2024 NVC 17 Winners
- 1st place: FoodWise ($100,000)
- 2nd place: Refr Sports ($30,000)
- 3rd place: PricingService.ai ($10,000)
- 4th place: BioSensor Solutions ($5,000)
- 5th place: AFFIX ($5,000)
- 14 Founders Award: Refr Sports ($14,000)
- Audience Choice Award: Refr Sports ($1,000)
- Women Founders:
- 1st Place: SuviCa ($5,000)
- 2nd Place: FoodWise ($3,000)
- 3rd Place: PrecisionTerra ($2,000)
- Finalist: AFFIX
- Finalist: Mindsurf
- Deep Tech Competition:
- 1st Place: Mana Battery ($50,000)
- 2nd Place: Green Steel Environmental ($3,000)
- Finalist: PricingService.ai
- Finalist: Mesa Quantum
- Finalist: VitaWave Tech
2023 NVC 16 Winners
- 1st place: CLD-9 ($50,000)
- 2nd place: Mach Electric Aerospace, LLC ($20,000)
- 3rd place: LingDisco ($15,000)
- T-4th place: ClimateScaping ($10,000)
- T-4th place: Piña Designs ($5,000)
- High school audience award: Potty Fairytales LLC ($2,000)
- Female Founders:
- 1st Place: H.EX (Hydroponic Excellence), $5,000
- 2nd Place: Limbfinity, $3,000
- 3rd Place: NoSo November, $2,000
- Climate:
- 1st Place: ClimateScaping, $4,000
- T-2nd Place: Piña Designs, $2,000
- T-2nd Place: H.EX (Hydroponics Excellence), $2,000
- T-3rd Place: Water Recovery Systems (WRS), $1,000
- T-3rd Place: Ecovolve, $1,000
2022 NVC 15 Winners
- 1st Place: Chembotix — $45,000
- 2nd Place: Vitro3D — $33,500
- 3rd Place: Familyfirst — $10,000
- 4th Place (Tie): Birk — $5,000
- 4th Place (Tie): Fulltilt Motion Labs — $5,000
- Audience Choice Award: TissueForm — $1,000
- Climate Change Prize:
- 1st Place: Agraaze — $10,000 (Audience Favorite)
- 2nd Place: Next Use Composting & Recycling — $6,000
- 3rd Place: Silvis Materials — $3,000
- 4th Place: Urchin Merchants — $500
- 5th Place: Kol — $500
- Female Founders Prize:
- 1st Place: Notice. — $5,000
- 2nd Place: Vitro3D — $3,000
- 3rd Place: Chembotix — $1,000
- 4th Place: Digital Wellness x NoSo November — $500
- 5th Place: The Connective — $500
- Cross-Campus Collaboration Prize:
- 1st Place: Delta Horizons — $5,000
- 2nd Place: TissueForm — $3,000
- 3rd Place: Birk — $1,000
- 4th Place: Full Tilt Motion Labs— $500
- 5th Place: Colorado Sustainability Co.— $500
2021 NVC 14 Winners
- 1st Place: HUG Solutions — $30,000 + $25,000 investment offer
- 2nd Place: Sarus — $21,000 + $25,000 investment offer
- 3rd Place: ToobTek — $16,000
- 4th Place: Seedling Biosystems — $13,000
- 5th Place (Tie): Orbital Biodesign — $10,000
- 5th Place (Tie): LGBT50 — $10,000
- Audience Choice Award: Chembotix — $1,000
- Impact Prize:
- 1st Place: RockyTech — $5,000
- 2nd Place: HUG Solutions — $3,000
- 3rd Place: Social Dynamic — $1,000
- 4th Place: Kegstand — $500
- 5th Place: PurBurn — $500
- NVC Newcomer Prize:
- 1st Place: LoopSketch — $5,000
- 2nd Place: LGBT50 — $2,000
- 3rd Place: Chinlax — $1,000
- 4th Place: Topic Insights — $500
- 5th Place: Whizard — $500
- Female Founder Prize:
- 1st Place: Chembotix — $5,000
- 2nd Place: Vitro3D — $3,000
- 3rd Place: ThinkingHuts — $1,000
- 4th Place: ToobTek — $500
- 5th Place: Scoutcruit — $500
2020 NVC 12 Winners
- 1st Place: Darwin Biosciences — $30,000 + $25,000 investment offer
- 2nd Place: DocForge — $22,500 + $25,000 investment offer
- 3rd Place: Mycobacteria Therapeutics — $15,000
- 4th Place: EdBoard — $12,500 + $5,000 purchase order from Dan & Cindy Caruso
- 5th Place (Tie): Soulutions Tech — $10,000
- 5th Place (Tie): Frenz — $10,000
- Audience Choice Award: CathPort — $1,000
- Social Impact Prize:
- 1st Place: TerraWear — $5,000
- 2nd Place: Frenz — $2,000
- 3rd Place: EmergenTek — $1,000
- Sustainability Prize: FED — $2,500
