2020 is bigger than ever!
Introducing the finalists for this year’s competition!
Venture Division
BrightSky
Guided Gro makes it easy for cannabis enthusiasts to grow a legal number of cannabis plants at home. We deliver superior greenhouses, plants, and guidance from start to harvest.
Trokero, Inc. is the bridge that connects truckers to shippers. Trokero is developing a technology platform that enhance the efficiency and productivity for seamless on-demand trucking logistics.
A self-sustaining organic soil home gardening system that allows people to grow and harvest organic leafy greens, herbs, and fruiting vegetables from an organic, vertical wall.
The Ultimate All-Purpose Organizing System for Every Room in the House. Outfit closets, kitchens, kids rooms, offices, dorm rooms, and garages with these sturdy, stackable, and easily accessible boxes.
Hotbox
Hotbox is developing the next generation of innovative drying and heating
technology to enable emerging processes in agriculture and industry. Our
mission is to create efficient drying solutions that are accessible and costefficient for cultivators.
Ex Vivo Automation
Improving patient outcomes through advanced pharmaceutical testing.
Social Venture Division
“Tiny” homes for the homeless made out of recycled shipping containers.
Integrated Management Consultants
Levered Learning is closing the achievement gap in elementary mathematics with an adaptive blending learning system.
Wild Earth Studios
Wild Earth Studios provides quality arts education, inspires creativity, and serves our community through positive and enriching experiences.
Main Street Division
Creative Hub
Monterey Bay Moves is your one stop shop for all fitness and wellness services, based in Marina. We offer motivational and social outdoor group fitness workouts & yoga, as well as hybrid home and online-based personal training and corporate group wellness services.
B Well
A concierge IV therapy mobile service offering hydrating vitamin cocktails to make people feel better fast. Great for jetlag, hangovers, illness, fatigue. Also vitamin B12 injections and other treatments as appropriate.
Chai Five is health & wellness brand dedicated to crafting clean-ingredient functional tea blends and wellness blends, crafted to help you feel good and do good! All blends are made with the highest-quality super-food ingredients.
Student Division
Project Pegasus
We provide virtual drone pilot training to companies. This will facilitate for them taking the new economic opportunities through enhancing their operating activities.
Seishun
A product development company specializing in developing IoT hardware and software products that make remote monitoring and task management easier. Howe Neat is that?
GoTo Gardens
GoTo Gardens is a nonprofit organization working to establish a network of community gardens to provide fresh and affordable food to members of the Monterey County area who suffer from food insecurity. Together we can provide food grown by the community for the community.