Past NVC Winners

• 1^st place: FoodWise ($100,000)
• 2^nd place: Refr Sports ($30,000)
• 3^rd place: PricingService.ai ($10,000)
• 4^th place: BioSensor Solutions ($5,000)
• 5^th place: AFFIX ($5,000)
• 14 Founders Award: Refr Sports ($14,000)
• Audience Choice Award: Refr Sports ($1,000)

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• Women Founders: 
  • 1^st Place: SuviCa ($5,000)
  • 2^nd Place: FoodWise ($3,000)
  • 3^rd Place: PrecisionTerra ($2,000)
  • Finalist: AFFIX
  • Finalist: Mindsurf

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• Deep Tech Competition:
  • 1^st Place: Mana Battery ($50,000)
  • 2^nd Place: Green Steel Environmental ($3,000)
  • Finalist: PricingService.ai
  • Finalist: Mesa Quantum
  • Finalist: VitaWave Tech

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• 1^st place: CLD-9 ($50,000)
• 2^nd place: Mach Electric Aerospace, LLC ($20,000) 
• 3^rd place: LingDisco ($15,000)
• T-4^th place: ClimateScaping ($10,000)
• T-4^th place: Piña Designs ($5,000)
• High school audience award: Potty Fairytales LLC ($2,000) 

• Female Founders: 
  • 1^st Place: H.EX (Hydroponic Excellence), $5,000 
  • 2^nd Place: Limbfinity, $3,000
  • 3^rd Place: NoSo November, $2,000
• Climate:
  • 1^st Place: ClimateScaping, $4,000
  • T-2^nd Place: Piña Designs, $2,000
  • T-2^nd Place: H.EX (Hydroponics Excellence), $2,000
  • T-3^rd Place: Water Recovery Systems (WRS), $1,000
  • T-3^rd Place: Ecovolve, $1,000

• 1st Place: Chembotix — $45,000 
• 2nd Place: Vitro3D — $33,500
• 3rd Place: Familyfirst — $10,000
• 4th Place (Tie): Birk — $5,000
• 4th Place (Tie): Fulltilt Motion Labs — $5,000
• Audience Choice Award: TissueForm — $1,000

• Climate Change Prize: 
  • 1st Place: Agraaze — $10,000 (Audience Favorite)
  • 2nd Place: Next Use Composting & Recycling — $6,000
  • 3rd Place: Silvis Materials — $3,000
  • 4th Place: Urchin Merchants — $500
  • 5th Place: Kol — $500
• Female Founders Prize: 
  • 1st Place: Notice. — $5,000
  • 2nd Place: Vitro3D — $3,000
  • 3rd Place: Chembotix — $1,000
  • 4th Place: Digital Wellness x NoSo November — $500
  • 5th Place: The Connective — $500
• Cross-Campus Collaboration Prize: 
  • 1st Place: Delta Horizons — $5,000
  • 2nd Place: TissueForm — $3,000
  • 3rd Place: Birk — $1,000
  • 4th Place: Full Tilt Motion Labs— $500
  • 5th Place: Colorado Sustainability Co.— $500
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• 1st Place: HUG Solutions — $30,000 + $25,000 investment offer 
• 2nd Place: Sarus — $21,000 + $25,000 investment offer
• 3rd Place: ToobTek — $16,000
• 4th Place: Seedling Biosystems — $13,000
• 5th Place (Tie): Orbital Biodesign — $10,000
• 5th Place (Tie): LGBT50 — $10,000
• Audience Choice Award: Chembotix — $1,000

• Impact Prize: 
  • 1st Place: RockyTech — $5,000
  • 2nd Place: HUG Solutions — $3,000
  • 3rd Place: Social Dynamic — $1,000
  • 4th Place: Kegstand — $500
  • 5th Place: PurBurn — $500
• NVC Newcomer Prize:​
  • 1st Place: LoopSketch — $5,000
  • 2nd Place: LGBT50 — $2,000
  • 3rd Place: Chinlax — $1,000
  • 4th Place: Topic Insights — $500
  • 5th Place: Whizard — $500
• Female Founder Prize:
  • 1st Place: Chembotix — $5,000
  • 2nd Place: Vitro3D — $3,000
  • 3rd Place: ThinkingHuts — $1,000
  • 4th Place: ToobTek — $500
  • 5th Place: Scoutcruit — $500

• 1st Place: Darwin Biosciences — $30,000 + $25,000 investment offer 
• 2nd Place: DocForge — $22,500 + $25,000 investment offer
• 3rd Place: Mycobacteria Therapeutics — $15,000
• 4th Place: EdBoard — $12,500 + $5,000 purchase order from Dan & Cindy Caruso
• 5th Place (Tie): Soulutions Tech — $10,000
• 5th Place (Tie): Frenz — $10,000
• Audience Choice Award: CathPort — $1,000

