Started in 2009, the GW New Venture Competition is the culmination of an academic-year- long series of workshops, advising sessions, speakers, active mentorship, and networking
events focused on developing, testing, and launching a venture. The twelve finalists pitched their launched startup or idea to a panel of judges the night before winners were announced to a near-capacity crowd at Jack Morton Auditorium on April 14th. During this year’s competition, $408,000 was awarded, including $128,000 in cash to the finalists. The three-track winners proudly represented their respective colleges, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Rugged Redemption), School of Medicine (Paths), and School of Business (Clebby’s). All 12 finalists won a minimum of $2,500 for their venture.
2022 By The Numbers
132 GW Student-Led Team
Applications
$408,000 In Cash and In-Kind Prizes
368 Total Individuals Applied
3 Competition Tracks: New Ventures,
Social Ventures, and Tech Track
Participation from
8 GW Schools & Colleges
102 Alumni and Professional
Judges and Mentors
"NVC taught me that failure, setbacks, and disappointments are all part of the learning process, and overcoming them and learning new insights from each experience is integral to your success! Being with a strong team enables you to handle each setback in stride, and encourages you to persevere in stressful and challenging situations!"
Stephanie Cheung
(CCAS ‘22), POP!
Meet The Winners!!!
New Venture Track
Clebby’s
Sabrina Clebnik (GWSB ‘22)
Clebby’s is a cannabis-infused baking mix brand launching into the legal cannabis market. Prolonged third-party testing timeframes for THC dosage and strength makes selling fresh-baked edibles in dispensaries impossible. Clebby’s eliminates testing latency by providing customers the ability to bake fresh, delicious, cannabis-infused products with dosage consistency at home.
Social Track
Paths
Linda Mangera (SMHS ‘22), Yasmine Dessouky
Paths provides a convenient way for housing-voucher recipients to search for nearby homes with welcoming landlords. It follows the user’s movements alongside the local government housing database to present available housing options. Paths aims to reduce the rates of expired housing vouchers due to overcrowded existing marketplaces and landlord discrimination.
Tech Track
Rugged Redemption
Sarah Malinowski (SEAS ‘23),
Tanner Reinholtz
Rugged Redemption is a prosthetic knee device meant for active transfemoral amputees, specifically veterans. This device will allow users to run and walk for long distances and on uneven terrain. This will let these active people regain their lifestyle without having to manually change or adjust their knee.