Cleantech Open – Semifinalist, 2010

The mission of the Cleantech Open is to find, fund, and foster the big ideas that address today’s most urgent energy, environmental, and economic challenges.

viaCycle is a semifinalist in the 2010 Cleantech Open, one of 16 teams chosen out of over 40 entrants in our region.  We’re proud to go toe to toe with some of most talented entrepreneurs in the country, all vying for a spot in the national awards ceremony and over $250,000 in services and funding.

MIT Clean Energy Prize – Winner of Transportation Category and Overall Finalist, 2010

The MIT Clean Energy Prize is a venture creation and innovation competition that was established in 2008 to encourage innovation in the energy space, specifically with regard to clean energy.  In just two years, MIT CEP has helped launch more than a dozen companies that have raised in excess of $65 million in private and government funding.  The mission of the MIT CEP is to “catalyze a new generation of clean energy solutions to meet the world’s energy challenge through innovation and entrepreneurship”.

viaCycle was named as one of five finalists in the 2010 MIT CEP, and the winner of the Transportation category.  There were 64 entrants from 34 different colleges and universities, with 24 semifinalists advancing to the later rounds of the competition.  As a category winner, viaCycle received $15,000 in cash and services package including legal mentoring, office space, and more.

Georgia Tech Business Plan Competition – 3rd Place Overall, 2010

The Georgia Tech Business Plan Competition (BPC) is in its 11th year fostering entrepreneurship among Georgia Tech students and alumni. The purpose of the program is three-fold:

• • Create an integrated learning experience that promotes “academic” excellence in the development of entrepreneurial concepts and business plans
  • Encourage the founding of high-value, leading-edge enterprises and support student teams choosing to move forward with the startup of their businesses and to continue to contribute to and expand the entrepreneurial community internally within Georgia Tech and externally within the local, regional, national, and international entrepreneurial communities.
  • To inspire students to consider entrepreneurship as a career choice.

GT-RNOC Convergence Innovation Competition – 2nd Place, Campus Community Widgets, 2010

The Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC) is an annual event produced by the Georgia Tech Research Network Operations Center. This unique competition is open to all Georgia Tech students and focuses on innovation in the areas of Converged Services, Converged Media, Converged Networks, and Converged Client and Server platforms and environments.

viaCycle placed 2nd in the Campus Community category, for it’s unique integration of innovative software and hardware.

Ford Fund College Community Challenge – $50,000 award recipient, 2009

The Ford College Community Challenge (Ford C3) is a national challenge grant competition that recognizes colleges and universities utilizing a school’s resources to address an urgent social need or problem in the local community. Proposals must address the theme of the Challenge – Building Sustainable Communities – in some unique and innovative way. Unlike many traditional college grant programs, Ford C3 focuses on projects that have significant student input, involvement and leadership from beginning to end.

Five Ford C3 awards are made each year.  viaCycle was selected due to its strong collaboration between public and private universities, as well as its unique technical implementation.