Semifinal Round: Bud Albin Challenge

 

Friday, April 12, 2024
The Bud Albin Challenge acts as the semifinal round of the 
Paul J. Holloway Prize Innovation to Market Competition.

All teams, including those not advancing to the challenge or championship round, are invited to compete in the Charles & Miriam Nelson Poster Competition.

 

Teams present their business concepts to a panel of judges using PowerPoint, a poster, and a prototype of their innovation, if available. Posters are not required as part of the formal presentation.

Twenty teams will advance to the Semifinal Bud Albin Challenge Round where they present their business concept before a panel of business and industry judges who have reviewed their 5-page submissions and videos. Teams are allotted 10 minutes to present followed by 15 minutes of Q&A with the judges.

At the conclusion of the Semifinal Bud Albin Challenge Round, all teams will receive detailed feedback from the judges and six teams will advance to the Holloway Prize Competition Championship Round.

Prizes

Cash prizes will be awarded to all teams not advancing to the Holloway Prize Competition Championship Round
$600- 2nd Place Teams
$500- 3rd Place Teams
$300- Runner-up Teams

 

 

Information on the 2024 teams and judges will be added as the competition nears. 

 

Time Room Order Track
12:50 p.m. 175

Competition Opening

 
1:00 p.m.   Presentation #1  

 

175

Spritely Spore

High Growth 

 

165

Aegis Safe

High Tech

 

135

Electric Vehicle SCOUP

Sustainability

 

125

F9 Automated Concessions

Hospitality & Service Solutions

1:30 p.m.

 

Presentation #2

 

 

175

e-PPLY

High Growth 

 

165

Bright n' Early

High Tech

 

135

Coweed

Sustainability

 

125

OverSpray Hospitality & Service Solutions
2:00 p.m.    Presentation #3  
  175 HydroPhos Solutions High Growth 
  165 Kronos High Tech

 

135

Swellular Sustainability
  125 College Connector Hospitality & Service Solutions
2:30 p.m. Outside 165 Break  
3 p.m.    Presentation #4  
  175 Clean Kick Go High Growth 
  165 Together Band High Tech
  135 Good Art Sustainability
  125 QuickTips Hospitality & Service Solutions
3:30 p.m.    Presentation #5  
  175 Behind the Wall High Growth
  165 TutorUp.AI High Tech
  135 EnviroSave Sustainability
  125 Takko Time Hospitality & Service Solutions
4:00 p.m.  G35 Dinner  
4:50 p.m.  G35 Advancing Teams Announced  
5:15 p.m.  G45 Run-off Round: Presentation #1 High Growth 
5:45 p.m.  G45 Run-off Round: Presentation #2 High Tech 
6:15 p.m.  G45 Run-off Round: Presentation #3 Sustainability 
7:15 p.m.  G45 Run-off Round: Presentation #4 Hospitality & Services Solutions
7:40 p.m. G35 Run-off Round Winners Announced  

High Tech Track

Aegis Safe 
Aegis Safe is a discreet pressure sensor installed under flooring and near access points in homes and apartments, which notifies residents and law enforcement in instances of unauthorized entry to the premises.
Paige Bohlig, Paul College (Hometown: Rutland, VT)
Kendyl Drum, Paul College (Hometown: Mount Vernon, NH)
Avery Milton, Paul College
Madison Crocker, Paul College
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Keslar

TutorUp.AI 1st Place
TutorUP is a web application that offers an online interactive classroom experience with an AI assistant available 24/7. The AI tutor enhances online learning by answering student questions during recorded video lectures, overcoming limitations of traditional video lectures. TutorUP aims to provide a more dynamic and engaging learning experience at a low cost for universities.
Oliver Willis, CEPS (Hometown: Groton, MA)
Paul Gesel, CEPS
Faculty Advisor: Ruml Wheeler

Together Band 3rd Place
Together Band is a safety tool disguised as a bracelet that is designed to reduce assault, rape, and kidnapping statistics. The band will be worn as a bracelet by each member of the desired group, which then connects to the Together Band app where each member's location is tracked.
Emily Jackson, COLA (Hometown: Barrington, NH)
Samantha Chuslo, Paul College (Hometown: Holliston, MA)
Faculty Advisor: Kevin O'Shea

Kronos 2nd Place
Kronos aims to create a watch that combines the mechanical beauty of a classic watch with the functionality of a smartwatch. The watch face will be minimalist, displaying only essential metrics, and will be designed to be read quickly and intuitively.
Sam Croteau, Paul College
Tyler Wittmann, Paul College (Hanover, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Rich Messner

