2020 Results: Judged Category

Judged = 1 winner and 4 honorable mentions

• Entrepreneur of the Year: Scaling Company
  • Winner
    • Sara Deren, Experience Camps, Westport
  • Honorable mention
    • Adam Lazar, Asarasi, Inc., Bridgewater
    • Wilder Rumpf, FinTron Invest, West Haven
    • Eric Rosow, Diameter Health, Farmington
    • Steven Showalter, STATLINX, Stamford
• Entrepreneur of the Year: Scalable Venture
  • Winner
    • Armin Rad and Leila Daneshmandi, Encapsulate, Farmington
  • Honorable mention
    • Per Hellsund, Cybrexa Inc, New Haven
    • Justin Marti, Marti Law Group, My Hustle My Fight, and 111 Seymour LLC, West Hartford
    • Kevin Lane, Create A Castle, LLC, New Milford
    • Kevin Hart, Green Check Verified, North Haven
• Entrepreneur of the Year: Main Street
  • Winner
    • Daniel Flynn, DRF Consulting, Hamden
  • Honorable mention
    • Liz Ceppos, Cross Culture Kombucha
    • Gina Nisco, Positive Next Steps and College Plan Advisors
    • Sarah Lopes, The Safari Collective
    • Bobbi Jo Beers, Traveling Chic Boutique
    • Carol Dannhauser, Fairfield County Writers’ Studio
• Entrepreneur of the Year: Social Good (social enterprise & nonprofit)
  • Winner
    • Danny Briere, The STEMIE Coalition (Acquired by The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation), Mansfield Center
  • Honorable mention
    • Mark Mathias, Remarkable STEAM, Inc.
    • Alexa Curtis, Life Unfiltered with Alexa/ Be Fearless Summit
    • Christina Sciongay, CT Film Initiative, LLC; Film For Therapy, INC
    • Connor Milican, idleWilde Printing Co.
• Entrepreneur of the Year: Student
  • Winner
    • McKenna Haz, SEAAV Athletics, Quinnipiac University
  • Honorable mention
    • Zachary Fitzner, Fitzner Blockchain Consulting
    • Brittany Molkenthin, Lactation Innovations
    • Ona Hauert, Hand painting, dyeing, bleaching, and block printing vintage and upcycled clothing
    • Casey Scott, University of Delaware
• Venture of the Year: Revenue
  • Winner
    • Wellinks, New Haven
  • Honorable mention
    • Atelier Cho Thompson
    • Green Home Solutions
    • Momeez Choice (Lolleez), Southbury
    • Silver Fern Healthcare
• Venture of the Year: Pre-Revenue
  • Winner
    • Cybrexa, New Haven
  • Honorable mention
    • ReNetX Bio
    • Encapsulate
    • Therapeutic Bandage Products
    • Nami Therapeutics
• Community Builder of the Year
  • Winner
    • Mike Kaltschnee, Danbury Hackerspace, Danbury
  • Honorable mention
    • Brenda Lewis, Transactions Marketing, Inc
    • Dawn LeBlanc, Hartford InsurTech Hub
    • Alexandra Halvordson, Naval and Maritime Consortium
    • Tim Moore, Blue Haus Group
• Community Promoter of the Year
  • Winner
    • Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, East Hartford
  • Honorable mention
    • Western Connecticut State University, Danbury
    • University of Hartford,
    • Hartford
      Makery Coworking, New Milford
    • Verge Arts Group, New Haven
    • Transaction Marketing, Stamford