2024 Investor Forum

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.

Featured Companies
Pre-Revenue Stage
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Revenue Stage
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Master of Ceremony

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.

Judges

Eva Doss
President & CEO, the Launch Place

David Jones
General Partner, Bull City Venture Partners

Jill Kaplan
Investor & Mentor, Xelle Ventures

Zakiya Alta Lee
Senior Associate, IDEA Fund Partners

Andy Lutz
Principal, FCA Venture Partners

Timothy McLoughlin
Managing Partner, Cofounders Capital

Malay Shah
Director, Venture South, Piedmont

Lou Anne Flanders Stec
Fund Executive, First Launch Capital Fund
Sponsors