• Social Impact Prize: 
  • 1st Place: TerraWear — $5,000
  • 2nd Place: Frenz — $2,000
  • 3rd Place: EmergenTek — $1,000
• Sustainability Prize: FED — $2,500
• Women's Entrepreneurship Prize:
  • 1st Place: Simovations — $5,000
  • 2nd Place: Elevated Eats — $2,000
  • 3rd Place: EdBoard — $1,000

• 1st Place: Stride Tech — $100,000
• 2nd Place: Button Huggie — $45,000
• 3rd Place: TissueForm — $12,500
• 4th Place: Bright Wearables — $10,000
• 5th Place: Nimb.ly — $7,500
• 6th Place: KartWheel — $5,000
• Audience Choice Award: Gaia Glam — $1,000

• Creative Industries Track: Bright Wearables
• General Track: KartWheel
• Hardware Track: Stride Tech
• IT Track: Nimb.ly
• R&D Track: TissueForm
• Social Impact Prize: Volta Irrigation
• Women's Entrepreneurship Prize: TissueForm

• 1st Place: Specdrums (acquired by Sphero) — $75,000
• 2nd Place: HASEL Artificial Muscles (now Artimus Robotics) — $25,000
• 3rd Place: BeautiBook — $5,000
• 4th Place: Statehill — $3,000 
• 5th Place: Cannabis Marketing Association — $2,000
• Audience Choice Award: Norma 

• Creative Industries Track: Cannabis Marketing Association  
• General Track: Specdrums (acquired by Sphero)
• IT Track: BeautiBook
• R&D Track: HASEL Artificial Muscles (now Artimus Robotics)
• Social Impact Prize: Veganarke (now Goodmylk)
• Women's Entrepreneurship Prize: Norma

• 1st Place: Give & Go — $64,000
• 2nd Place: ReForm — $21,500
• 3rd Place: Gigsicians — $9,000 (includes $5,000 personal award from judge Jason Mendelson)
• 4th Place (tie): PerfectFit
• 5th Place (tie): The Bedtime Box — $1,000 each
• Audience Choice Award: ReForm 

• General Track: The Bedtime Box
• IT Track: PerfectFit
• Performing Arts Track: Gigsicians
• R&D Track: ReForm
• Social Impact Prize: ReForm
• Women's Entrepreneurship Prize: ReForm

• 1st Place:Hive Tech Solutions
• 2nd Place: Grownetics
• 3rd Place: The Space Research Company
• Runners Up: Sing It Forward & Outloud!

• General Track: Hive Tech Solutions
• IT Track: Grownetics
• R&D Track: The Space Research Company
• Social Impact Prize: The Space Research Company
• Women’s Entrepreneurship Prize: Hive Tech Solutions
• Collapse the Campus Award: ReVision
• Newcomer of the Year Award: Off the Wall Language
• Rising Star Award: Qualify

• 1st Place:Revolar 
• 2nd Place: NuBru Coffee
• 3rd Place: Blue Star Medical Devices
• Runners Up: Antigua Brewing Co. & Institute for Adaptive Mastery (now Tenor Method)

• IT Track: Revolar
• R&D Track: Blue Star Medical Devices
• Social Impact Award: Revolar

• 1st Place (tie): Malleable Medical Tech (Mallinda) — $10,000
• 2nd Place (tie): Varsity (now Pana, acquired by Coupa) — $10,000
• 3rd Place: NeuroPractice — $1,000

• Cleantech Track: Agribotix (now AgEagle
• General Track: Malleable Medical Technologies (Mallinda)
• IT Track: Varsity (now Pana)
• Mobile App Track: Wakeio

• 1st Place (tie): Superior EcoTech (now Bloom Algae)  
• 2nd Place (tie): TeacherMaps

• Cleantech Track: Superior EcoTech (now Bloom Algae)
• General Business Track: SnowGate
• IT Track: TeacherMaps
• Music Track: Piano Plus
• Social Impact Track: Second Family
• Wild Card: TuTaxi

• 1st Place: rideorama — $4,000
• 2nd Place: Urban Farm Company — $2,000
• Audience Choice Award: rideorama

• Cleantech Track: Thrive Energy
• General Track: Mobius Creations
• IT Track: rideorama
• Music Track: Ensemble Pearl
• Social Impact Track: Urban Farm Company

• 1st Place: Green Truck — $7,000
• 2nd Place: CleanPlate — $3,000
• 3rd Place: L’Esperance — $2,000

• 1st Place: Streat Chefs — $6,000 
• 2nd Place: Jobsite Visitor.com — $3,000
• 3rd Place: Dymotion — $2,000  

• College of Music Prize: Boulder Brass Band — $3,500     
• Judges Choice Prize: Rwanda Rocket Stoves — $250

• 1st Place: Knova Learning
• 2nd Place: 3QMatrix
• 3rd Place: Fetcht

• Computer Science (CS) Award: TechoShark, Inc.
• Honorable Mention CS Award: Ap.igy
• Most Innovative Award: Conifer Quantum Technology