Innovate WithIN Pitch Competition: Purdue Innovates

The purpose of The STARTedUP Foundation is to lead students to seek and act on opportunities via an entrepreneurial way of being.

The STARTedUP Foundation

Join us at the 2025 Innovate WithIN west central Indiana regional pitch competition!

Kurz Purdue Technology Center

This year's Region 2 pitch competition will be hosted by Purdue Innovates at Purdue University! During the event, ten west central Indiana high school teams who have been carefully selected out of hundreds of competitors will share their innovative pitches and business ideas.We will be joined by government officials, business leaders, local innovators, educators, and family as the students pitch their businesses and compete to be one of the top ten teams in the state. The top team will move onto the state finals and will be invited to travel to DC in June, receive thousands of dollars in scholarships, enter an exclusive alumni program, and the first place team in Indiana will receive $25,000 in funding. SpheriLine: Kelly Fulk &amp; Maxwell Gootee | Carmel High SchoolInfect-Age: EvelynRose Burch &amp; Layla Kadourah | Noblesville High SchoolBioKnead: Akshaya Lingala &amp; Saesha Saha | Carmel High SchoolNextGen Research Institute: Prabanjan Jayachandran &amp; Tianle Liang | Zionsville Community High SchoolInfraPel: Juan Koothur &amp; Swayam Patankar | Carmel High SchoolSoleSwitch: Kasen Pepperman &amp; Bradyn Livingston | Noblesville High SchoolNSPHERE: Minseo Kim | Carmel High SchoolPROject: Anna Liao | Carmel High SchoolOpenLot: Joshua Yi &amp; Richard Geng | Carmel High SchoolColorCare Diapers: Ashlynn Swanson | Carmel High School Register today to support and experience these amazing young people and future entrepreneurs! More event details can be found at: <a href="https://startedupfoundation.org/region-2" title="https://startedupfoundation.org/region-2" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">startedupfoundation.org/region-2</a>

<h3>Thank you to our Region 2 Sponsors!</h3>

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Agenda

Registration & Check-In

The event will begin with a welcome from Don Wettrick (CEO, The STARTedUP Foundation) and remarks from our host, Purdue Innovates's TBD

Welcome & Opening Remarks

1. SpheriLine
2. Infect-Age
3. BioKnead
4. NextGen Research Institute
5. InfraPel 

Student Pitches #1-5

Intermission

6. SoleSwitch
7. NSPHERE
8. PROject
9. OpenLot 10. ColorCare Diapers 

Student Pitches #6-10

As guests enjoy lunch, the five judges will choose the winning team who will progress onto state. The judges include: Joe Fagan, Eric Lankford, Lucas Woody, and Jacob Brejcha

Lunch & Judges Confer

Awards Presentation

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Innovate WithIN Pitch Competition: Purdue Innovates

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