On Tuesday, November 15, Columbia Engineering Entrepreneurship held its third annual FastPitch competition. 30 teams made 60-second pitches on their start-ups, products, and/or potential ideas to a panel of judges and an audience of ~115 people. Teams then had to prove the strength of their ideas by answering a rapid succession of questions from judges in an additional 60 seconds. The judging panel consisted of Logan Donovan, Ilker Eraslan, Dasmer Singh, and Kevin Zhang, four Columbia alumni with a plethora of experience in entrepreneurship.

We heard many incredible pitches, with focuses ranging from:

• Software
• Business management services
• Biotechnology and medical technology
• Food and drink
• Social enterprise
• Manufacturing
• B2B services
• IT solutions
• Social media apps
• And more!

Six winning teams split $5000 in prize money, divided into three categories: graduate teams, undergraduate teams, and an audience choice award. Winners are highlighted below!

Graduate Level

1st place
Boost Smart Bottle, an app that allows mothers to monitor their supplies of breast milk
Team of Krista Durney, Elizabeth Hulphers, Bastien Bedos, and Bob Nims 

2nd place
CatheCare, a medical device that sterilizes central venous catheter hubs to save lives
Team of Aishwarya Raja, Chanond Sophonpanich, Charles Pan, and Aonnicha Burapachaisri

3rd place
TagAndGo, an app that allows shoppers to avoid checkout lines by purchasing items via their smartphones
Team of Ramon Rodriganez, Nemesio Fernandez-Cuesta, and Jeffrey Khairallah

Undergraduate Level

1st place
Sine, sunglasses that play audio via Bluetooth
Team of Kevin Zeng and Maneet Khaira

2nd place
NoMor, an arm brace that reduces the effect of kinetic tremors
Team of Chiara Vallini, Walid Rahman, John Mavroudes, Hae Seong Kim, and Caroline Chiu

Audience Choice Award

One&Only, a monogamous dating app that only allows each user to match with one other user
Matthew Panton