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Home > Invited Universities

Participating Ventures

Division I

CeaseFire Solutions, Inc.
Thammasat University, Thailand
CeaseFire, the self-activating extinguishing ball, can be safely thrown into a fire, dispersing standard extinguishing chemicals without the complications or danger of standard canister extinguishers.
Anan Jinawong
Kittipong Potirucht
Wei Liang Yu
Santinee Krittanont
Nattawan Promviengchai
Faculty Adviser:Bill Randall

Xoran
University of Michigan
Xoran will satisfy the need for small and inexpensive cat scanners with its innovative “MiniCat” scanner designed for in-house use in medical specialty practices.
Predrag Sukovic
Alex Virgilio
Faculty Advisor: Paul Kirsch

QGenics BioSciences, Inc.
University of Tennessee
QGenics BioSciences, Inc. will commercialize a platform lab-on-a-chip technology that miniaturizes an entire laboratory full of equipment and personnel down onto a single, disposable microchip.
Chuck Witkowski
Justin Treadwell
Faculty Advisor: Eddie Armbrister

Sub2
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sub2’s mission is to develop and market technologies and processes that enable the snack food industry to deliver great tasting low-fat products to the health conscious consumer.
Daniel Bowman
Chirag Nanavati
Faculty Adviser:Chris Kelly

Silicon-Light
London Business School, Great Britain
Silicon-Light develops and commercializes technologies that enable light interconnect in silicon electronic and optical devices based on research at the University of Surrey.
Herve-Andre Durand
Virginia Rodriguez Perlado
Tyrone Stodart
Russell Gwilliam
Faculty Adviser:Susanna Khavul

Fluent Solutions
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Fluent Solutions develops and markets innovative wireless products for the agriculture industry including a break through improvement to the process by which anhydrous ammonia is applied to cropland.
Chad Sorenson
Jaume Villanueva
Faculty Adviser: Brian Pope and James Ebben

Division II
TermSeek Inc.
University of Utah
TermSeek, Inc. is a translation services company which has developed proprietary software that cuts the cost of translations in half while providing higher quality.
Timothy Hunt

Novaphage, Inc.
San Diego State University
Novaphage, Inc. utilizes its proprietary technology to improve the gene therapy process by developing its Resolution One heart disease therapy to treat patients who are genetically prone to abnormally high levels of cholesterol.
Ernesto Ellis
David Huang
James Moore
Francisco Solorzano
Faculty Adviser:Dick Brooks

Pyramid Block Technologies
University of Arizona
Pyramid Block Technologies introduces the Pyramid Block solution to the concrete industy which utilizes a tongue and groove interlocking design, allowing each block to be laid without the use of mortar.
Jim Butler
Jeff Hursh
Faculty Adviser:Gary Libecap

Outboard Propulsion Systems
Bond University, Australia
Outboard Propulsion Systems has developed and patented a new marine propulsion system which addresses the inherent problems of systems available to the marine industry today.
John Alexiou
Marc Sheldon
Sophie Swann
Phillipa Wright
Faculty Adviser:Paul Johnson

FairUse
University of Oxford, UK
FairUse will increase software companies’ profits by offering them online product activation as a service by which they can reduce unauthorized use of their products.
Sheldon White
Stephan Bisse
Harmen Thys Nieuwenhuis
Isabel Pascual Olarte
Adrian Cybriwsky
Faculty Adviser: Nir Vulkan

Roving Planet
University of Colorado at Boulder
Roving Planet designs innovative middleware that allows companies to use their wireless LANS for everything from customer service to operations. The CSD engine manages multiple applications running over a wireless LAN.
Kaj Gronholm
Erin Burke
Seth Goldhammer
Faculty Adviser:Frank Moyes

Division III

Genesica
Universidad Austral, Argentina
Genesica is a biotech company. As a business catalyzer, they create value for people, partners and investors, identifying market opportunities and optimizing R&D efforts.
Dan Kaplan
Javier de la Fuente
Lino Spatz
Lucas Pescarmona
Faculty Advisor: Silvia Torres Carbonell

The Canadian Clinic
University of Western Ontario, Canada
The Canadian Clinic is a private, diagnostic services firm providing cutting-edge medical imaging interpreted by elite Canadian radiologists, with no wait-list and 48-hour turnaround time.
Jack Newton
Adam Watson
Russell Starr
Alexander Barron
Matthew Sobolewski
William Plaxton
Faculty Adviser:Stewart Thornhill

AntiCORO Grounding
Chinese University of Hong Kong
AntiCORO Grounding’s mission is to help power industries increase operational safety and reduce operating costs by providing the most reliable and cost-effective anti-corrosion grounding.
Jia Mi
Virendra Nath
Faculty Advisor: Hugh Thomas

