2024 Investor Forum
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2024 Winners
Founder Leah Wyrik and Three Strands Recovery Wear took first place honors and $4,000 in the pre-revenue stage competition. Three Strands is dedicated to uplifting surgery patients’ recovery one garment at a time.
The revenue stage competition was won by Beam Dynamics and founders David Kaszycki and Ryan DeMars who also took home $4,000 in prize money. Beam helps media and entertainment companies increase the ROI of their production technology.
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Featured Companies
Pre-Revenue Stage
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Revenue Stage
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Master of Ceremony
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Allan Younger
Senior Director of Programs, NCIDEA
Keynote Speakers
Sam Chason, Founder & CEO
& Matt Gronberg, Co-Founder & COO
Storage Scholars
From their college dorm rooms at Wake Forest University to a Winston Starts startup to Shark Tank winners, learn how Sam, Matt and the Storage Scholars team are successfully scaling a company that is transforming the student moving experience at more than 70 colleges and universities in 32 states.
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Judges
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Eva Doss
President & CEO, the Launch Place
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David Jones
General Partner, Bull City Venture Partners
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Jill Kaplan
Investor & Mentor, Xelle Ventures
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Zakiya Alta Lee
Senior Associate, IDEA Fund Partners
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Andy Lutz
Principal, FCA Venture Partners
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Timothy McLoughlin
Managing Partner, Cofounders Capital
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Malay Shah
Director, Venture South, Piedmont
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Lou Anne Flanders Stec
Fund Executive, First Launch Capital Fund
Sponsors
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