Bright n' Early
Bright n’ Early offers a groundbreaking solution for waking up in the morning that guarantees a more refreshed and energized start to your day. Our state-of-the-art alarm clock utilizes a unique combination of REM sleep cycle monitoring, gentle light, soft sounds, and vibrations to wake you up in the best way possible, providing you with more energy throughout your day.
Annabelle Stott, Paul College
Alison Durand, Paul College
Jared Rizzo, Paul College
Evan Scott, Paul College
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Keslar

High Growth Track

Clean Kicks Co
Clean Kicks Co is an environmentally conscious, university-focused shoe company looking to foster school spirit and good walking and running comfort. Clean Kicks will allow students, faculty, staff, and alumni to express their Wildcat pride by offering UNH-branded shoes at an affordable price on Campus as well as at stores in convenient walking distance from campus.
Luca Mikulis-Borsoi, Undeclared (Hometown: Nashua, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Joshua Cyr

Spritely Spore, LLC 1st Place
The Myco-Vessel by Spritely Spore is an affordable all-in-one platform allowing novice cultivators to achieve reliable results with no extra equipment. Myco-Vessel prevents contamination by design.
Gregory Henninger, MBA (Hometown: Nashua, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Alex LaBrecque

HydroPhos Solutions 2nd Place, Run-Off Round Winner
HydroPhos will install phosphorus filtration technology into wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). This filtration technology will extract phosphorus, and we will then sell that phosphorus to fertilizer companies.
Jason Plant, Paul College (Hometown: Sanbornton, NH)Derek Long, Paul College (Hometown: Northborough, MA)
Katie Remeis, Paul College (Hometown: Hudson, NH)
Matt Oriente, Paul College (Hometown: Jamison, PA)
Derek Long, Paul College
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Keslar

e-APPLY
e-PPLY is a mobile application that functions as a staffing solution, connecting employers with employees in a gamified, simplistic, and exciting way. You can think of e-PPLY as the Tinder of the hiring space. Once an applicant and a business match, the app will automatically forward a copy of the job seeker's resume to the hiring manager and provide the applicant with a Calendly link to arrange a time for a virtual or in-person interview.
Gunnar De Young, Paul College
Rey Idieu, Paul College (Hometown: Bridgeport, CT)
Gunner Hagstrom, Paul College (Hometown: Hillsboro, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Keslar

Behind the Wall 3rd Place
Behind The Wall plans to make its impact on the art collection industry by being an online marketplace tailored to up and coming artists, and help them connect to art collectors and enthusiasts. Behind the Wall enables new artists who are completing or have completed an art degree to get exposure and for customers to explore quality pieces in their price range that apply to their specific tastes.
Jake Kitterman, Paul College (Hometown: Lyman, ME)
Marty Keene, Paul College (Hometown: Dover, NH)
Nicholas Quinlan, Paul College (Hometown: Hampton, NH)
Austin Edwards, Paul College
Faculty Advisor: Joshua Cyr

Hospitality & Service

College Connector 2nd Place
College Connector is a multipurpose app designed to solve social, emotional, and financial problems of students. The app has two main features that aim help college students socially, emotionally, and financially.
Brett Schultz, Paul College (Hometown: North Reading, MA)
Faculty Advisor: Joshua Cyr

Takko Time 1st Place
Takko Time is a company that is born with the initiative to offer the community of Durham the opportunity to know and consume authentic Mexican food in a food truck at affordable prices, as well as the possibility of getting to know Mexico through the different flavors of its gastronomy.
Gustavo Rodriquez, Paul College
Faculty Advisor: Joshua Cyr

F9 Automated Concessions 3rd Place
Our product, “F-9”, provides stadiums with an innovative and groundbreaking way to serve their customer's concessions. By combining quality and automation with convenience, our product can streamline the concession process at stadiums while cutting costs, saving space, and giving customers an incredibly unique experience.
Elias Clark-Goldfeld, Paul College
Matthew Derby, Paul College 
Edward King, Paul College
Michael Santini, Paul College
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Keslar

Overspray
Spray paint art is new niche of the art market. By joining the market, I will serve as another place for people to source spray paint art.
Mason Patten, Paul College
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Keslar

QuickTips
QuickTips sets to solve is the issue of servers having to wait to receive their credit tips they earn on any given night. At QuickTips we want to provide a simple solution which would allow servers to receive their tips on a nightly basis through a direct deposit and restaurant owners to easily keep track of their payroll and avoid any bookkeeping errors which plaque this industry and can lead to serious tax implications.
Jake Baker, Paul College (Hometown: Grafton, MA)
Charles Farrah, Paul College (Hometown: Grafton, MA)
Brett Hassell, Paul College (Hometown: North Andover, MA)
Ben Allaire, Paul College (Hometown: Sharon, MA)
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Keslar