- Women's Entrepreneurship Prize:
- 1st Place: Simovations — $5,000
- 2nd Place: Elevated Eats — $2,000
- 3rd Place: EdBoard — $1,000
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2019 NVC 11 Winners
- 1st Place: Stride Tech — $100,000
- 2nd Place: Button Huggie — $45,000
- 3rd Place: TissueForm — $12,500
- 4th Place: Bright Wearables — $10,000
- 5th Place: Nimb.ly — $7,500
- 6th Place: KartWheel — $5,000
- Audience Choice Award: Gaia Glam — $1,000
- Creative Industries Track: Bright Wearables
- General Track: KartWheel
- Hardware Track: Stride Tech
- IT Track: Nimb.ly
- R&D Track: TissueForm
- Social Impact Prize: Volta Irrigation
- Women's Entrepreneurship Prize: TissueForm
2018 NVC 10 Winners
- 1st Place: Specdrums (acquired by Sphero) — $75,000
- 2nd Place: HASEL Artificial Muscles (now Artimus Robotics) — $25,000
- 3rd Place: BeautiBook — $5,000
- 4th Place: Statehill — $3,000
- 5th Place: Cannabis Marketing Association — $2,000
- Audience Choice Award: Norma
- Creative Industries Track: Cannabis Marketing Association
- General Track: Specdrums (acquired by Sphero)
- IT Track: BeautiBook
- R&D Track: HASEL Artificial Muscles (now Artimus Robotics)
- Social Impact Prize: Veganarke (now Goodmylk)
- Women's Entrepreneurship Prize: Norma
2017 NVC 9 Winners
- 1st Place: Give & Go — $64,000
- 2nd Place: ReForm — $21,500
- 3rd Place: Gigsicians — $9,000 (includes $5,000 personal award from judge Jason Mendelson)
- 4th Place (tie): PerfectFit
- 5th Place (tie): The Bedtime Box — $1,000 each
- Audience Choice Award: ReForm
- General Track: The Bedtime Box
- IT Track: PerfectFit
- Performing Arts Track: Gigsicians
- R&D Track: ReForm
- Social Impact Prize: ReForm
- Women's Entrepreneurship Prize: ReForm
2016 NVC 8 Winners
- 1st Place: Hive Tech Solutions
- 2nd Place: Grownetics
- 3rd Place: The Space Research Company
- Runners Up: Sing It Forward & Outloud!
- General Track: Hive Tech Solutions
- IT Track: Grownetics
- R&D Track: The Space Research Company
- Social Impact Prize: The Space Research Company
- Women’s Entrepreneurship Prize: Hive Tech Solutions
- Collapse the Campus Award: ReVision
- Newcomer of the Year Award: Off the Wall Language
- Rising Star Award: Qualify
2015 NVC 7 Winners
- 1st Place: Revolar
- 2nd Place: NuBru Coffee
- 3rd Place: Blue Star Medical Devices
- Runners Up: Antigua Brewing Co. & Institute for Adaptive Mastery (now Tenor Method)
2014 NVC 6 Winners
2013 NVC 5 Winners
- 1st Place (tie): Superior EcoTech (now Bloom Algae)
- 2nd Place (tie): TeacherMaps
- Cleantech Track: Superior EcoTech (now Bloom Algae)
- General Business Track: SnowGate
- IT Track: TeacherMaps
- Music Track: Piano Plus
- Social Impact Track: Second Family
- Wild Card: TuTaxi
2012 NVC 4 Winners
- 1st Place: rideorama — $4,000
- 2nd Place: Urban Farm Company — $2,000
- Audience Choice Award: rideorama
- Cleantech Track: Thrive Energy
- General Track: Mobius Creations
- IT Track: rideorama
- Music Track: Ensemble Pearl
- Social Impact Track: Urban Farm Company
2011 NVC 3 Winners
- 1st Place: Green Truck — $7,000
- 2nd Place: CleanPlate — $3,000
- 3rd Place: L’Esperance — $2,000
2010 NVC 2 Winners
- 1st Place: Streat Chefs — $6,000
- 2nd Place: Jobsite Visitor.com — $3,000
- 3rd Place: Dymotion — $2,000
- College of Music Prize: Boulder Brass Band — $3,500
- Judges Choice Prize: Rwanda Rocket Stoves — $250
2009 NVC 1 Winners
- 1st Place: Knova Learning
- 2nd Place: 3QMatrix
- 3rd Place: Fetcht
- Computer Science (CS) Award: TechoShark, Inc.
- Honorable Mention CS Award: Ap.igy
- Most Innovative Award: Conifer Quantum Technology