Hen Hatch
UD's Premier Startup Funding Competition
Entrepreneurial students make connections, collect feedback on ideas and compete for startup cash and prizes totaling $50,000.
Eligibility
All University of Delaware undergraduate and graduate students who are enrolled at least half time are eligible to apply. There are two competitive tracks:
- Pre-revenue ($0 in revenue)
- Post-revenue ($1 or more in revenue)
Revenue, for the purpose of this competition, is defined as consideration provided by a customer for value created by the startup as well as equity investment. Revenue does NOT include sweat equity, grants, donations, awards, or stipends.
Process
Preliminary Round
Participants submit a 3-5 page written business concept for evaluation by seasoned entrepreneurs, investors and business consultants.
Semifinal Round
The 10 most promising business concepts in each track present a 7-minute pitch and answer questions from entrepreneurs and investors.
Final Round
The 3 most promising business concepts in each track present a 7-minute pitch and answer questions from entrepreneurs and investors in front of a live audience.
2022 Schedule
August 1, 2022 |
Hen Hatch registration opens |
Sept. 16, 2022 |
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Oct. 7 & 14, 2022 |
Semifinal round presentations |
Dec. 1, 2022 |
Final round presentations |
Registration Notes
Allow up to 30 minutes to complete the registration process. Include the following information as it applies to your track:
- You will need names, email addresses and phone numbers for all team members.
- Student participants will need the following information for all team members: Student ID#, major(s), minor(s), expected graduation month & year.
- Alumni participants will need majors and graduation years for all team members.
- Faculty and staff participants will need department and title for all team members.
- You will be required to submit a file containing your written concept; you will have an option to submit a logo.
Finalists
Pre-Revenue Track
- Share Wallet, led by Jason Bangser, BE '22
- Supremely Sweet, led by Santha Rani, AS '22 & Esha Shah, AS '23
- Navigating Access, led by Amanda Zicherman, BE '23
Post-Revenue Track
- Pick-Up Sports, led by Michael Meola, BE '23
- Up Cycle Design, led by Sierra RyanWallick, BE '23
- Stemmer, led by Samuel Goetz, EG '21
Pre-Revenue Track
- Blue Tusk Technology, led by John-Carlos Saponara
- CyberSecLabs, led by Casey Rock, Jason Reynolds and Dylan Martin
- Nuvensus, led by Mason Faust, Henry du Pont and Markos Zerefos
Post-Revenue Track
- Alchemize Fightwear, led by Maya Nazareth
- Backyard Gig, led by Suryanuj Gupta and Shahroze Ali
- GetPotluck, led by Abu Kamara and Hope Vega
Student Track
- 360 VR Technology, led by James Massaquoi and Sury Gupta
- The SEWcial Cafe, led by ChaCha Hudson
- SolveABET LLC, led by Jonathan Wood
Alumni, Faculty and Staff Track
- CATX Inc. led by Bruce Bowman and Gilberto Schleininger
- RiKarbon, led by Basudeb Saha and Sarah Wenyon
- Patient Sortal, led by Kenny Eck
Student Track
- D150 Fueling, led by Bailey O'Brien, Samuel Bacharach and Amedeo DeLuca
- IntraText, led by Jamie Levy, Kerry Schwartz, Kristen Brokaw and Gina Gesualdi
- Lyapunov Technologies, led by Anthony Rossi and Duanyi Wei
- Wilminvest, led by Joel Amin and Bryce Fender
Alumni, Faculty and Staff Track
- OPS, LLC led by Lee Beauchamp, Matthew Beard, Tai Nguyen and Timothy Gantzhorn
- Smartbooks, led by Courtney Hewitt, Rossiny Beaucejour, Garry Johnson and Taji Hardwick
- Veramorph LLC, led by Paul Godfrin
Student Track
- Geoswap, led by Jason Bamford, Keith Doggett and Jordan Gonzalez
- Revive, led by Avalon Greene, Palina Ivanova, Emma Lynch and Rachel Weinberger
- Influencia, led by Danilo Vicioso
Alumni, Faculty and Staff Track
- Vibrating Therapeutic Apparel (now TheraV), led by Amira Idris
- Strados Labs, led by Nick Delmonico
- TenantU, led by Jacob Jeifa, Wilson Hu, Krzysztof Czerwinski and Alex Carr
Student Track
- JADE Biotech, led by Elizabeth Soulas, Daniel Charytonowicz, John Lowman and Allison Lisberg
- Curing Cube, led by Farhad Baqi, Seyar Baqi and Edward Bayley
- Joost Wafel Co., led by Joost Elling
Alumni, Faculty and Staff Track
- Strataca Systems LLC, led John Erbey
- NERDit NOW, led by Jonathan Hoxter
- Flip, led by Chris Lin
Student Track
- The Practice Set, led by Keith Doggett and Jordan Gonzalez
- ProjectedU, led by Benjamin Rapkin and Austin Crouse
- GoHappy, led by Elpiniki Apostolaki-Iosifidou
Alumni, Faculty and Staff Track
- SimUCare (now Avkin), led by nursing faculty member Amy Cowperthwait and researcher Amy Bucha
- Art Preservation Index, led by alumna Emily MacDonald-Korth
- GoShare, led by alumnus Shaun Savage
Student Track
- ShopTutors, (since pivoted to LendEdu) led by Nathaniel Matherson and Matt Lenhard
- Udwell, led by Yael Bloom and Tali Cohen
- Board to Death, led by Chris Melillo and Krista Adams
Alumni, Faculty and Staff Track
- PenguinAds, (now Carvertise) led by Mac Nagaswami
- Jaggery, led by Asmita and Anand Atre
- Grasshopper Talent App, led by Liz Brenner, Nicole McCabe and Deb Stambaugh