Sustainability

Coweed 3rd Place
Coweed is on a mission to make a generational impact in reversing global warming. By producing a bovine supplement which greatly reduces methane production in cows, Coweed has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an industry which has been neglected in regard to social innovation.
Anthony Lotane, COLA 
James Sullivan, Paul College
Faculty Advisor: Joshua Cyr

Good Art
What if consumers could buy a T-shirt with peace of mind – knowing it was made ethically, sourced sustainably, and helped build a better planet? At Good Art, the mission is exactly that. The companyʼs garments are built from recycled cotton and polyester, ethically made in North Carolina, and carefully printed right here in the New Hampshire seacoast.
Jeff Marquis, Paul College (Hometown: Derry, NH)
Brady Esmaili, Paul College
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Keslar

Swellular - Wave Powered Communication System for First Responders 1st Place
The Swellular has developed a product that is designed to provide coastal resiliency and disaster relief to isolated islands and coastal communities with limited communication infrastructure. The product focuses on integrating marine renewable energy (MRE) conversion to power a portable communication tower and is designed for rapid deployment offshore of these communities.
Rae Bretton, Paul College
Luke Conroy, CEPS
Allison Childs, CEPS
Maddie Strange, CEPS
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Keslar

EnviroSave
EnviroSave is a new social media platform that encourages sustainability and eco-friendly behaviors among its users. The platform will be a social network that promotes sustainable lifestyles and encourages users to share ideas, tips, and content related to green living.
Sia Manna, CEPS
John Henkleman, COLSA
Faculty Advisor: Joshua Cyr

Electric Vehicle Scoup 2nd Place, Run-Off Round Winner
The Electric Vehicle SCOUP, or Solar Charging Optimization Utility Panel, utilizes existing solar technology to subsidize a vehicle’s charge while it is parked. Designed to simultaneously mitigate three problems at once, the SCOUP takes advantage of solar energy in an easy-to-use and portable panel.
Clair Carroll, Paul College, (Hometown: Dover, NH)
Jenson Scott, Paul College
James Cheever, CEPS
Samuel Tower, CEPS (Hometown: Dover, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Keslar


Clever Cart 1st Place: High Tech Track
Clever Cart is an Augmented Reality Navigation and Advertising Platform that 
empowers customers, retailers, and marketers to benefit from the most advanced AR retail application ever created. Clever Cart is first and foremost a reinvention of in-store advertising with the mission of helping Grocers across the country.   

Seth Gunter, Paul College (Hometown: Amherst, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Sohl

Farified 1st Place: Hospitality & Service Solutions Track
Farified provides individuals with food allergies and dietary restrictions real-time information about what foods can be eaten based on individual profiles. Through the Farified app. users will receive personalized actionable intelligence regarding dining locations, food choices, and ingredient changes. Farified is dedicated to reducing large number of adverse, sometimes fatal,  food reactions and empower a community of people to make informed decisions regarding food safety. 

Madison Smith, CHHS  (Hometown: Moultonborough, NH)
Ann-Marie Kolberg, Paul College  (Hometown: Delmar, NY)
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Sohl

Fry’d LLC 3rd Place: Hospitality & Service Solutions Track
Fry’d is a unique ghost kitchen style restaurant creating delicious late-night treats on Main Street in Durham NH. The company offers take-out and delivery services to the town of Durham. We specialize in American-style comfort food to satisfy those late-night cravings! Whether you are searching for sweet, savory, or both - we’ve got it covered. Mac-n-cheese, french fries, grilled cheese, fried Oreos & more! Gluten-free, dairy-free & vegan options are available too. There’s something for everyone. For your next craving, think Fry’d. 

Nelson Davis, COLSA (Hometown: Chester Springs, PA)
Patrick Duggan, Paul College (Hometown: Plymouth, MA)
Darren Gibadlo, Paul College  (Hometown: Hampton, NH)
Ethan Landon, Paul College (Hometown: Natick, MA)
Christopher Sheehan, Paul College (Hometown: Cortlandt Manor, NY)
Keane Regan, Paul College (Hometown: North Bradford, CT)
Faculty Advisor: Ryan Cox

Ghost Kitchen Food Truck
Ghost Kitchen is a food trailer that will operate from the hours of 8:00 PM - 4:00 AM, Wednesday through Saturday, near the University of New Hampshire in Durham. The problem the company is solving is the lack of food and delivery options late at night for students studying, partying, or craving a late-night snack. 

