Past Winners
Startup Venture Track
2021-2022
Greater West Dayton Social Venture Track
Lunnie
$25,000 Entrepreneur Service Program Funds + $25,000 cash
Fail Me Not Tutoring
AIIM
Unemotional
$35,000 cash
Bailout System
West Dayton Strong Camp
$17,500 cash
$10,000 + Community
Choice Award
$10,000
$5,000
OrthoRev
$15,000 cash + $1,400 Bandila
Studios Marketing Package
Montgomery County Community Band
Open Bay
$10,000 cash
$1,400 Bandila Studios
Marketing Package
$500
SoLoved
$5,000
League Bound Prevention Institute
2020-2021
Illume Fit LLC
$25,000 Entrepreneur Service Program Funds + $20,000 cash
Westside Makerspace
$10,000
Just Cakin' It
Black Doulas of the Midwest
$35,000
$3,500
Petrified Good
Dayton Young Black Professionals
$15,000
$2,500 + Community Choice Award
Healthy Family Market
Gem City Recycling Program
$10,000
$1,000
Scattered Shop
STEM Whisperers
$2,000
$500
Startup Venture Track
Greater West Dayton Social Venture Track
1st place
2019-2020
Savorista/Dedicated to Decaf
Kaitlyn Brown
2st place
Theia
Bernard Dalichau, Nicole Dalichau & Gonzalo Perez
3rd place
Smiley Goat Adactive Board Games
4th place
Adhesion Seal 24
5th place
PAK Solutions, LLC
Grace Silverberg
Jillian McIntosh & Jeff Warner
Julia Ziemelis & Paul Singleton
1st place
Handy Hats
2st place
RARE Active
3rd place
Theia
2018-2019
Danielle Ruffolo
Patty Vanderbaugh
Bernard Dalichau, Nicole Dalichau & Gonzalo Perez
4th place
RAM Medical Innovations, Inc.
5th place
School Neaid
6th place
Freedom Brace LLC
Dr. Mubin Syed & Rehan Syed
Yufeng Fan & Tingwen Wu
Spencer Janning
1st place
2017-2018
Edge Cycling Technologies
Shane Page & John Massengale
2st place
T.I.T. Tape
Julia Kokenge
3rd place
YAGO Smart Watch Designed
Shen Anda & Lin Gang
4th place
Inew
5th place
KeyBoost
6th place
Dri-Baby
Spencer Janning, Benjamin Pfeifer & Scott Stoermer
Nathan Roman & Krishna Mullapudi
Tiffany Pikas & Jaime Rhyne
7th place
Chil-Out/Climate Bottle
Abigail Elo
1st place
2016-2017
Neet Seat
Zachary McHale
2st place
Hit Grip
Tiffany Pikas & Jim Ward
3rd place
S.T.A.R.
4th place
Ortus
5th place
PowerSage
Claudia Labrador Rached, Matthew Worsham, Katie Willard, Bipin Karki, Ben Pfeifer & Scott Stoermer
Sean Depke, Andrew Hamilton, Shannon Huffman & Chase Jenkinson
Kaitlyn Roberts, Tom Roberts, Carissa Roberts & Alexis Burgett
6th place
Parking Spaces Finder
Yike Li & Xiaowu Zhan
1st place
2015-2016
Aer
Jessica Kerr
2st place
InfiniPure, LLC
3rd place
LYGENT iStrab
Gavin Doll, Andrew Hamilton & Kristy Rochon
Nicholas VanDillen
4th place
Automated Growing Rod
5th place
DramaLoving Wedding Art
6th place
Slpa Wrap Lifting Strap
Casel Burnett, Andrew Cothrel & Lewis T. Ross
Fei Xu & Hongdan Wang
Keith Lamping & Steve Heinrichs
1st place
2014-2015
You Tune Hearing
Jeremiah Smith & Jessica Smith
2st place
Smart Barn
3rd place
Fever Smart
4th place
Hammocks that Help
Andrew Klein
iMobile Healthcare, LLC
Shane Jabir
5th place
Full Circle Aerodynamics
Jacob Houk, Kevin Joseph, Ann Kyne, Adam Marasco & Ken Saunders
1st place
2013-2014
Liquid Hope
Jim Danis, Manrata Maguire, Brian McGee & Robin Gentry-McGee
2st place
My Event Metrics
3rd place
Lagoon Water Solutions
4th place
TravelBlender
Venkrata Ayyadevara, David Ricupero & Matt Veryser
William Blu, William Wiebe, Erin Elias & Nathan Heidt
Geneviever Catalano & George L'Heureax
5th place
College Base Camp
Justin D-Arcy & Emily Meyer
1st place
2012-2013
Our Vinyl.TV
William Limratana, Allen Ralk, Michael Reuther & Jordan Schneider
2st place
ChurckLink
3rd place
MyEndoShop
4th place
TravelBlender
5th place
SafeStart
Robyn Bradford, William Bradford, Niel Petersen & Elisabeth Robertson
Danielle DeTrude, Russell Gottesman & Sam Nissim
Geneviever Catalano & George L'Heureax
Cathy Armstrong, Anthony Saettel & John Saettel
1st place
2011-2012
Hamir Mahajan, Chris Seelbach, Candace Klein & Jenny Foster
SoMoLend
2st place
Safety Lighting System
3rd place
Aggiez
4th place
SafeStart
5th place
UD Wind Turbine
Joe Kiser, Larry Kiser, Mary Kiser, Alex Reineke & Jim Russell
Kyle Stahlberg, Daniel Vucenovic & Charles Lowe
Cathy Armstrong, Anthony Saettel & John Saettel
Matt Antenucci, Mike Groff, Chris Carcione, Austin Hancock, Eric Hedgedus & James Hundt
1st place
2010-2011
Jimmy Merlo
Infant Innovations
2st place
Idea Rally
3rd place
UDEX
4th place
MsApp
5th place
MyInsurance.com
Matt Veryser & Senay Semere
Michael Weaver, Patrick Bertke & Jon Van Leeuwen
Kathryn Sunday & Patrick O'Grady
Patrick Mergler
1st place
2009-2010
Kate Gottesman, Russ Gottesman, Bryan Cox, Michael Bensal & Thomas Rose
Commuter Advertising
2st place
BrainRack
3rd place
Babble Basics
4th place
Comfort Care Bra for Breast Cancer Patients
5th place
PC Power Management Solutions
Senay Semere, Brian Rack & Matt Veryser
Jenay Sherman
Christopher Jackson, Jenna Hagemann, Nathan David & Margaret Rohr
Jonathan Rike & Eric Hilton
1st place
2008-2009
Alexander Gobel
Free Copying 101
2st place
KDVS Innovative Concepts, LLC
3rd place
Parton Enterprises
Wesley Hartig, Matthew Lakes & Curt Reigelsperger
Nick Fabringer, Maroun Nammour, Nathan Ohlinger & Phil Yust
4th place
Simple Scan
5th place
Musky Fever
Alex Carney, Marty Kelchner, Michael Peters, Nick Kloppenborg & David Weber
James Schroeder & David Whitney