A team of third-year nanotechnology engineering students won two $1,000 awards at the Velocity Fund Finals (VFF) on Thursday, July 24, 2014. Out of 10 competing companies, Suncayr, won two of the awards: Most Innovative and People’s Choice. The Suncayr technology is a UV-responsive marker that’s applied before sunscreen and changes colour once your sunscreen is no longer protecting you.
The team of Rachel Pautler, Andrew Martinko, Derek Jouppi, Chad Sweeting and Hayden Soboleski are nanotechnology engineers, members of Velocity Science and participants in Waterloo’s E-Coop Program with the Conrad Business Center. Here is what they had to say about their experience:
“We are extremely grateful to have received these awards and they will really help us get to the next step. It is amazing to be surrounded by such like-minded innovative entrepreneurs.”- Rachel Pautler, Co-Founder & CEO of Suncayr.
Also, congratulations to Vitameter for being one of 10 startups selected as a finalist at the Velocity Fund Finals at the University of Waterloo. The team of James MacLean, Lucas Lim pitched to win one of $25,000 prizes.
Vitameter is a personal device that can inexpensively measure a user’s vitamin levels. An accompanying app allows users to track their deficiencies and actively manage their diet.
See the Velocity Fund Finals news page for more information about the competition.