Devon Bruzzese, Paul College (Hometown: Reading, MA)
Derek Gardner, Paul College (Hometown: Bedford, MA)
Ryan Harrington, Paul College (Hometown: Hingham, MA)
Matthew Paolucci, Paul College  (Hometown: North Reading, MA)
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Keslar

HallHub 2nd Place: Hospitality & Service Solutions Track
HallHub is a "Digital" Residence Hall that elevates campus communities, helping universities stay relevant in a rapidly changing world. 

Nicolas Camara, CEPS (Hometown: San Paulo)
Garrett Frohman, CEPS (Hometown: Hudson, NH)
Caleb Peffer, CEPS (Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

HydroPhos Solutions 3rd Place: Sustainability Track
HydroPhos Solutions is a for-profit service company that simultaneously addresses eutrophication and phosphorus depletion as a function of its core business model. We utilize phosphorus filtration technology to extract phosphorus from wastewater treatment plants, subsequently reselling this phosphorus to fertilizer companies. This reduces eutrophication, recycles the nutrients, and extends the lifespan of our global food supply by combating phosphorus depletion, all while creating a profit that we reinvest into the business's growth to scale the positive impact of our operations. 

Daisy Burns, Paul College
Derek Long, Paul College
Matt Oriente, Paul College
Jason Plant,  Paul College
Katie Remeis, Paul College
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant 

Lighthouse
Lighthouse aims to redefine how we see social media by focusing on bettering the user instead of focusing on increasing metrics and screen time for advertisers. It will be a platform that allows users to connect with their digital world in a healthy and productive way that actually helps them reach their personal goals, without taking up a lot of their time or getting them addicted. To do this, we are implementing AI/ML behavior changing models into content to subliminally help users reach their goals and using features like content filters so you can see what you want to see, when you want to see it. To address another major issue, data privacy, Lighthouse will use a Freemium model that for the price of a cup of coffee per month, you can know none of your user data is being sold to third party sources. Lighthouse is shining a brighter future on our social future with an aim of making social media a non-time consuming, beneficial aspect of our lives. 

Derek Bobbitt, Paul College (Hometown: Nashua, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

LogSmarter, LLC  2nd Place: High Growth Track
LogSmarter™ is not just another calorie counter. It is an AI nutrition coach that uses machine learning to help people reach and sustain their health goals. You tell us your demographic information and whether you want to gain muscle or lose fat. From there our proprietary machine learning algorithm will generate a goal calorie intake that fits your individual needs. As you progress towards your goal of gaining muscle or losing fat, your metabolism will change. Based on daily records of your calorie intake and body weight, our algorithm will update your goal calorie intake appropriately to make sure you are optimizing your nutrition. As our algorithm learns more about you, it will provide feedback to make sure you are following the latest evidence based nutrition recommendations. Our software is available through our website and the app store. See LogSmarter.net for more information.

Ben Kfoury, Paul College (Hometown: Manchester, NH)
Ryan Lefebvre, CEPS (Hometown: Northborough, MA)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

LyfeStyle 1st Place: High Growth Track
LyfeStyle is a free-to-download smartphone application which informs consumers on what activities and events are in their desired area. Utilizing the LyfeStyle app will not only benefit consumers, but businesses will be able to update their events seamlessly. All B2C businesses are supported by giving them an all in one platform to advertise. The application supports consumers' ability to be educated on any upcoming and current events that match their lifestyle or wants. Whether that be dining, entertainment, shopping or anything in between, after this pandemic everyone will be looking for an exciting night out away from their household. 

Gavin Thibodeau, Paul College (Hometown: Westford, MA)
Jack Kelly, Paul College (Hometown: Wyndmoor, PA)
Justin Szabo, Paul College (Hometown: Tolland, CT)
Faculty Advisor: Bruce Pfieffer

MicroReality
MicroReality plans to sell a virtual reality controlled robotic stereomicroscope that they have invented and are prototyping. 

Luke Botticelli, COLSA (Hometown: Kingston, NH)
Sanen Imchen, CEPS (Hometown: Hudson, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

Mind Body Soul Boxes
Subscription boxes that help promote college aged girls health and well-being. 

Sophia Bolduc, CHHS (Hometown: Bedford, NH)
Alison Durand, Paul College (Hometown: Durham, CT)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

Mongo 1st Place: Sustainability Track
Mongo is new sustainable plant-based protein derived from mung beans that is high in protein, fiber and antioxidants. Mongo is versatile as it can be incorporated into stir-fry’s, wraps, scrambles and smoothies.  

Jessica Nelson, Paul College (Hometown: Deerfield, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

MyGreenPlate
MyGreenPlate is an app that allows people to understand the sustainability of their food choices. 

