Past Winners

2024

  • Simon Gibson Grand Prize Award, $30,000 (award sponsored by Zions Bank) – Powder Baby Dry Shampoo
  • Second place, $10,000 (Zions Bank) – Iso Retractor
  • Third place, $7,500 (Zions Bank) – Spot Parking
  • Bootstrap, $2,000 (Actium Partners) – Bigman Outdoor Seasonings
  • Judge Awards $4,000 (Zions Bank) – Velocity Boards ($2,000); The Port Studio ($2,000); Brokie Studios ($4,000); Mystery Escape Studio ($1,500); Minnow ($1,500); Stelle ($1,000); Iso Retractor ($1,500); Gourmet Grazing ($1,500); Honey Haven )$1,000)
  • People’s Choice Award Speed Pitch, $1,000 (Zions Bank) – Powder Baby Dry Shampoo
  • People’s Choice Online Vote, $1,000 (Zions Bank) – Bleeped
  • Finalist Team Awards, $500 (Zions Bank) – All the finalist teams
  • Master of Business Creation Scholarships, $1,000 (David Eccles School of Business) – All the finalist teams

2023

  • Simon Gibson Grand Prize Award, $30,000 (award sponsored by Zions Bank) – Zaymo
  • Second place, $10,000 (Zions Bank) – MindSmith
  • Third place, $7,500 (Zions Bank) – Pure Solutions
  • Bootstrap, $2,000 x2 (Actium Partners) – SelMeat and Qwela
  • People’s Choice Award Speed Pitch, $2,500 (Zions Bank) – Pure Solutions
  • People’s Choice Online Vote, $1,000 (Zions Bank) – Homestead Hands
  • Judge Awards (Zions Bank) – Hushie ($800); Inxson ($800); Pure Solution ($800); House of Posters ($800); Village Mobile ($800); Minnow ($2,000); Zaymo ($2,000); Swish ($1,500); Photohive ($500); On-V $500; SelMeat ($500); Mentally Real ($1,000); Qwela ($1,000); Beadology ($2,000); Homestead Hands ($1,000)
  • Finalist Team Awards $500×20 (Zions Bank) – All the top-20 teams

2022

  • Grand Prize Award, $20,000 (award sponsored by Zions Bank) – Relay
  • Second place, $12,000 (Zions Bank) – The Orion Belt
  • Third place, $7,000 (Zions Bank) – Scouter
  • Bootstrap, $2,000 (Actium Partners) – BugBuddies
  • People’s Choice Finalist Speed Pitch, $1,000 (Holland & Hart) – Scouter
  • People’s Choice Online Vote, $1,000 (Holland & Hart) – Crypto Whales
  • Emerging Entrepreneur, $750 (Bank of the West) – Foam
  • Emerging Entrepreneur, $750 (Bank of the West) – Cambrio
  • Emerging Entrepreneur, $750 (Bank of the West) – Veterans in ComBAT

2021

  • Grand Prize Award, $20,000 (award sponsored by Zions Bank) – uAir
  • Second place, $15,000 (Zions Bank) – CleanSeat
  • Third place, $10,000 (Zions Bank) – Speech Cloud
  • Technology, $2,500 (Ident Solutions) – Speech Cloud
  • Bootstrap, $2,000 (Actium Partners) – Morr Décor
  • Intellectual Property, $1,500 (Jones Waldo) – Gaia Technologies
  • Prototype, $1,000 (Espiritu Designs) – Gaia Technologies
  • People’s Choice Online Vote, $1,000 (Jones Waldo) – BidMyCrib
  • Emerging Entrepreneur 1, $1,000 (Ballard Spahr) – The Mobile Moon Co-op
  • Emerging Entrepreneur 2, $1,000 (Ballard Spahr) – Judgement Day
  • Emerging Entrepreneur 3, $1,000 (Ballard Spahr) – Powder Soles
  • Emerging Entrepreneur 4, $1,000 (Workman Nydegger) – Morr Decor

