New Venture Competition 2018 Purist: 2017 winners of the Tech Surge Specialty Award ELIGIBILITY • Teams that use UCI intellectual property as a core part of their business idea • Teams can simultaneously be competing in any of the main New Venture Competition tracks PRIZES • 4 awards • $25,000 + in prize money • Automatic entry into Wayfinder incubator program to further develop idea post competition BENEFITS • Opportunity to commercialize inventions generated from UCI’s world-renown research • Immersive and guided experience, including tailored workshops and hand-picked mentors • Close connection to the entrepreneurship resources at UCI Applied Innovation Compete for $ 25,000 + and entry into the Wayfinder incubator! Tech Surge is a special track of the UCI New Venture Competition through which you can compete for additional prize money and automatic entry into UCI Applied Innovation’s Wayfinder incubator program by using UCI intellectual property as a core part of your business idea. TECHNOLOGIES Choose from available technologies: invention.uci.edu/industry-resources/ available-technologies.html CONTACT Interested in participating? Contact Hayley Young and Steven Huyn at UCI Applied Innovation. HAYLEY YOUNG New Venture Group [email protected] STEVEN HUYN Invention Transfer Group [email protected] Tech Surge Specialty Award 5141 CALIFORNIA AVENUE email: [email protected] IRVINE, CA 92697-7700 website: innovation.uci.edu 949-824-COVE (2683) news: currents.innovation.uci.edu