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Tim Draper Utah Entrepreneur Challenge

Tim Draper Utah Entrepreneur Challenge

Salt Lake City, Utahutah.edu

Overview

Tim Draper Utah Entrepreneur Challenge is a statewide, student business competition for universities across Utah managed by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah, providing non-equity grants and prizes.

Year Founded

2006

Portfolio Companies

2

Website

utah.edu

Investments

Tim Draper Utah Entrepreneur Challenge investments
CompanyDateStageLead
TariffLensMar 2025GrantCo-investor
Doxy.meMar 2014GrantCo-investor

Key People

Dave Patel

Managing Director, Strategic Economic Partnerships, Office Of The President

David Bearss

Senior Managing Director U2TAH Therapeutics Accelerator

Carolyn Buma

Executive Director Of Principal Gifts, Central Development

Matthew Rondina

Director Of Molecule Medicine, Executive Director, Molecular Medicine Program, Principal Investigator

Mitch Benson

Venture Partner

John Fisher

Partner EE

Mary Rosenbury

Senior Director Of Principal Gifts And Corporate Philanthropy

Alex Pastuszak

Faculty Director, School of Medicine Innovation Unit, Associate Professor, Chief, Section for Surgical Innovation

Danielle Keddington

Associate Director, Principal Major Gifts

Rachel Robertson

Principal Director Of Institutional Fundraising University Of Utah And University Of Utah Health

Dhiraj Chand

Deputy Chief Philanthropy Officer, Principal Gifts

Josh Grey

Lead Principal Database Administrator, Senior Database Administrator

Rishi Alluri

Principal Scientist (Academic Appointment)

Ryan Felderman

Principal Investigator

Tyler Ford

Principal Data Architect

Lindsay Carpenter

Portfolio Manager - Application Systems Programming

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HeadquartersSalt Lake City, Utah
Year Founded2006

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