Mississippi New Venture Challenge
Brought to you by Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP
The Mississippi Technology Alliance and Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP presented the 4th Annual Business Plan Competition, the Mississippi New Venture Challenge, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at the Jackson Convention Complex.
Winners
Commercial Division
1st Place: BFAC.com, of Jackson
www.bfac.com
2nd Place: The Donor Tree, of Jackson
www.thedonortree.com
3rd Place: Royal King Foods, of Carthage
Pre-Revenue Division
1st Place: Hyperion Technology Group, of Tupelo
www.hyperiontechgroup.com
2nd Place: Axsh North America, Inc., of Oxford
www.axsh.us
3rd Place: Long Branch Company, of West Point
Student Division
1st Place: The Juliet Collective, of Mississippi State University
www.thejulietcollective.com
2nd Place: Innometrix, Mississippi State University
3rd Place: Neimaj, of Mississippi State University
http://www.neimaj.com/
Thank you to the Sponosrs and the Entrepreneurial Service Providers who helped make the 2011 New Venture Challenge a success.
Participating Companies
Thirty-seven companies from throughout Mississippi competed in the 2011 Mississippi New Venture Challenge in three categories:
- Student Division: Team is made up entirely of students.
- Pre-Revenue Division: Team represents a company that is in the pre-revenue stage.
- Commercial Division: Team represents a company that is post-revenue.
Companies participating in the 2011 Mississippi New Venture Challenge:
Commercial Division
BFAC.com (Jackson)- BFAC.com is the #1 rated Christian e-commerce website.
Navy Dads, LLC (Brandon) -NavyDads.com is an online community that provides the social interaction tools needed to navigate your way throughout your Sailor's journey in the United States Navy.
Royal King Foods, LLC (Carthage)- Royal King Foods provides Leiambaa gourmet cuisine, an authentic ethnic cuisine that college dining services can produce by simply boiling water.
The Donor Tree (Jackson) TheDonorTree.com is an online fundraising company whose trademarked technology tool facilitates the recruitment of new donors beyond their identified contacts.
Pre-Revenue Division
Axsh North America, Inc. (Oxford) - Axsh has an integrated hardware / software solution, Wakame, to provision, meter, and control Virtual Data Centers within a standardized set of modules.
bio-syn-energy (pursuing opportunities in DeSoto County) - bio-syn-energy will use recycled railroad ties to produce clean energy through gasification.
e.volve (Tupelo) - e.volve provides a web-based service and tools that streamline and digitize the building construction documentation and contract administration process.
Extrality (Starkville) - Extrality provides a product that allows a child to manipulate the building blocks of language in real time, providing immediate visual feedback as the child builds words and sentences.
GS Research, LLC (Waveland) - GS Research offers cost-effective net Zero Energy buildings through its patent pending GeoSolar innovation for fully integrated building temperature control.
Hyperion Technology Group, (Tupelo) - Hyperion Technology Group, of Tupelo, is an engineering services company that is designing a wind-noise mitigation technology for the detection of acoustic events primarily in military applications.
KaChing, LLC, (Batesville) - KaChing will import off-road vehicles that get 45+mpg and can be driven on-road in many states.
Long Branch Company, Inc. (West Point) - Long Branch Company is a manufacturing company specializing in customer metal fabrication that has designed its second vaccinator with the first vaccinator produced for treatment of caged-birds.
Marla Group (Jackson) - Marla Group has a patented hooded hair dryer that provides a healthier, more comfortable and time efficient hair drying experience.
The Smart Voter (Madison) - TheSmartVoter.com is a non-partisan political website that allows the general public to become involved in the political process like never before.
Thermally Targeted Therapeutics (Ridgeland) - Theremally Targeted Therapeutics has developed thermally responsive polypeptide carriers for the delivery of therapeutic peptides and small anticancer drugs.
World Class Holdings, LLC (Ocean Springs) - World Class Holdings has invented a hurricane proof video recording system designed to capture visual data during hurricanes.
Student Division
Bellwether Games, LLC (MSU) - Publishes original board games and card games that have intelligent, engaging and aesthetically sound designs that are appealing to the niche consumer, but simple enough to be embraced by the general market.
Cerverus (Ole Miss) - Cerverus has developed an Android phone application, Pocket Professor, that will provides key concepts from all major subjects that will be covered in lectures as well as available in text and audio format.
Customary Fit (Ole Miss) - Customary Fit is an internet-based matchmaking service designed to easily connect clients with a culturally compatible partner for dating and marriage.
EOS, Inc. (Ole Miss) - EOS is a biotechnology company that focuses on the development of molecular markers and new therapeutics targeted at the communication pathways within the cell, which activate and communicate aberrant DNA code causing cancer.
Innometrix (MSU) - Innometrix has developed a medical device, Gyn Mech, which uses the principles of biomechanics and a proprietary technology to create a powerful diagnostic data set to provide a structural analysis of the female pelvic floor.
Magnolia Recycled Glass Company (MSU) - Purchases post consumer glass from the local community and manufacture artistic tiles and other glass artisan products.
Neimaj, LLC (MSU) - Neimaj is a protective and specialty footwear design firm that specializes in the design and manufacturing of eco-friendly footwear.
PartyTell (Southern Miss) - PartyTell is a web-based entertainment source for events and parties going on throughout the U.S. that offers promoters and event planners the option to list and promote their events for free.
Personal Carbon Credit Exchange (Ole Miss) - Personal Carbon Credit Exchange is a mechanism to manage the value created in the form of carbon credits by an individual or business by contributing towards infrastructure and practices required for a self sustainable community.
Oopzie (Ole Miss) - Oopzie offers a web-based platform utilizes a combination of open-sourced and proprietary algorithms to suggest relevant local events based on user preferences.
The Five22 (MSU) - The Five22 is a marketing and promoting company with the ability to reach out and communicate with an entire community using a self-developed mobile application and website.
The Juliet Collective (MSU) - The Juliet Collective is a custom producer of artfully crafted and truly unique musical electronics, like guitar pedals and amplifiers.
Thiol-ene Works (Southern Miss) - Thiol-ene Works is seeking to utilize thiol-ene chemistry in the development of high impact energy materials for the sports sector.
Ultimate Bucket (Ole Miss) - Ultimate Bucket is a small sporting goods company specializing in producing a multi-functional bucket seat for transporting equipment.
UMOJA, Inc. (Jackson State) - UMOJA is an International firm that manufactures wireless headsets with integrated MP3 technology.
Uptics of (Ole Miss)- Provides an Android application that bridges the gap between potential tenants and landlords/realtors.
V-Track Technologies (Southern Miss) - V-Track Technologies provides an advanced tire safety and brake system that actively monitors tread wear through a proprietary sensing process.
For more information about the Mississippi New Venture Challenge, contact Latasha Bibb.