The Pitch Dingman Competition Finals were on Tuesday, Feb. 16 and as promised the Dingman Center and our partners gave away more than $30,000 in startup funding! Here’s the breakdown:
Grand Prize – $15,000
WeCook, Ryan Pillai
Second Place Prize – $5,000
ICOW, Jonathan Kau
Judges Choice Prizes – $6,000 ($2,000 to each team)
Embitterment, uBoard, VentureStorm
Audience Choice – $500
uBoard, Natalie Urban
Kimberly Marie Scholastic Achievement Award – $1,000
WeCook, Ryan Pillai
SECU Finalist Award – $500 to each team
We are grateful to our sponsors, David and Robyn Quattrone, and SECU for their generous contributions. Thank you as well to our excellent team of judges:
Paul Capriolo
CEO, Social Growth Technologies, INC
Malcolm Gillian
Managing Partner, Syndicate Group NYC
Jennifer Meyer
Betamore
Carmen Mirabile
Assistant Vice President, Marketing, SECU
David Quattrone
Co-Founder and CTO, Cvent
Greg Vetter
CEO, Tessemae’s All Natural
The Pitch Dingman Competition is an annual business competition for UMD students. To get involved in the competition and other Dingman Center programs, come pitch your business ideas at Dingman Fridays, weekly walk-in sessions where students can pitch ideas to seasoned entrepreneurs. For those students already pursuing a business idea, sign up to attend the first stage of our accelerator program, Fearless Founders.