Will Bodewes, CEPS (Hometown: Durango, CO)
Holly Proulx, CEPS (Hometown: Durham, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

Ping 3rd Place: High Growth Track
In the US, incapacitated and drug-assisted assaults account for nearly one-third of the sexual assaults that occur. Ping is an SaaS app with the goal of revolutionizing personal safety for young women everywhere, connecting you with close friends and nearby allies at a moments notice via multi-connectivity and GPS location tracking technology.

Ryan Harrington, Paul College (Hometown: Hingham, MA)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

Promised Protection 2nd Place: Sustainability Track
Promised Protection is stiving to modernize the way water is placed and prepared for wildfires in the Western U.S. Through modular suppression units there can be more strategic placement of large amounts of water, along with needed suppression equipment. Decreasing time way from the fires collecting water and more time suppressing that water on the fires. Overall, increasing water preparation and lowering destruction.  

Spencer Coveney, Paul College (Hometown: Milford, MA)
Patrick Gillis, CEPS (Hometown: Stratham, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

SciCAD
SciCAD is a technology consulting start-up based in Henniker, New Hampshire that focuses on optimizing the CAD (Computer Aided Design) / IT (Information Technology) environments and advises companies on business strategy relating to IT/CAD infrastructure and software. 

Tyler Heymans, CEPS (Hometown: Weare, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

SPAITR 2nd Place: High Tech Track
With SPAITR™, players and coaches can see the speed of their shot, the angle of release, and the number of reps that were taken during practice or play sessions. Coaches can hold players accountable as well as see minute details about practice sessions and games. SPAITR™ is not only a platform for viewing growth and distinct play statistics, it is also a social platform that can allow players to share their improvements, participate in team and national leaderboards, as well as interact with their teammates. Parents and relatives can also see their youth’s progress in a way that allows them to interact actively with their child's growth, in a level of detail that was previously impossible. 

Brayden Esmaili, CEPS (Hometown: Wilmont, NH)
Nathaniel Hunt, COLA (Hometown: Rochester, NH)
Joey Neleber, CEPS (Hometown: Guilford, CT)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

SyringeAdmin (Syringe Services Program Tracking Software)
Syringe Services Programs (SSPs) lack a modern and mobile tool to track their activities, provide reporting and forecast future demand. SyringeAdmin meets this need through a mobile app and a SaaS-based administrative console. This new product will allow for outreach workers who often work out of cars and backpacks to log needle-exchange transactions in real-time while unlocking analytics capabilities for the back-office. SyringeAdmin saves SSPs time and money, allowing these organizations to focus more resources on their mission - reducing harms among people who inject drugs and the communities they live in. 

Mark Santoski, Graduate School (Hometown: Dover, NH)
Faculty Advisor: James Kibler

Thatbeat
Thatbeat is a company focused on helping music producers with issues involving Music Theory, Sound Design and Song Structure. Thatbeat looks to provide an online search engine where users find audio samples from different distributors, individual artists, and record labels. Results, based on a user's search, are sorted by Views (commonly seen as listens and downloads) and Responses (commonly seen as comments, likes, and shares). This website helps those interested in music production by making sure they have the tools needed to succeed and continue their creative endeavors. 

Jackson Lucier, CEPS (Hometown: Nashua, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Michael Merenda

Ambrosia Fabrics- 2nd Place High Growth Track
Ambrosia Fabrics is developing nontoxic performance fabrics for the furniture industry. Our fabrics utilize sustainable fibers to offer performance that people desire without the harmful chemicals!

Christian Hollis,  Undeclared (Hometown: Seabrook, NH)
Tiger Destefano, Paul College (Hometown: Greenland, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

BarBoost- Runner Up Hospitality & Service Solutions Track
An application service that will change the inconvenience of long bar lines, and allow bar goers to spend more time inside the bar. BarBoost is a subscription-based service that offers subscribers bar line video feeds, an Uber-like system to help subscribers skip the line, and a live comment page for app users to connect with other bar goers on current bar line updates.

Jack Doherty, Paul College (Hometown: Sunapee, NH)
Elizabeth Lane, Paul  College (Hometown: Porter, ME)
Abigail Chapman, Paul  College (Hometown: Beverly Hills, MI)
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Keslar 

BuddyUp- 1st Place High Tech Track
BuddyUp is a wristband that allows swimmers to notify lifeguards and parents that they need help with the press of a button. The app enables lifeguards to pin point the swimmers location through the use of augmented reality. By decreasing the uncertainty in lifeguarding, BuddyUp allows swimmers to take water safety into their own hands. 

