TigerLaunch

Overview

Overview

Applications are now open for Princeton’s annual startup challenge, TigerLaunch. Princeton students can enter product demos and business plans in one of two tracks – the Entrepreneurship Track (funded by Howard Cox ’64) and the Social Entrepreneurship track. This year, the prize money has been tripled: the first place team will win $20,000, with thousands of dollars in prizes for other finalists.

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Quick Facts

What: The Princeton Entrepreneurship Club’s annual startup challenge. Submit a first round application answering a few questions about your startup idea and team. After semi-finalists are announced, you will be paired up with mentors and be able to submit either a product demo or a business plan.
Who: Enter as an individual or a team and be judged by expert venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.
Why: To fund the next great startups and business ideas on Princeton’s campus.
When: Applications are due by March 8. The final round – open to the public – will be April 5.
Where: Apply here
Questions? Contact competitions@princetoneclub.com

Apply

Apply

Applications to TigerLaunch 2013 are now open. Apply here by March 8.

Past Winners

Past Winners

2012

Entrepreneurship Track

  • First Place: Collections (Tony Xiao and Jordan Lee)
  • Second Place: Waiter d’ (Andy Kaier and Peter Maag)
  • Third Place: Qualtraxx (Patrick Renschler, Santhosh Balasubramanian, and Matthew Kann)
  • Honorable Mention: Nat|Aural (Lukasz Mosakowski and Rob Sicurelli)

Social Entrepreneurship Track

  • First Place: Pasand (Rebecca Scharfstein, Aunna Wilson, Ashley Eberhart, and Alexandra Deprez)
  • Second Place: DUMA (Arielle Sandor, Christine Blauvelt, and Eric Kuto)
  • Third Place: BeneTag (Faaez Ul Haq, Richard She, Hamza Aftab, Farhan Abrol, and Mandy Coston)
  • Honorable Mention: Ubomi Beads (Angela Groves, Krystal Valentin, and Karen O’Neill)

 

2011

Entrepreneurship Track

  • First Place: Madi (Nicholas De Veaux and Woody Hines)
  • Second Place: swoopTEXT (Michael Perl and Michael Keaton)
  • International Excellence Award: China’s Netflix (Guanchun Wang and Zhen Xiang)
  • Technology and Innovation Award: Chaparral Chemical (Ani Deshmukh)
  • High Potential Award: CompleteSportsReport (Joey Cheek)
  • Semi-finalists: StudentRoadTrips (Jeremy Jennings), Deadlines (Sam Cabot), TrailMix (Faaez Ul Haq, Mohammad Javed, Awais Tariq, Amanda Coston, and Zeerak Ahmed), Handsbook (Ke Wan), and Life-Library (Benjamin Schmechel)

Social Entrepreneurship Track

  • First Place: M-Profesa (Richard She, Josphat Magutt, and Eric Kuto)
  • Second Place (tied): Dhanlink (Danny Growald, Raleigh Allison, and Vishal Chanani)
  • Second Place (tied): My Card My Story (Nikhil Basu Trivedi, Sanchali Pal, Sankalp Gosain, and Fatema Waliji)
  • Best Business Plan Award: SUNSID (Sandeep Raj)
  • Greatest Impact Award: Food Justice Foundation (Taylor Behmke, Tucker Willsie, Kelly Reilly)
  • Semi-finalists: PureWorld (Jason Baum), cu1ture (Zach Goldman), Let There Be Light (Josh Bachner), and SparkIt! (John Monagle)

 

2010

Entrepreneurship Track

  • First Place: CoAx Systems (Alex Gasner)
  • Second Place: TransACTion Technologies
  • Third Place: ReVino Reclaimed Wine Bottles

Social Entrepreneurship Track

  • First Place (tied): Cocherapy (Caroline Clark and Jennifer King)
  • First Place (tied): em[POWER] (Faaez Ul-Huq, Fahed Shams, Michael Smith, Jacob Hiller, and Dalia Nahol)
  • Second Place: Sauti Ya Kina Mama (Daniel Echelman, Kate Adamson, and Fatu Conteh)
  • Honorable Mention: Filtron Nigeria (Hazel Miranda, Payal Hathi, Sehar Tariq, and Jessie Buendia)
  • Honorable Mention: ITSERA (Cally Robertson, Chris Lumry, and Trace Feng)

 

2009

  • First Place: Memrise (Greg Detre)
  • Second Place: Exhibytes (Carter Cleveland)
  • Third Place: Sonno (Muneeb Ali)
  • Best Written Business Plan: Sonno (Muneeb Ali)
  • Audience Favorite: Exhibytes (Carter Cleveland)
  • Finalists: Cspot (Cesar Devers), Juvenis (Shawn Kothari), and Lean Sleeves (Sankalp Gosain, Jonathan Lea, and Jesus Escoriaza)
  • Semi-finalists: BusyBody (Ryan Rockefeller and Mark Ungerer), EasyMentoring (Kofi Frimpong), Giraphic Apparel (Daniel Ryan), NicheFinder (Mac Steele and Ben Schmechel), SmartFloor Piezoelectrics (Wenxin Zhu and Mark Xia), and Sol Cycles (Tom Yersak, Nick Frey, Will Watts, Doug Wolf)

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