Five Ventures 2011 Winners
The 10th Annual Five Ventures Competition showcased five student and six for-profit high-growth ventures competing for cash prizes of $20,500 and additional in-kind services for a total prize value of $50,000.
In addition the event featured a lively conversation between Mike Elliott, Managing Partner of Noro-Moseley Partners, a leading Southeastern venture capital firm and Kevin Drehmer, former President of Digital Optics Corporation, one of Charlotte’s all-time entrepreneurial success stories. Their dialogue offered insights into the collaborative and contentious, yet strategic, relationship between investor and entrepreneur.
WINNERS - EARLY STAGE VENTURES
$10,000 Grand Prize For-Profit Winner was MailVU
$2,500 2nd Place was CanDiag, LLC
$1,000 3rd Place was Camber Ridge, LLC
$1,000 People’s Choice Award (Voted by Audience) went to MailVU
The other finalists were:
- OverstockAds
- DeskIT
- Laser Biopsy, Inc.
WINNERS - STUDENT TEAMS
$2,500 Grand Prize Student winner was Solar Max Engineering (UNC Charlotte)
$1,000 Second Prize winner was GoodFit (UNC Chapel Hill)
$500 Finalist was AllinCoupons.com (UNC Charlotte)
$500 Finalist was FAC Internacional (UNC Chapel Hill)
$500 Finalist was Cullowhere (Western Carolina University)
$1,000 J. Chris Murphy Award winner was Cullowhere (Voted by Audience)