Jessica Nelson, Paul College (Hometown: Deerfield, NH)
Jamie Nelson, Paul College (Hometown: Deerfield, NH)
TJ Evarts, CEPS (Hometown: Londonderry, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

ecoText, Inc.- 1st Place Sustainability Track
Students and their families struggle every semester to cover the high “out of pocket” costs of college textbooks. ecoText’s mission is to reduce these financial obstacles to create opportunity through affordability. ecoText bridges the gaps between colleges, publishers, professors, and students by aggregating titles onto its online platform that is set to become the ultimate collaboration learning tool for students and professors.

Dylan Wheeler, CEPS & COLA (Hometown: Bow, NH)
Nelson Thomas, COLA (Hometown: Plainfield, NJ)
Rachel Yee, COLSA (Hometown: Brewster, NY)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

HallHub- 1st Place High Growth Track
Transitioning into the college environment can be difficult for incoming freshman,who may feel lonely and intimidated without their family and friends. Hallhub connects dorm residents with their RA’s, fostering meaningful relationships between residents and the hall community.  RA’s can notify users of upcoming socials, release polls, and address concerns conveniently from their mobile device.  

Nick Camara, CEPS  (Hometown: Sao Paolo, Brazil)
Caleb Peffer, CEPS  (Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

JukeBot- Runner Up High Tech Track
JukeBot is an autonomous artificial intelligence disc jockey that uses sensory data and machine learning to select songs based on crowd reading.  Our proprietary solution allows for bars and nightclubs to provide a superior music experience for their customers while simultaneously saving their own business thousands of dollars a month.  

Pat Earley, CEPS (Hometown: Hopkinton, NH)
Marc Tausanovitch, CEPS (Hometown: Windham, NH)
Ben Daniels, Paul College (Hometown: Windham, NH)
Faculty Advisors: Ian Grant, May Win Thein and Mike McClurken

Kikori 2nd Place Hospitality & Service Solutions Track
Kikori is a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that supports educators in transforming their classrooms through experiential education activities - so their students can transform the world. The benefits of experiential education and social emotional learning have been heralded in recent years as significantly improving academics, student well-being, and school climate. Kikori's easy-to-use digital platform aligns activities with curriculum, training, and impact measurement tools, supporting teachers in providing students with the whole-child education necessary to succeed inside and outside the classroom. 

Kendra Bostick, GRAD (Hometown: Manton, Michigan)
Bhavya Wadhwa, GRAD (Hometown: Delhi, India)
Gayathri Venkatasrinivasan, GRAD (Hometown: Chennai, India)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

Lightning Bike Pump- 3rd Place High Tech Track
Current bike pumps use a two handed attachment method which is often difficult to attach to your bike tire and many times yields a faulty seal or broken valve. Lightning Bike Pump offers a revolutionary one handed attachment method that easily attaches to any bike pump allowing a secure, airtight attachment every time.

Will Bodewes, CEPS (Hometown: Durango, CO)
Faculty Advisors: Ian Grant and  Todd Gross

LogSmarter™-  2nd Place High Tech Track
LogSmarter™   is an evidence-based software system for tracking fitness and nutrition. We provide fitness enthusiasts, athletes and coaches a smarter way to track their fitness and nutrition data. Using our proprietary machine learning algorithm, we are able to estimate our customers caloric requirements with more accuracy than traditional methods. These accurate personalized recommendations help our customers progress faster towards their goals.  For anyone with health, physique or performance goals LogSmarter™ is the ultimate solution to tracking their training and nutrition data in a way that aligns with reaching their goals. 

Ryan Lefebvre, CEPS (Hometown: Northborough, MA)
Bowen Bilodeau, CEPS  (Hometown: Manchester, NH)
Ben Kfoury, Paul College (Hometown: Manchester, NH)
Brandon Roberts (Hometown: Northborough, MA)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

Neutralyze Runner Up Sustainability Track
Neutralyze is solving the problem of CO2 emissions through commercial air travel. Neutralyze helps combat climate change by allowing individuals to offset their carbon emissions from commercial air travel. We provide individuals with a platform that streamlines the process of offsetting their emissions using our connections to various non-profit organizations that will plant the trees needed to offset the individual’s emissions. Our customers will input their flight number in the application which will then send a notification to the phone (post-flight) alerting the individual of their CO2 emissions and offset cost for that flight. 

Jack Rohrer, Paul College (Hometown: York, ME)
Porter McManus, Paul College (Hometown: Durham, NH)
John Kelly Driscol, Paul College (Hometown: Marblehead, MA)
Tyler Story, Paul College (Hometown: Lynn, MA)
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Keslar

Ping!- Runner Up High Growth Track
Ping! is an app that helps college students stay connected on the weekends. If, by chance, you find yourself in an unsafe, awkward or otherwise uncomfortable situation, Ping! will instantly send an alert to your group including location tracking and a predetermined message, all at the push of a button. Ping!'s mission is to bring America back to when the outside world was a place to be adventured, not feared. 