MALCOM Wings
WHU, Germany
MALCOM will manufacture and sell a “Wing-in-Surface-Effect” craft that travels above water to achieve the speed and convenience of air travel at the cost of sea travel.
Martin Ott
Andy Bookas
Nick Rossiter
Faculty Adviser:Volkmar Liebig

Aqua Vitae Enterprises
University of Georgia
Aqua Vitae Enterprises will market and distribute a patented new drug called Aqua Vitae that temporarily boosts the ??systems of fish, thereby both curing and preventing a wide variety of fish diseases.
Peter M. King
Nicole Kinser
Todd Jordan
Faculty Adviser:Charles Hofer

Battelle BioVentures
Babson College
Battelle BioVentures will contract manufacturing services to the biopharmaceutical industry.
Brian Abraham
Richard McMahon
Faculty Adviser:Julian Lange

Division IV

ZORK
Adelaide University, Australia
Cork taint costs the global wine industry US$8 billion a year. The solution is ZORK, a non-tainting closure that seals like a screw cap and pops like a cork.
Conor McKenna
Paul Capper
John Brooks
Remco Marcelis
Faculty Adviser:Nick Humphrey

Particle Separation Systems
Bond University, South Africa
Particle Separation Systems is involved in the development of technologically advanced de-watering equipment.
Brennan Rutherford
Andrew Millerd
Deon Van Der Nist
Charl Marais
Gareth Robinson

Super Servicio
University of Arizona
Super Servicio is an owner/operator of truck stops, capitalizing on increased NAFTA-generated Mexican and American truck transport traffic throughout Mexico.
Curtis Whetten
Layne Stolworthy
Alp Gurun
Faculty Adviser:John Nighswander

SyncWorld, Inc.
Carnegie Mellon University
SyncWorld, Inc. offers multiplayer interactive games in which players become real-world heroes or heroines in scenarios such as Mission Impossible using data-enabled mobile phones.
Nobuhiro Seki
Faculty Adviser:Thomas Emerson

FollowUpper
Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Brazil
The FollowUpper Company trades tools to improve management performance. The main product is software for everyday use that collects and compiles information to save management time.
Andre Marcondes Ghon
Gustavo Cesario
Norio Nakashima
Ronald Lorentziadis
Faculty Adviser:Paulo Clarindo Goldschmidt

AutoShop
University of Chicago
The AutoShop will offer boys aged 7 – 12 a unique retail entertainment experience where they select, customize and build their own personalized toy cars.
Joel Blumberg
Michael Wilks
Abhinov Singh
Daniel Gott
Ryan McGlothlin
Faculty Adviser:Waverly Deutsch

Division V
Sunrise International Inc.
Clark Atlanta University
Sunrise International Inc. supplies books and non-book materials to all types of libraries. The company’s mission is to serve as a one-stop solution for library-related needs.
Rhom Erskine
Russell Smith
ShaDonte Dozier
Derek Brown
Faculty Adviser:Mohammad Bhuiyan

Huawei Stone Processing Ltd.
Lingnan (University) College - Zhongshan University, China
Huawei Stone Processing is going to set up a stone processing mill in the Guangdong Province of China to produce high quality, high gloss marble and granite planks.
Tian Jing
Jian Zhao
Wu Danhong
Li Xi
Hu Yibing
Lu Kai
Qing Cheng
Faculty Advisor: “David” Shaozhuang Ma

O-ny-ka Films
E. M. Lyon, France
O-ny-ka Films is a high-end TV commercial production house, bridging international artistic talent such as feature filmmakers and photographers to ad agencies as a creative alternative to commercial directors.
Michael Cole
Chad Muserlian
Pedro Vitorino
Faculty Adviser:Rickie Moore

Health Assist
University of Oregon
Health Assist offers medical office managers in small to medium size practices a customizable interactive software product to enhance productivity.
Jennifer Knee
Seth Millstein
Liz Bauer
Faculty Adviser:Randy Swangard

Quickpages
ITESM, Mexico
Quickpages provides college students with handy, colorful high quality directories of local businesses, linking buyers and sellers of ordinary goods and services.
Francisco Rodriguez
Federico Ramirez
Faculty Adviser:Ruben Alanis

Private Concepts
The University of Texas at Austin
Private Concepts develops and commercializes home-based healthcare products for women. The company’s first product is a self-administered cervical cancer screen.
Patrick Pevoto
Andy Campbell
Lynn Wright
Niki Aberle
Tim Wilson
Faculty Adviser: Gary Cadenhead

 

 

 


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