Student Venture Showcase

Join us for the fourth annual high-stakes finale event for all student startups at Johns Hopkins University!

Why attend?

Support the Johns Hopkins University student innovation community, learn from successful venture capitalists, and network with inspired entrepreneurs.

Awards

The winning team will receive a $25,000 undiluted cash prize. 

Second prize: $3,000

Hopstone Capital prize: $3,000

Audience Choice Award: $2,000

Sponsors

Primary
Jon Kling (Real Estate '03), CEO, Municipal Acquisitions

Secondary
Pava Marie LaPere Center for Entrepreneurship at Johns Hopkins University
Hopstone Capital

Why the Student Venture Showcase competition is powerful for today's Hopkins entrepreneurs

“The Student Venture Showcase really helped us prepare and boost our confidence to take Nursetech to the next level. At the showcase, not only did we get critical experience pitching which helped us prepare for the multiple investors we've onboarded since, but we were also connected with key business partners to help accelerate our manufacturing and connect with our first eventual board member. 

The SVS community is truly awe inspiring, seeing and collaborating with a powerful group of aspiring entrepreneurs. It really propelled us to where we are today, with our first medical device sales, device distributors partners, and game plan for the future. If you're wondering if this is a good investment of your time, believe us, it is!”
David Usevitch, Nursetech

"Because of the showcase, we have managed to conduct critical scientific de-risking, develop and begin implementing an FDA approval strategy, and most importantly, connect with a network of talented and generous mentors to support our entrepreneurial journey. Tangible resources are important, but I personally believe it is the people you meet along the way that will become the greatest asset to your success. Entrepreneurship does not happen in a vacuum and great ideas become a reality when those with different expertise come together in pursuit of a common goal to change the world. There is no better place to support this endeavor than the Student Venture Showcase."
Asher Varon, Vive

“The showcase was invaluable in helping our team refine our business plan, identify potential pitfalls, and think strategically about scaling. It provided an opportunity to pitch our company alongside other established startups and receive valuable insights from judges and fellow entrepreneurs."
Tyler Guarino and Marie Eric, Co-founders, Tastee Tape

“Our experience at SVS really helped us refine our pitch and share our story.   Even though our team did not attend in-person (we pitched virtually), we made a lot of great connections through the event and through the JHU ecosystem as a whole. My favorite part of SVS was listening to the other awesome pitches- I'm truly inspired by the JHU student body and am beyond impressed with what they are building! Since the SVS event, ClassEquity has grown to support over 30k students nationwide, and we have raised close to half a million dollars in grant and VC funding!”
Abbey Coyle, Co-founder, ClassEquity

“It was such an honor to pitch at the beautiful Carey Business School in Baltimore's Inner Harbor last Friday. These winnings will fund our very first Hubly Surgical™ pilots—a huge milestone for our company. Thank you so much to the judges, the competitors, the attendees, and most importantly, the SVS team for putting this all together! I cannot tell you what this means to me and our mission.”
Casey Grage, Founder and CEO, Hubly Surgical

“It was an honor to pitch at and learn from the other amazing founders at The Municipal Acquisitions Student Venture Showcase (MASVS) at Carey Business School. These winnings will help WeGo Foundation continue to serve pediatric inpatients nationwide! Thank you to the SVS team for hosting, the judges for their feedback, and the audience for their support!”
Galen Shi, Founder and Managing Director, WeGo Foundation

"The Student Venture Showcase was a critical pivot point for the Aptabridge team. Through the pitch event, I meet professionals around Baltimore who helped us gauge what we needed to prepare our prototype for our next fundraising milestones.  Getting to meet the other founders at the pitch event was great. There were several very talented individuals that I am still in touch with and it helped me plug into the student network at the Carey Business School. Since the event, Aptabridge was accepted into the FUEL accelerator at Hopkins and has made two critical partnerships in molecular discovery and pre-clinical testing. We are using these to finish our prototyping, moving onto pre in vivo experimental trials in in the next few months." 
W. Taylor Cottle, PhD Candidate, Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Co-founder and CSO, Aptabridge