Fwd: Additional Competitions / Opportunity for Funding
Stephanie Hwang
From: Tanuku, Manasa <mta...@wharton.upenn.edu>
Date: Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 6:05 PM
Subject: Additional Competitions / Opportunity for Funding
To:
Cc: "Anick, Jill" <jan...@wharton.upenn.edu>, "Quodt, Johannes" <jqu...@wharton.upenn.edu>
Team Leaders,
Passing along additional opportunities / competitions that have come our way. Details are below including where to apply.
Good luck!
FOUNDER.org $100K Competition
FOUNDER.org is a sponsor of the Wharton Business Plan Competition. Current Wharton and Penn students and recent alumni (graduated within the last 12 months) are eligible to apply for the foundation’s $100K grants. More info below.
· Application deadline is April 15, 2014
· Please direct all inquiries about the program to: 10...@founder.org
- 10 winning teams take home $100K funding grants,
- 50 semifinalist teams are accepted into the 12-month FOUNDER.org University
· All entering teams are eligible for potential funding through the FOUNDER.org Capital fund
· FOUNDER.org founder Michael Baum (WG’89) will be on campus on April 3 or April 4 (time to be finalized) to meet with applicants
o Students MUST apply to the competition before signing up for a meeting with Michael
· Apply HERE
California Dreamin Investor and Fast Pitch Competition
· Prize: $250,000 of cash and equity investment (in addition to in-kind products)
· Finalists get 3 guaranteed screenings at Menlo Ventures, True Ventures, DFJ, Artiman Ventures, Pritzker Group, Rincon Ventures, March Capital, and Kleiner Perkins
· More details HERE
Manasa Tanuku
MBA Candidate 2015
The Wharton School | University of Pennsylvania
manasa.ta...@wharton.upenn.edu |
+1.917.945.7030
Stephanie Hwang
School of Nursing
University of Pennsylvania
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