2023 Spark Venture Competition Finalists
The Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship announced the 2023 Spark Venture Competition Finalists. This is their 5th Annual competition where early-stage startups and social impact ventures compete for a total of $20,000 in cash prizes in two tracks: For-Profit and Social Venture.
1st Place $7,500 for each track
2nd Place $2,500 for each track
Finalists:
For Profit:
CAGED LLC - Da'Shena Payne
Rely - Real Estate - Heather Rankow, MBA and Ashley Keyes
Social Ventures:
Raveival - Jack Miller
The Lionheart Community - Charlene Vine
Thank you to the #GEW2023 Sponsors!
Title: Western Health Advantage
Angel Sponsors: SMUD and Sand Hill Global Advisors
Startup Sponsor: Five Star Bank - California
Idea Sponsors: City of Roseville, Golden 1 Credit Union, and College of Continuing Education (CCE) at Sacramento State
GEW: Spark Venture Competition - 5th Annual
Date: November 15, 2023
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: 6000 J Street Library 1520 Sacramento, CA 95819
Cost: Free
Register: Eventbrite
About Rich Foreman
Rich Foreman is the founder of KidneyLuv which develops solutions for patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Patients (CKD). He is also the COO of IGH Naturals. Previously, as founding CTO, Rich led the team that developed the CordicoShield / CordicoFire Wellness App. Cordico was honored with the Sacramento Innovation Award in 2021. After achieving a 7 digit ARR, Cordico was acquired by Lexipol in 2020. Rich has a BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Washington, an MPA from Troy State University and was an officer in the U.S. Navy.
Rich co-authored his book, "Tap into the Mobile Economy." Rich's blog was listed in Top 20 Marketing Mobile Blogs of 2014. He has been featured on KCRA3, NEWS10, 1170 Tech AM PowerDrive, Business Radio Money 105.5, SiliconIndia, the Sacramento Business Journal, and the Sacramento Bee. Rich is also the Founding Director of the Sacramento Chapter of Startup Grind and served a term as Utility Commissioner for the City of Folsom. Rich is a regular contributor to TechWire.net and StartupSac.com. Rich was the Co-founder of Apptology which was named Small Business of the Year in 2014 by the Sacramento Asian Pacific Chamber.
