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Update April 15, 2021:听Kailey Shara, ATLAS PhD student and a researcher in the Emergent Nanomaterials Lab, won the听NVC 14 Audience Choice Award detailed below, adding $1,000 to the $11,000 she has raised for her startup, Chembotix, over the last month.

On April 13, vote for your听favorite startup, including two teams headed by ATLAS PhD students, during听the culmination of the New Venture Challenge听14 season at CU 麻豆影院's听NVC Championships! The winner will take听home a $1,000听"Audience Choice Award."

Kailey Shara,听 ATLAS PhD student and a member of the听Emergent Nanomaterials Lab, and听Darren Sholes, ATLAS PhD student and a member of the听ACME Lab, will compete along with others for the Audience Choice Award. Both Shara and Sholes won highly competitive NVC14 awards recently, with Shara taking home $5,000 during the听New Venture Challenge 14 Female Founder Prize听after presenting her research, Chembotix, a robotic automation platform to dramatically speed up chemistry research and development.听 Sholes won first place in NVC's newcomer competition, walking away with $5,000 for LoopSketch, a program that makes it possible for musicians to remotely collaborate.

During the online event, six other finalists听will also pitch their business ideas online to a panel of judges and an audience for the opportunity to win more than听$100,000 in prizes.听 To make it to the NVC 14 Championships (NVC skipped 13 for superstition's sake), the听six startup finalists competed in听two previous competition rounds against more than 110 ventures that took part in this year's program.

ATLAS students who have successfully competed in past NVCs听include the听EdBoard Technologies听team co-led by听Cody Candler, MS-CTD '20, and听Ruhan Yang, MS-CTD student,听winning fourth place and taking home $12,500 in NVC 12.听Ted Thayer, MS-CTD student, and two team members won fourth place and $7,500 at the NVC 11.听

For 13 years, the NVC听has been CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 premier, cross-campus entrepreneurial program and听competition, giving aspiring entrepreneurs the chance to build a startup through outstanding support and mentorship. Participants represent majors and departments from across the university. From undergraduates to graduates, PhD candidates to postdocs, and faculty to staff, everyone is invited to pitch their idea or watch and support.

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Register Now to watch the NVC 14 Championships!

When:听Tuesday, April 13 at 5:30 p.m.
Where:听via Zoom

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