2019 Pitch Party Results

Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Pitch Party! This year we had 115 student teams pitch, hosted over 250 judges, and gave away 14 prizes amounting to $5000.

Early Stage Non-Social Ventures 

First Place

DissolveTex 

A revolutionary technology that rapidly dissolves flushed tampons, solving the problem of clogged and damaged sewer lines which costs millions of dollars a year.

Second Place

Dine-N-Dash

Skip the wait for the check, and “dine-n-dash”, a new, convenient way to pay for your meal.

Third Place

PURE

A bathroom cleanliness certification service for gas stations along highways.

Early Stage Social Ventures

First Place

Purple 

Takes the by-products from wine to create high-fiber and high-protein gluten-free food products.

Second Place

Let’s Chat About It

A personalized chatbot making it easier to take care of mental health on the go, every day, for every mind.

Third Place

DataBucks

Providing a way for people to be compensated for providing data to corporations.

Late Stage Non-Social Ventures

First Place

Vector Rideshare

The first university networked carpooling application. Connecting students and faculty traveling to similar destinations in a mobile application.

Second Place

MLDY Music

An online social networking web application for musicians to discover and collaborate with other musicians.

Third Place

Be Cool 

Music Festivals and clubs are increasingly becoming popular but it’s hard to buy accessories and clothes for those activities in China. Thus, we created the online store BeCool to sell those products.

Late Stage Social Ventures

First Place

Veera 

Distributes cold storage units that double the income of farmers in developing nations such as India.

Second Place

Acta Solutions

A turnkey solution that helps local governments extract better insights from constituent input faster and at a lower cost.

Third Place

Durham Volunteer Dulas

A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free and accessible doula care to our community.

Graduate/ Alumni Ventures

First Place

Shearless

A software technology company that uses machine learning to help clothing pattern makers automatically adjust their patterns to a customer’s measurements. 

Second Place

CARD Program

Partners with Walmart to provide an incentivized, lifestyle management program for rural, low-income diabetics.

Student’s Choice

Veera 

Distributes cold storage units that double the income of farmers in developing nations such as India.