Strakosch Venture Competition

Join us for Start@Shea's annual Strakosch Venture Competition, where student founders can win equity-free funding to grow their startups.

Following the success of our 2023 competition, which featured outstanding student startups, we're gearing up for another fantastic event. Whether you're eager to compete or simply want to be part of the excitement, come join us!

FINALS

May 1st 6 PM
245 Beacon St, Room 107 (Schiller Auditorium)

RSVP HERE!

Meet the Finalists!

Caroline Driscoll

FloBag

The world's first waterproof, trackable, and floatable bag made to secure necessities such as inhalers, medications, and technologies.

Isabel Bernhard, Camille Fletcher

Glucose Guard

To-go pouch with one tablespoon of apple vinegar, water, and natural herbs to take before your meals and decrease glucose spikes by 30%.

Dylan Kim, Timothy Liu

MLV

Based in Southeast Asia, MLV connects highschool students with personalized college mentors to start real companies, get advice on career, and ultimately transform their passion into value creation.

Kyle Radimer, Advaith Vadlakonda

Musync

An interactive social app streamlining music industry connections. Where artists and venues meet to book gigs and collaborate.

Ananya Kommineni

The Natscrub

The NatScrub is a chemical and mechanical exfoliant with a natural and Ayurvedic standpoint designed to reduce the appearance of Keratosis Polaris and Folliculitis.

Ryan Fassnacht, Asad Faqirzada

OceanFront Technologies

OceanFront Technologies is a tech robotics company looking to design and manufacture an autonomous beach cleaning robot to help keep our planet clean and prosperous.

Bo Brainerd

Ophelia

Ophelia curates, guarantees, and facilitates the first date by matching people based on their top 3 date location preferences and times.

Grant Drinkwater

Spar

Spar is a pay-to-play platform where users engage in head-to-head and tournament-style competitions, aiming to secure the highest returns on simulated stock portfolios within specified timeframes.

THE PROCESS

After rigorous screening rounds, 10 teams are selected to advance to the finals. Finalists will have 4-minutes to pitch their startup to a panel of esteemed judges as well as an enthusiastic student audience.

Judges then probe teams with questions around their business models, revenue streams, scaling strategies, and go-to-market plans.

Following thoughtful deliberation, the judges will determine the top three teams to receive equity free funding to fuel their ventures, while the audience selects a crowd favorite.

Congratulations to Zarah Lakhani '24 for securing first place with Vitaliti last year!