Namid Beetle Design Takes Home 2012 Grand Prize
At BCVC's 6th Anniversary Final Event, Namib Beetle Design (NBD) won the grand prize and earned 10,000 dollars to develop their idea. Coming in second, winning 3,000 dollars, was Green Lightning Surfboards. The team pitched their idea with their finished product, a custom eco-friendly surfboard. Maji, vowing to help solve the world's water crisis by donating a portion of revenues, came away with third prize and recieved 2,000 dollars. Thank you to all of our competitors, mentors, judges, and contributors for a great year.
Final Event Results
Press
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- Boston College Heights Namib Beetle Design Wins BCVC Pitch Competition
Jebbit's Incubated Summer
2011 BCVC wo-winner, Jebbit (formerly called Additup), featured in Inc.com for their time spent with Highland Capital in their incubator Summer@Highland.
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Entrepreneurs of the Year
The co-founder of BCVC, Bill Clerico, was named one of BusinessWeek's Young Technology Entrepreneurs of the Year for 2011
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BCVC thanks the following companies for their support
Goodwin Procter, Summit Partners, Tech Target, Highland Capital Partners, Northbridge, and Boston College.
