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Congratulations to the Business Plan Competition 2007 winning teams and thanks to the more than 250 judges, coaches, and mentors who worked with the teams to make their success possible! Special thanks to our sponsors for investing in the companies of the future!
Real Networks $25,000 Grand Prize
IndEx – Agri Exchange of India (UW) Sudeep Jain, Karma Doma Tshering, Guy Morita, Shamus Johnson
Provides a solution to part of the farm supply chain in India by connecting thousands of sellers to thousands of buyers through the use of mobile phone technology.
Herbert B. Jones Foundation $10,000 Second Prize
Gravity Payments (SPU) Dan Price
Provides bank card processing and payment processing services to small and medium sized merchants in almost every state in the U.S.
Herbert B. Jones Foundation $5,000 Finalist Prizes
Six Slice Studios (UW) Nimrod Hoofien, Christine Lang, Kevin Reed
Produces an online business game called econome that uniquely combines the fun of multiplayer interaction with a realistic economic simulation.
Bioleco (UW) Max Silver, Ben Weintraub, Mark Wilber, Conner Jeffries Integrates existing technologies with groundbreaking science to grow algae that can be processed into biodiesel, ethanol, biopolymers and fertilizers.
Finalist Team
Koots Green Tea (Seattle U, UW) Andrew Klein, Jerome Tso, Sadie Swofford
Mission is to establish Koots Green Tea as the leading specialty tea company in the United States. (Presented in the Final Round.)
DLA Piper Best Technology Idea
IS4D (UW) Kevin Kirn, Lisa Meyr, Leo Lam
Patent-pending software that will bring about a new era in medial imaging by improving the quality of diagnoses, enabling better doctor-patient communication, and expanding the breadth of procedures that benefit from medical imaging technology.
Herbert B. Jones Foundation Best Nonprofit/
Sustainable Idea
Rainier Energy Group (UW) Sean Bunton, Jack Mannon, Morghan Laswell
Produces biodiesel fuel utilizing a process that allows for flexible feedstock acquisition, alleviating undue competition for finite vegetable oil commodities.
OVP Venture Partners Best Innovation Idea
Clarion Vision (UW) Shivang Dave, Saumil Gandhi, Paul Javid, Ali Javid
Working to commercialize the Antibiotic Haptic Sleeve, a patented UW technology, that will reduce infection rates to nearly 0% and increase access to cataract procedures globally by enabling procedures to be performed in less-sterile environments in China and the United States .
Summit Law Best Service/Retail Idea
Gravity Payments (SPU) Dan Price
Provides bank card processing and payment processing services to small and medium sized merchants in almost every state in the U.S.
Talking Rain Best Consumer Product Idea
Koots Green Tea (Seattle U, UW) Andrew Klein, Jerome Tso, Sadie Swofford
Mission is to establish Koots Green Tea as the leading specialty tea company in the United States.
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