RJ Harrington, PAUL (Hometown: Hingham, MA)
Thomas Donnelly, CEPS (Hometown: North Conway, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Peter Zaimes

Project Happy- Runner Up Hospitality & Service Solutions Track
Being young is supposed to be the most fun and carefree time of one’s life; yet twenty percent of teens experience depression, suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people and these numbers are only rising. Project Happy contributes a significant impact towards reversing the trend of our country’s unhappiness epidemic.

Jack Potvin, Paul College (Hometown: Derry, NH)
Nick Mokas, Paul College (Hometown: Bedford, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

The Protein Bar NH - 3rd Place Hospitality & Service Solutions  Track
The Protein Bar NH is a mobile food vendor run by two collegiate student-athletes. We travel to various athletic events throughout New England to sell products such as protein shakes, energy bars, and other healthy eats. Our promise is to provide athletes with the proper nutrition needed to fuel their bodies as to maximize peak athletic performance. 

Rylee Leonard, CHHS (Hometown: Coventry, RI)
Caroline Hernon, COLSA  (Hometown: Hampton, NH)
Faculty Advisor: John Baxter

REVIVE - 3rd Place (Tie) High Growth Track
REVIVE is a mindfulness buffet of pay per minute yoga, massage, sauna, guided meditation, kickboxing, and stretching classes. With busy schedules, customers can customize the length of their stay, as well as choose what classes to attend and how long they want to spend in each class. This will promote relaxation, improving their health and focus during their busy days.  

Nicole Dunbar, Paul College (Hometown: Orange County, CA)
Jamie Nelson, Paul College (Hometown: Deerfield, NH)
Rylee Culverwell, Paul College (Hometown: Rowley, MA)
Haley Burns, Paul College (Hometown: Westport, CT)
Faculty Advisor: Zachary Jones

SCRAPP- 2nd Place Sustainability Track
Scrapp is a free-to-download, gamified, smartphone application which educates consumers and rewards individuals and institutions for recycling correctly. Utilizing the theory of behavioural economics, the Scrapp App enables consumers to change their behaviour around everyday recycling activities. Scrapp supports the consumer with immediate, positive feedback and empowers them to realize that many of the materials they may be throwing away are, in fact, a valuable resource. 

Mikey Pasciuto, CEPS (Hometown: Burlington, MA)
Daniel Marek, CEPS (Hometown: Ashland, UK)
Evan Gwynne Davies, CEPS (Hometown: Andover, UK)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

Slasher Pro-Tech - Runner Up High Tech Track
Creating a cut-proof athletic underlayer to protect skiers and other athletes from life-threatening lacerations, while maintaining the high-performance standard of top athletes. 

Andrew Hancock, Paul College (Hometown: Aspen, CO)
Samantha Shamberger, Paul College (Hometown: Ashland, NH)
Abigail Reinelt, Paul College (Hometown: Derry, NH)
Brian Auffant, Paul College (Hometown: Hampton, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Keslar

SQN Capital Partners - 1st Place Hospitality & Service Solutions  Track
SQN Capital Partners is a financial services venture which aims to deliver a sustainable and effective capital formation solution to address the structural problems inherent to the existing higher-education finance industrial complex; SQN’s core offering – the SQN Income-Share Agreement, or ISA – provides a sophisticated alternative to the antiquated portfolio of solutions available to American students today, which are reliant on a debt-capital funding model. Our ISAs – with a structure most closely analogous to that of preferred share equity – allow students to source capital via a financial instrument which more effectively accounts for the risks inherent to investment in their post-secondary educational pursuits. Similarly, the SQN ISA platform also offers investors the opportunity to place capital in an ESG compliant investment vehicle, comprised of securitized portfolio of ISAs and which delivers attractive risk-adjusted returns on their capital with ultra-low correlation coefficients to broader-market volatility events. 

Cameron Horack, Paul College (Hometown: Beverly, MA)
Faculty Advisor: Ian Grant

STEP- Runner Up Sustainability Track
Step produces pressure tiles that convert mechanical energy from footsteps into electric energy. This energy can be used immediately, or stored in batteries for later application.

Ben Chapin, Paul College (Hometown: Manchester, NH)
Eric Berkemeier, Paul College (Hometown: Dayton, OH)
Andrew Iannuzzi, Paul College (Hometown: Conway, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Keslar

UPark n’ Ride- 3rd Place (Tie) High Growth Track
UPark n’ Ride is a mobile app that lets the user pay for their metered parking directly from their smartphone, as well as connect with other users to share rides to and from college campuses. This app makes it easier for drivers everywhere to park and gives peace of mind knowing that you are helping the environment at the same time. 

