On April 18, 2024, hundreds of people packed the Purdue Memorial Union to learn more about Purdue’s finest innovators and entrepreneurs. World-changing inventors. Innovative students. Intrepid entrepreneurs. All had a unique story to share at the Expo. Catch up on some of the highlights:
Innovation. It’s in the minds of the thinkers, the doers, those who see beyond what is known: every idea, every discovery, every execution.
ReElement Technologies signed an exclusive license to use patented Purdue University technologies to domestically refine and sell minerals critical in manufacturing modern, high-tech products for commercial and industrial use.
The New Venture Challenge (NVC) helps prepare Purdue student startups for market entry and fundraising. By the end of the program, each team created a pitch deck and pitched to the crowd at the expo.
By the end of the program, each team created a pitch deck and pitched to the crowd at the expo. A special congratulations to the top student startups this year:
WINNERS:
First place prize, $10,000: Emboa Medical
Second place prize, $5,000: UChef
Third place prize, $2,500: MaytiK
Crowd favorite: $1,000: Emboa Medical