2020

  • People’s Choice Award ($1,000): Reese & Company (Southern Utah University)
  • Top 20 Teams: 
    • Auxilium Automation (BYU)
    • BidMyCrib (UVU)
    • Concord Research Group (Westminster)
    • ControlAlt (BYU)
    • Decheque (UofU)
    • Denali Drone Services (Weber)
    • Disani Global Health (UofU)
    • Gaia Technologies (UofU)
    • Harmony (SLCC)
    • Hops and Hounds (Westminster)
    • My School Dance (UofU)
    • PaddedSoul (Dixie)
    • Parq (UofU)
    • Piing Watch (BYU)
    • Pyramid Security (USU)
    • Reese & Company (SUU)
    • Sawtooth (UofU)
    • The Girls Company (BYU)
    • The Guitar Hacks (Snow)
    • Vitapul (UofU)

Note: The final awards event for the 2020 event was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

2019

  • Grand Prize Award, $40,000 (award sponsored by Zions Bank): Thrive Smart Systems
  • Second Place, $10,000 (Zions Bank): SHERO
  • Third Place, $5,000 (Zions Bank): DeGraw Custom
  • Emerging Entrepreneur 1, $2,000 (Zions Bank): True Adherence
  • Emerging Entrepreneur 2, $2,000 (Zions Bank): NALZA
  • Best Speed Pitch Award, $1,000 (Zions Bank): Blue and White Collar
  • Top 20 Finalist Awards: $10,000 ($500 per team): All teams
  • Sustainable Business 1, $5,000 (F1 Payments): SHERO
  • Sustainable Business 2, $5,000 (F1 Payments): Blue and White Collar
  • Technology, $3,000 (Stoel Rives): DeGraw Custom
  • Bootstrap, $2,000 (Actium Partners): DeGraw Custom
  • Prototype, $1,000 (Espiritu Design): Freyya
  • Best Video, $1,000 (Jones Waldo): Quantum Snow
  • People’s Choice Showcase, $1,000 (Workman Nydegger): Beacon Sleep Solutions
  • People’s Choice Online Vote, $1,000 (Ballard Spahr): Desert Oak Phototherapy
  • Top 8 Teams: Thrive Smart Systems, Blue and White Collar, DeGraw Custom, Freyya, Grip’n’Strip, Lystant, PreOv, SHERO

2018

Zions Cash Prize Awards:

  • Grand Prize Award ($40,000): Portal
  • Second Place ($10,000): ProLink
  • Third Place ($5,000): BayWatch Technologies
  • Emerging Entrepreneur 1 ($1,500): Electrochrome LLC
  • Emerging Entrepreneur 2 ($1,500): ScreenLog
  • Best Speed Pitch Award ($1,000): Portal
  • People’s Choice Video Prize ($1,000): Electrochrome LLC

In-Kind Awards:

  • Stoel Rives Best Technology Award ($5,000 value): RhinoStasis
  • Snell & Wilmer Intellectual Property Award ($5,000 value): Portal
  • Espiritu Best Design Award ($2,000 value): Portal

Additional Cash Prizes:

  • The Actium Bootstrap Award ($1,000): Maple Canyon Adventures
  • The Jones Waldo Peoples Choice Video Award ($1,000): Electrochrome LLC

Top 20 Winners Packet (All Teams):

  • Zions Bank and Workman Nydegger – Top 20 Finalist Award
  • Workman Nydegger – 1 hour IP consultation & trademark search
  • Tanner Co – 2 hours financial consultation
  • Impact Hub – 50 percent off co-work membership

2017

Zions Cash Prize Awards:

  • Grand Prize Award ($40,000): RubiLife
  • Best Speed Pitch Award ($1,000): Portal Power
  • Best Tabling Award ($1,000): Cedar Sports
  • Emerging Entrepreneur Awards ($1,000): Dentium Club & EMJ Medical
  • Online Video Voting People’s Choice Award ($2,500): Cedar Sports
  • Best Presentation Award ($5,000): XLynk Surgical

In-Kind Awards:

