Apostle Incubator PitchFest
The Apostle Pitchfest is an opportunity to pitch their business ideas to another panel of experts for prize funding. This event is designed to support and encourage teams to pursue their ideas in alternative competitions.
Congratulations to the 2021 Pitchfest winners!
1st Place - Wong Coaching
2nd Place - Suesue’s Tabouli
3rd Place - Hydroponix City
Audience Choice - Suesue’s Tabouli
Congratulations to the 2020 Pitchfest winners!
1st Place - PPLE
An app that serves as a "one-stop shop" for people who are trying to organize any type of get-together.
2nd Place - Freskoball
Brings a variety of high-quality racquets that are designed to fit people of all levels and made with a material that keeps the game easy to play and with a nice flow.
3rd Place - Magdalena’s Daughters
Provides therapeutic residential services, life skills, and education to transform the lives of sexually exploited and at-risk female foster youth.
Audience Choice - Invenzee
A small sanitizer dispenser unit that connects to your wrist allowing you to sanitize your hands with minimum risk and contact.
Congratulations to the 2019 Pitchfest winners!
1st Place - White Rabbit
White Rabbit takes typically discarded or unused scraps of fabric and refashions them into new fabric in an environmentally friendly and effective way. Team Member: Allan Rojas
2nd Place - 3GC Inc.
3CG Inc. seeks to promote service learning partnerships between Africa and the Diaspora. Their motto is: GIVE FREELY. GAIN DAILY. GROW CONSCIOUSLY. Team Member: Chiara Metellus
3rd Place - Peri
A food insecure app that provides users with real time notifications of discounted food nearing expiration. Team Members: Josh Haber and Armando Gutierrez
Judges: Dean Garrison, Local Entrepreneur and retired Honeywell Director, Gail Meredith, Member of the Innovation Challenge Steering Committee and retired Boeing Director, and Jim Mandas, Serial Entrepreneur with a focus on transformative technology.
Congratulations to the 2018 Pitchfest winners!
1st Place - Jolly Sledz
Produces a grass sliding sled made of ice. Team Members: Max James-Jolly and Kayla Sandoval
2nd Place - Sweet Peach Planning
Offers wedding planning coordination packages. Team Member: Megan Papageorge
3rd Place - Global Medical Diagnostics
A product that helps people manage type 2 diabetes. Team Members: Talha Karwa and Austin Milo
Judges: Ted Kennedy, Local Entrepreneur, Cassandra Leeman, Community Manager for Built By She, and Frank McEnulty, Financial Executive and COB Instructor.
Congratulations to the 2017 Pitchfest winners!
1st Place - Human Innovations
Low-cost prosthetics available to low-income individuals. Team Members: Calvin Leung and Rae Jillian Rivera
*This team continued their work and went on to win the 2018 Innovation Challenge as Artemus Labs!
2nd Place - Take A Break
A driver drowsiness detection device. Team Members: Salman Ghauri, Amal Francis K and Indraneel Bavkar
3rd Place - Evermore Skin
Natural and innovative skin care products. Team Member: Nicholas Gallyon