A team of recent Waterloo Engineering alumni is in the running for $1 million at the United Nations with a brand new startup it pivoted to in an English castle business accelerator last month.
Mitchell Catoen, Devon Copeland, David Ferris, and Rareș Topor-Gosman, all 2019 mechatronics engineering graduates, are up against five other
Team Phonic celebrates advancing to the Hult Prize finals in New York this Saturday. From left: Mitchell Catoen, Rareș Topor-Gosman, David Ferris and Devon Copeland.
On September 14, they’ll pitch their company Phonic, a market research solution that will provide employment to youth, to an elite team of judges. The $1 million cheque presentation will be made by former U.S. President Bill Clinton.
The Hult Prize final competition at the United Nations will be livestreamed beginning at 2:30 p.m. EST Saturday, September 14.