  • Stoel Rives Best Technology Award: Sunshine Sync
  • Jones Waldo Award: Neiybor, Xlynk, RubiLife, The Gingerbracket Company, Portal Power, Sunshine Sync, PerkNow, Pleth Patch
  • Espiritu Best Design Award: XLynk
  • Deloitte Services Award: Neiybor, Xlynk, RubiLife, The Gingerbracket Company, Portal Power, Sunshine Sync, PerkNow, Pleth Patch
  • Silicon Slopes Publicity Award: RubiLife
  • Impact Hub Award: PerkNow, Pleth Patch, Sunshine Sync
  • Jive Phone Services: Cedar Sports, Neiybor, Dentium Club

Cash Prizes:

  • The Actium Bootstrap Award ($1,000): Gingerbracket Company
  • The Jones Waldo Best Video Award ($1,000): RubiLife
  • The Payzang Excellence in innovation ($1,000): Pleth Patch

2016

  • Grand Prize Winner, $40,000 (Zions Bank) – Through the Cords, LLC
  • Best Presentation, $5,000 (Zions Bank) – Latitude
  • People’s Choice Award, $2,500 (Zions) – passportXpress
  • Emerging Entrepreneur Award, $1,000 (Zions Bank) – Aura Optics
  • Emerging Entrepreneur Award, $1,000 (Zions Bank) – RetiOS
  • Best Tabling Award, $1,000 (Zions Bank) – passportXpress
  • Best Speed Pitch Award, $1,000 (Zions Bank) – SenseTech
  • Best Video Award, $1,000 (Jones Waldo) – Whistic
  • Bootstrap Award, $1,000 (Actium Partners) – SenseTech
  • Best Technology Award, $2,500 (Stoel Rives) – SenseTech
  • Deloitte in-kind Grand Prize Award, $3,000 (Deloitte) – Through the Cords, LLC
  • In-kind financial services to top-8 teams, $1,000 (Deloitte) – Through the Cords, LLC, Milky Hollow Farms, Latitude, Whistic, Conversature, Red Barn Collections, HOA Cloud, SenseTech
  • Business Incubator in-kind award, $1,000 (Impact Hub) – SenseTech, Red Barn Collections
  • Full branding package, $11,000 (Mint Think, Inc.) – RetiOS
  • Legal Services to top-8 teams, $1,000 (Jones Waldo) – Through the Cords, LLC, Milky Hollow Farms, Lattitude, Whistic, Conversature, Red Barn Collections, HOA Cloud, SenseTech
  • Best Product Design Award, $2,000 (Espiritu Design) – Sybo Technology
  • Startup Publicity Award, $2,000 (Beehive Startup) – Red Barn Collections

2015

  • Grand Prize ($40,000, sponsored by Zions Bank) – SimpleCitizen, Brigham Young University. www.simplecitizen.com
  • Best Presentation ($5,000, sponsored by Zions Bank) – KiLife Tech, Brigham Young University.
  • Best Tabling ($1,000, sponsored by Zions Bank) – KiLife Tech, Brigham Young University.
  • Emerging Entrepreneur ($1,000, sponsored by Zions Bank) – LuerLite, University of Utah.
  • Emerging Entrepreneur ($1,000, sponsored by Zions Bank) – Paper Trail, Brigham Young University.
  • Best Speed Pitch ($1,000, sponsored by Zions Bank) – KiLife Tech, Brigham Young University.
  • Best Video ($2,500, sponsored by Zions Bank) – KiLife Tech, Brigham Young University.
  • People’s Choice Award, Video ($1,000, sponsored by USTAR) – Accidental Gentleman, Dixie State University.
  • Best Technology ($5,000, sponsored by Stoel Rives) – Align Skate Decks, Utah State University.
  • Deloitte Services Prize ($3,000 in-kind, sponsored by Deloitte) – SimpleCitizen, Brigham Young University.
  • Best Product ($1,000, sponsored by Flint Design) – KiLife Tech, Brigham Young University.
  • Social Impact Award ($1,000 in-kind, sponsored by Impact Hub) – Align Skate Decks, Rental On Me, SimpleCitizen, Urban Yield.
  • Beehive Startup Award (in-kind, sponsored by Beehive Startups) – Align Skate Decks.
  • Top-20 Award ($500 each, sponsored by Zions Bank) – All finalists.
  • Top-8 Award ($1,000, sponsored by Zions Bank; $1,000 each in-kind, sponsored by Deloitte) – Align Skate Decks, Blyncy, KiLife Tech, Light Line Catheter, S3 Innovative Glaucoma Solutions, Scott Composites, SimpleCitizen, Urban Yield.
  • Bootstrap Award ($2,500, sponsored by Actium Partners) – Align Skate Decks.

