Global Entrepreneur Challenge 2018

Global Entrepreneur Challenge Awards Ceremony Thursday, August 23, 2018 German Club at Virginia Tech, 711 Southgate Drive, Blacksburg at 6:30 p.m.

The Global Entrepreneur Challenge will conclude with an Awards Ceremony. The winners will clearly demonstrate how their underlying technology and business concept met a customer need, the differentiated position their product or service would occupy in the marketplace, and their proposed business model and value proposition.

$45,000 will be awarded among top teams, including:

• $10,000 Advanced Manufacturing Award for the outstanding tangible product. Teams with a tangible product competing for this award include Babycer, ChairJak, GRACE, HemABO, Hodge Sensors, Kitau, and Planet B. • $10,000 Information Technology Award for the outstanding intangible product or service. Teams with an intangible product or service competing for this award include Artaxy, Codable, FeetBack, Solura, Tech Gym, and Wobler.

• $5,000 People’s Choice Award sponsored by Outreach and International Affairs, Virginia Tech, which is determined by vote of audience members at the Challenge.

• An additional $20,000 grand prize will be awarded to one of the two teams that receive the $10,000 Advanced Manufacturing Award or the $10,000 Information Technology Award, by selection of the judging panel.

The 2017 grand prize of $25,000 was awarded to team Cohex of Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Santiago, Chile, which included Josefa Villanueva, Luckas Fonck, and Maurizio Canessa. Cohex is a system designed to keep the perfect humidity level during fruit exportation, helping to reduce loss and improve fruit quality.

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