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The 2013 Sontag competition is now complete.
EscaZyme Biochemicals was announced as the $50K grand prize winner on Wednesday March 6th.
ElectroVentures was the runner up and winner of a $5K second Prize.
Check back later this summer for a schedule for the 2014 competition.
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Sontag Entrepreneurship Competition 2013
Congratulations EscaZyme and ElectroVentures!
Two big winners walked away from the Sontag Entrepreneurship Competition on Wednesday the 6th of March, 2013: ElectroVentures with the $5,000 Monroe-Schuler Foundation Silver Prize and EscaZyme with the Sontag Entrepreneurship Competition Gold prize of $50,000 cash. Congratulations winners, judges, and all participants for the heated startup competition this year. Win or loose, there have been some great developments and new business on their way from right here at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Congratulations to the 2013 Finalists!
We had 24 great teams participate this year and each of the five finalists (ElectroVentures, Envirohaven, EscaZyme, The Mental Health Hub, and TERRANAMIC) will immediately get $1,000 to validate the market for and prototype their business ideas as they compete for $50,000 between now and February 2013. Read More about this year's Finalist Announcement.
Rick Sontag
Alumnus Rick Sontag created the Sontag Entrepreneurship Competition with his $1 million gift to the University in 2011.
2012 Winners: METS Hits a Homerun!
A huge round of applause to the winners of the 2012 Sontag Entrepreneurship Competition, Mining Environmental Technology and Services (METS). At a luncheon on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, METS received a check for $50,000 to help launch a business developing, producing, and marketing optical instruments to detect potentially harmful airborne particulates in mining work places. Team members include David Karr, Ben Sumlin, Heather Zunino and Bryan Rainwater. Congratulations are also in order for the competition finalists whose solid business proposals made this competition such a difficult one to judge. Thanks must be extended to Rick and Susan Sontag for their generous gift that kick-started this competition and to everyone who helped administer and manage the competition.