2014

  • Grand Prize ($40,000 from Zions Bank) – Cowboy Kolaches, Brigham Young University – developed a machine to mass produce kolaches (slightly sweet, buttery pastries that are stuffed) for distribution to food retailers.
  • Best Written Business Plan ($5,000 from Zions Bank) – Doxy.me, University of Utah – a telemedicine tool that is HIPA compliant, free, easily customizable and simple to use.
  • Best Presentation ($5,000 from Zions Bank) — nanoKeys, Utah State University — a company working to provide for various keys to be scanned digitally and then resized to all fit in a small, sleek device.
  • Best Technology ($2,500 from Stoel Rives) — 6S Medical, University of Utah — an improved fascial closing device for laparoscopic surgery.
  • People’s Choice Video Award ($1,000 from Dun and Bradstreet Credibility Corp.) – nanoKeys.
  • Incubator Award (in-kind services from Really Epic Ventures) — Alterniity GmbH, University of Utah — a virtual-gaming solution that incorporates both physical and cognitive training to prevent the onset and effects of Alzheimer’s.
  • Best Bootstrap ($1,500 from Actium Partners) – AeroGym Fitness System, Utah State University – a portable fitness device that uses elastic bands and weights.
  • Best Speed Pitch, tie ($250) — Cowboy Kolaches.
  • Best Speed Pitch, tie ($250) — Veritas Medical, University of Utah — a laser device that uses light to disinfect medical catheters.
  • Best Tabling Award ($500) — nanoKeys.

2013

  • Grand Prize, $40,000: Owlet Baby Monitors (BYU) provides a non-invasive infant monitoring system designed to prevent sudden infant death syndrome.
  • Best Written Business Plan, $5,000: Daakye (Westminster College) sells purses to generate funding to help African children receive an elementary education.
  • Best Presentation, $5,000: FiberFix (BYU) is a low-cost, permanent repair tape inspired by casts doctors used to mend broken bones.
  • Best Technology (tie): SonoMargin (U) provides an analytical tool that allows doctors to ensure they have removed all cancerous tissues when excising breast tumors.
  • Best Technology (tie): iTest (U) is a mobile pathogen testing device designed to interface with any smart phone to deliver quick and accurate results to the user.
  • Best Video: LIYEN, Inc. (Westminster College) produces its SLYDER asthma inhaler spacing device, which is more portable and aesthetically appealing than traditional spacers.
  • People’s Choice Award: FiberFix (BYU)
  • Best Bootstrap: Buchanan’s Pancake and Waffle Mix (LDSBC) offers a pre-packaged mix of the traditional Buchanan’s pancake and waffle recipe.
  • Speed pitch Winner: FiberFix (BYU)
  • Tabling Event Winner: SonoMargin (U)

2012

  • Grand Prize: Active Alarm
  • Best Speed Pitch: Power Practical
  • Clean Energy Award: Power Practical

2011

  • Grand Prize: Event Espresso – University Of Utah
  • Best Written Business Plan: Massox – Westminster College
  • Best Presentation: Bluecache  – Utah State University
  • Best Technology: Monitus Medical – University Of Utah
  • Best Speed Pitch: Bluecache  – Utah State University

2010

  • Grand Prize: Short Solutions
  • Runner-up: Veristride
  • Runner-up: Pudendal Neural Systems
  • Speed Pitch: CupAd

2009

2008

  • Grand Prize: AmWell
  • Runner-up: Klymit
  • Runner-up: EnergyTap

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