2025 Business Idea Competition

Congratulations to the winners of the 13th Annual WCU Business Idea Pitch!

Grand Prize 

Jover Walker Cover – Mary Schuleri & Kristen Hyatt

WCU Undergraduate Students 

1st Place Prize, Cell-U Therapeutics – Chirs Needham, Nathan Barker, & Joshua Pitts

2nd Place Prize, CompAi – Ryan Gorman & Benjamin Jacob

3rd Place Prize, College Compass – Caroline Hoy

 WCU Graduate Students, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff 

1st Place Prize, Zwiq – Matthew Zwilgmeyer

2nd Place Prize, Capricorn Investments – Nick Melillo

 Early Stage Start-ups

1st Place Prize, Jover Walker Cover – Mary Schuleri & Kristen Hyatt

2nd Place Prize, The Deerfencive Line – Steve VanValin

Social Innovation Track

1st Place Prize, My-Lucy – Thomas Perez & Mathieu Perez

2nd Place Prize, Monitor.Ai – Helen Zhang

Chester County High Schools

1st Place Prize, Braille Bottles – Danielle Waldron

1st Place Prize, Electrofuel Bars -  Ella Lucas