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.
2024 Schedule
August 1, 2024 |
Hen Hatch registration opens |
Oct. 4, 2024 |
Registration and submission deadline |
Oct. 25, 2024 |
Semifinal round presentations |
Dec. 5, 2024 |
Eligibility
All University of Delaware undergraduate and graduate students who are in good standing and enrolled at least half time are eligible to apply. Doctoral students on sustaining status are also eligible.
Any team with at least one current UD student may enter the competition. Only team members with a UD affiliation will be allowed to present during the semifinal and final rounds of the competition; other team members may participate in Q&A.
Only concepts that have generated less than $250,000 in total revenue by the preliminary round submission deadline will be considered.
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 present a 7-minute pitch and answer questions from a panel of judges comprised of entrepreneurs and investors.
Final Round
The 4 most promising business concepts present a 7-minute pitch and answer questions from entrepreneurs and investors in front of a live audience.
Registration Notes
Allow up to 30 minutes to complete the registration process. Include the following information:
- 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.
- You will be required to submit a file containing your written concept; you will have an option to submit a logo.
Finalists
- Legacy Loom, led by Ian Drogowitz, BE'23
- Miss Boulevard, led by Samantha McGhee, BE'25, CAS'25
- BonaFyde, led by Nicholai Williamson, BE'25
- OBEnaturelle, led by Lauren Roberts, BE'26
Pre-Revenue Track
- Little Bob Technologies, led by Garrison Davis, '18, G'22
- Agreen Tech, led by Yuefei (Mike) Tao, G'23, and Sarah Megivern, G'24
- Dear Volunteer, led by Isabella Duarte, BE '24
Post-Revenue Track
- Stem So(ul)cial, led by N'Dea Irvin-Choy, G'23, and Camille Smith
- CompSciLib, led by John Ye, BE '24, and David Bichara, EG '23
- SkipRope, led by Alexander Pugliese, BE '22
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