Give virtual high fives to some of the startups that have participated in the Rice Business Plan Competition as they reached exciting milestones in 2020! If you are an RBPC alumni and want to celebrate your success, please reach out!
Owlet goes public trading at more $640 million in market value.
2013 RBPC
Finalist
Lilac Solutions announced the close of a $150M funding round.
2017 RBPC
Competitor
Candice Blacknall MD, MBA, Founder of GABA wins $75K from the $1M Black Ambition Fund sponsored by Pharrell Williams.
2021 RBPC
Semi-Finalist
OpenLoop (formerly Apollo) raises $3 million seed round.
2020 RBPC
Competitor
QV Bioelectronics announced the closing of a >$1M seed investment deal.
2020 RBPC
Competitor
Membrion raises $3M for wastewater treatment tech and plans to double size of Seattle facility.
2016 RBPC
Competitor
Aeroshield was awarded a MassCEC’s Catalyst Program grant of $65K and completed the fall cohort of the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), which includes up to $250K.
2019 RBPC
Competitor
Pumani (formerly InfantAir) joined the Global Innovation Exchange’s Million Lives Club by impacting the lives of 1 million babies.
2010 RBPC
Competitor
Medical Informatics led by Emma Fauss, CEO (PhD and RICE MBA '13), announced a partnership with Intel for the Scale to Serve Program to rapidly expand remote ICUs to 100 US hospitals.
2013 RBPC
Competitor
BIOMILQ raised their $3.5M Series A funding through Breakthrough Energy Ventures and the co-founder was recognized as a Forbes 30 under 30 honoree.
2020 RBPC
Competitor
Rhaeos is the MedTech Innovator 2020 Global Competition Winner and fulfilled their RBPC prize by participating in the TMCx 2020 Spring cohort.
2019 RBPC
Competitor