UMD Entrepreneurship Invitational  

Past Winners:
Where Are They Now?

Cupid's Cup Winners

2011 Winner: MyFridgeRental.com

MyFridgeRental.com is a dorm size refrigerator rental service, currently serving schools in Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and DC. They provide straight to door dorm delivery and pick up at the start and end of a term. MyFridgeRental handles repairs and replacements FREE of charge if problems arise with the unit and offers rentals for the entire school year or a single semester, as well as summer term rentals. MyFridgeRental.com was founded by brothers Adam ’11 and Eric ’11 VanWagner.

2011 highlights

 

2010 Winner: Social Growth Technologies

Social Ingot is a unique business that leverages three of the largest growth areas on the Internet: social media monetization, online gaming, and virtual currency. The Social Ingot platform delivers targeted and optimized offer management for advertisers within social gaming environments and monetizes virtual currency and drives brand engagement opportunities for corporations and their agencies. Social Growth Technologies was founded by Paul Capriolo ’06 and Patrick Jenkins ’06.

2010 highlights

 

2009 Winner: College Media Group

College Media Group is the publisher of College Magazine, the ultimate, uncensored daily guide to college. Written entirely by students and for students, they cover real issues that affect the campus community nationwide including academic and career advice, inspiring student features, NCAA sports coverage, celebrity interviews and answers to even the most intimate or embarrassing sex questions. College Media Group was founded by Amanda Nachman ’07.

2009 highlights

 

2008 Winner: Anaptyx

Anaptyx provides WiFi Internet access to apartment communities and municipalities through energy-efficient technology. Every month, over 35,000 users transfer 29 Terabytes of data through Anaptyx networks. Anaptyx was founded by Jonathan Rust, MBA ’09.

2008 highlights

 

2007 Winner: Goozex

Goozex is a leading Web-based video game trading community that allows users to trade video games for points and engages a community of gamers. Goozex was founded by Jon Dugan ’06 and Valerio Zanini, MBA ’06.

2007 highlights

 

2006 Winner: North Star Games

North Star Games is the maker of innovative board games, including the award winning “Wits & Wagers”, “Say Anything”, and the newest game “Crappy Birthday”. North Star Games was founded by Dominic Crapuchettes, MBA ’04.

2006 highlights