking habits in the workplace. Our product is a box of proprietary snacks designed with the help of leading nutritionists and dieticians to conveniently provide the optimal macro-nutrient breakdown for sustained energy and nutrition through the workday.
Second Place (tie)
BellaNove
$5,000
TEAM: Jenny Leung (FEMBA '17), Matthew Cox (FEMBA '17), Kathy Tran (FEMBA '17), Shweta Thakur (FEMBA '17), Sadie Asare (MD/MBA '17), Pratik Gupta (MBA '17)
BellaNove keeps expectant mothers looking stylish and feeling confident via a convenient and easy to use maternity wardrobe rental service. Our high quality wardrobe adapts with her pregnancy changes and lets her triple her style choices at half the cost of purchasing!
Third Place (tie)
Efsevin
$2,500
TEAM: Satvik Vyas (FEMBA '17), Shahriyar Jahanbakhsh (UCLA Biochemistry PhD), Ohyun Kwon (Professor of Chemistry at UCLA)
Efsevin is a novel small molecule suppressor of cardiac arrhythmia. This innovative drug addresses the biggest unmet need in the arrhythmia market today.
Third Place (tie)
AllOfUs Cosmetics
$2,500
TEAM: Christina Wang (FEMBA '18), Anndrea Falon Nelson (FEMBA '18), Jerry Kiener (FEMBA '18)
AllOfUs Cosmetics enters the $60B beauty industry with a photobooth that identifies an individual's skin color and creates a custom color-matched liquid makeup foundation using any brand in just 3 minutes.
People's Choice Award
K-POP Foods
$1,000
TEAM: Theodore Lee (MBA '17)
K-POP Foods brings people together and uplifts spirits by sharing Korean food and flavors with America. There is no other Korean food company with a lifestyle brand.
2016 Winners
First Place
Kulisha
$15,000
TEAM: Suchintya Dandapat ’17 and Arjun Paunrana (UCLA undergraduate)
Developing a new feed to increase yield in fish aquaculture based in Kenya. Its main value proposition comes from being able to deliver high quality feed developed locally for the local Kenyan market.
Second Place
Ariento
$7,000
TEAM: Chris Rose ’16; Meredith Nussbaum ’16
Offers managed cybersecurity subscription services to small business owners, protecting them from data breaches
Third Place (tie) & People's Choice
GoodGaming
$2,500+ $2,000
TEAM: Joseph Lee ’17; Anthony Lee ’17; Sampo Hynynen ’17; Anish Patel ’17; Julius Seok ‘17
Allows any consumer a chance to play with their favorite video game personality while supporting a good cause.
Third Place (tie)
R + D Brew Lab
$2,500
TEAM: Jenna Glassock ’16; Rebecca Gold ’16; Chad Ries ’16; Lisa Myers ’16; Kyle Kuh ‘16
A brick-and-mortar retail store where customers come to brew their own beer.
Third Place (tie)
Medville
$2,500
TEAM: Damanjeet Chandok, EMBA ’16; Anji Maram, EMBA ’16; Susan Lin, EMBA ’16; Linda Liau, EMBA ’16; Dhiren Pattnaik, EMBA ‘16
An integrated multi-sided Second Opinion on-line platform with patients seeking Second Opinion consulting on one side and doctors/hospitals seeking to treat them on the other.
2015 Winners
First Place
Spinal Singularity
$15,000
TEAM: Derek Herrera, EMBA '15; Zach McKinney PhD Biomedical Engineering '15; Beth Johnson, EMBA '15; Chandrashekar Hariharan, EMBA '15
We design connected medical devices to improve the quality of life for people dealing with Spinal Cord Injury and Disease (SCI/D). Spinal Singularity leverages unique combinations of existing technologies to create an exponential impact on the lives of the people we serve.
Second Place & People's Choice
Rankmi
$7,000 + $2,000
TEAM: Enrique Besa '16; Roberto Moldes '16; Olivia Valdés
Rankmi is a web-based app that allows companies to assess, analyze and develop their employees' skills, performance and engagement. We want to transform HR by bringing talent management practices to the cloud, in an affordable and accessible solution to companies of all sizes in the Latin American market.
Third Place (tie)
For Luxe and Love
$3,000
TEAM: Adriana Delor '15; Ankin Laysha '16; Rachael Byers
A jewelry experience company with minimum commitment and maximum customization. For Luxe and Love allows women access to a temporary ownership of high-quality jewelry basics, and the option to customize upon purchase, in the under-served $400-2000 retail price jewelry subscription/rental market.
Third Place (tie)
FundOpp Capital Inc.
$3,000
TEAM: Fark Tari '15; Ilya Tokhner; Ross Reagen
FundOpp is an online investment platform for vetted, alternative investment. It connects accredited investors with previously inaccessible asset classes. The company's beachhead market will be in commercial real estate.
Fourth Place
Swift Analytics
$2,000
TEAM: Margaret Wei, MD/MBA '16; Ronald Tong '16; Matthew Inouye '16; Rustann Solomero '16; Brian Ouyang '16; Bianca Gonzalez, PhD Neuroscience 2015
Swift Analytics is a smart watch mobile application for monitoring Parkinson's Disease symptoms and tracking medication compliance. The application will allow physicians to better target interventions while decreasing Parkinson's disease related costs.
2014 Winners
First Place
$15,000
A classroom tool that helps teachers track and grade student assignments quickly and easily, and instantly generates data analytics they can share with parents and administrators.
Second Place
$6,000
A digital platform that electronically delivers pharmaceuticals companies' discount vouchers directly to doctors and hospitals, which can be more easily distributed to patients at the time medications are prescribed.
Third Place
$4,000
A web-based platform that changes the way visitors experience everything from hotels and attractions, to universities and other destinations. It goes beyond a "virtual tour" and provides users a personalized, intimate and live online experience.
Fourth Place
$3,000
A social, mobile platform that makes it as simple as possible to browse and purchase clothing across retailers and creates powerful consumer insights.
Fifth Place
$2,000
A mobile augmented-reality app that lets online shoppers preview 3-D models of store furniture scaled-to-size in their own space from the comfort of their home.
2013 Winners
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1st place, $15,000
Vow To Be Chic - Rents designer bridesmaid dresses online, bringing cost savings and convenience to the bridesmaid experience. -
2nd place, $7,500
Neural Analytics - Offers a non-invasive solution for measuring intracranial pressure (ICP), a critical physiologic parameter that currently requires a neurosurgeon to drill a hole into the patient's skull. -
3rd place (tie), $2,500
Mighty Mount - An automated camera mount that will track an object's motion and location in order to enable directed video capture for use for video chatting, video lectures, security, surveillance, and action sports. -
3rd place (tie), $2,500
Sportifik - A web/mobile platform aimed at allowing people to easily organize and play sport matches with friends in a social and rewarding way. -
3rd place (tie), $2,500
Job Genius - A website database of video informational interviews with professionals of varying backgrounds. It is both searchable and ratable so students can explore and learn about different career opportunities.