Grad students and alumni win big at the 23rd Velocity Fund Finals

Graduate students and graduate alumni were well represented in the 23^rdVelocity Fund Finals, where finalists present a three-minute pitch for the chance to win a $25K or $5K prize! Of the four companies that took home the $25K prize, two have founders or co-founders with graduate degrees from University of Waterloo (CataLight, and Membio), and a third was co-founded by a current University of Waterloo graduate student (Brink Bionics) .

PhD student Lichen Zhang, who has experience presenting in three minutes or less at the 2018 university-wide Three Minute Thesis (3MT) finals, also took home a 5K prize with her co-founder, Lucas Liepert, for their company PriveHealth.

Congratulations to all of the Velocity Fund Final winners!