2020 Dempsey Startup Competition Prizes Awarded
A son’s innovative, entrepreneurial mindset paired with his father’s expertise produced the grand prize winning idea at this year’s all-virtual Dempsey Startup Competition. Judges awarded... Read More
Sweet 16 Selected in All-Virtual Dempsey Startup Competition
Thirty student teams cast a spell over the judges at this year’s all-virtual Investment Round of the 2020 Dempsey Startup Competition. Each team performed digital... Read More
Student Startup Spotlight: Kadama Offers a Helping Hand
Being able to trace your startup development year-to-year alongside your progress through school is a rare feat. Then again, the team behind the student startup Kadama is anything but ordinary. Kadama graduated in... Read More
Startups Showcase Grows Connections for Student Entrepreneurs
There’s an old saying in business and life that goes: You never know when you might run into, or work with someone again. With that... Read More
Inside the Accelerator: The McAleer Early Start Fund
When you’re an early-stage startup, particularly a student one, one thing can make a difference between success and failure: runway. The earlier the startup, typically... Read More
Summer Fellowship Programs Offer Unrivaled Experience
Six graduate students at the University of Washington wanted a challenge. They received that and more in two Summer Fellowship programs offered by, or in... Read More
$80,000 Awarded to Student Ventures at 2019 Dempsey Startup Competition
A dream of preventing bridges from crumbling and harming people inspired the grand prize-winning team at the 2019 Dempsey Startup Competition. HRG Infrastructure Monitoring took... Read More
Sweet 16 Chosen for 2019 Dempsey Startup Competition
College students from across the region brought their best startup ideas to the University of Washington for the Investment Round of the 2019 Dempsey Startup... Read More
Top 36 Teams Advance in Dempsey Startup Competition
Thirty-six teams representing the best early-stage student ideas across the region will face judges at the Investment Round of the Dempsey Startup Competition on May... Read More
Students Impress at 2019 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge
An idea to make battery technology more sustainable electrified the judges at the 2019 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge (EIC). The MOtiF Materials team leapt... Read More