Amid the uncertainty and economic shutdown caused by the Covid 19 virus that engulfed our world, the Venture Club was unable to execute on our traditional regional pitch contests in 2020.  In order to yet bring 20 highly qualified entrepreneurial companies to our now Virtual Innovation Showcase, we connected with 10 Indiana Venture Investor VCI members to ask for nominations from their portfolio of companies. 

Each company submitted their prerecorded 3 minute pitch for judging no later than September 18^th. The actual judging was completed prior to the Showcase.    All pitches were available for view by attendees within each companies’ own “virtual exhibit room” housed on the virtual platform prior to the actual Showcase. 

2021 Nominated Companies

Ateios
Chuqlab
Civic Champs
Deepwork
Demandwell
Digital leader Academy
Neurava
Novilytic
Stamus Networks
The Juice
Trava
What Friends Do

Criteria for Nomination

• Based in Indiana
• Have raised no more than $5mm in outside dilutive capital since formation (either through issuance of debt or equity securities; grants and the like do not count)
• Must have a bona fide expectation of raising follow on capital within the next 12 months
• Must have received an investment (cash or growth resources) from the nominating Investor (preferably the Investor should be on the cap table) 
• Cannot have placed in the top 3 at any prior Innovation Showcase.

Nominating Indiana Investors

IU (IU Ventures)
Purdue (Foundry, Purdue Ventures)
Elevate
Boomerang
M25
High Alpha
gener8tor