Sara Cordova, Paul College (Hometown: Merrimack, NH)
Taylor Barbagallo, Paul College (Hometown: Billerica, MA)
Faculty Advisor: Diane Devine

Wildline- 3rd Place Sustainability Track
Wildline is an all-in-one source for those who wish to become more self-sufficient at home through modern and accessible sustainability solutions. Wildline will handle all aspects of the process that a client desires; from consultation, to analyzing client properties, to working with partner companies on implementation. Through a combination of in-company consultants and outsourcing to partnered, best-fit businesses, Wildline’s services will be attainable and uniquely tailored to all clientele. 

Hunter Letendre, Paul College (Hometown: Hooksett, NH)
Alex Autenrieth, COLSA (Hometown: Hooksett, NH)
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Keslar

 

High Growth Track 

Jessica Nelson, Senior Associate New North Ventures

Kristin Laberis, Market Director, Cardiovascular Service Line, Portsmouth Regional Hospital 

Rose Lopez, Project Management Consultant at Lincoln Financial Distributors

Conor Mack, Managing Director Cryptan Labs 

Dave Widener, AVP, Innovation and Analytics at Service Credit Union 

High Tech Track 

Andrea Kokolis, CEO of Kokolis Consulting

TJ Evarts '20, Founder & CEO of SMARTwheel

Greg Richardson, Sr. Director, Global GTM Strategy & Operations at Automation Anywhere

Jeff Lapak '02, '13G, Director at UNH InterOperability Lab & COVID Lab Operations

Brian Veroneau '11G, Chief Executive Officer at Argen Tech Solutions Inc.

Aidan Kitteredge, Program Manager Techstars

Hospitality & Service Solutions Track 

Sherif Farag, Owner & Founder at Elephantine Bakery<

James Saunders, President/Founder at New England Barrel Company

Mike Somers, President & CEO at New Hampshire Loding and Restaurant Association

Deborah Burns, Executive Director, New England Inns and Resorts Association 

Connor Roelke, Founder & CEO, NOBL Beverages 

Abby Bachman '18, Senior Associate at Colliers

Sustainability Track

Michelline Dufort, Director, UNH CEO & Family Enterprise Center

Andrew White, Corporate Sustainability Director at VHB

Mike Aldous '11G, Vice President of Product Management and Data Analytics, Warner Pacific Insurance Services

Sebastian Titz '08G, Investment Manager at 3M Ventures

Brian Gibb, Strategic Advisor, Drummond Group

Joe Whitten, Co-founder & CEO @ Apparel Impact 

Runoff Round 

Lindsey Hayes, CO of The Mountain

Sam Warach , Founder, CEO Of NextStep Health 

Mike Morneault, Vice President, Litigation and Investigations at Lighthouse

John Pelaggi, Vice President of Sales, CyCognito

 

About the Benefactor

Bud Albin

Harold C. "Bud" Albin, Jr. '55 was an active and generous supporter of his alma mater, most notably in the area of entrepreneurship and business development.

After working full-time and attending the University of Maryland part-time, Bud Albin enrolled at the University of New Hampshire. Following graduation, Mr. Albin entered the U.S. Navy Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, and became a Naval Aviator. He was attached to squadrons in Georgia, Rhode Island and Virginia, piloting all weather fighter/interceptors.

In 1961, Mr. Albin joined a small company that manufactured steel parts. He continued his active participation in the Naval Reserve in flying status and was promoted to Officer-in-Charge. Mr. Albin retired from the Naval Reserve in 1978 at the rank of Captain.

While serving in the Reserve, he founded Albin Industries, which sold copying supplies. Shortly after its start-up, Mr. Albin expanded the company to include the sale and servicing of copier and fax machines. When sold to Konica Business Machines in 1995, Albin Industries had grown to a business employing 185 people.

In honor of his fiftieth class reunion, Mr. Albin established the endowment that bears his name to encourage and advance entrepreneurship within the Whittemore School of Business and Economics and support activities related to entrepreneurship, primarily in New Hampshire.

The Albin Entrepreneurship Fund supports faculty and administrative programs that link students with entrepreneurs; provides consulting support for new start-up companies; supports lectures and in-residence programs; funds external entrepreneurship competitions; and brings UNH students, faculty, and industry experts to the larger community.

Mr. Albin earned his Bachelor of Science at the University of New Hampshire, was awarded an MBA degree from Wayne State College and completed Harvard University's Owner/President Management program.

 

Questions? Email holloway.prize@unh.edu