Fall 2025 Bootcamp Winning Teams
Winners Announced for Fall 2025 Entrepreneurs Bootcamp 1.0
LEXINGTON, KY — The Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship (VACE) at the University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics concluded its Fall 2025 Entrepreneurs Bootcamp 1.0 program with two graduating cohorts for the Monday and Thursday sections. A total of 15 teams were recognized, sharing a total of $12,000 in prize money to advance their business ideas. Bootcamp 1.0 is structured to educate early-stage entrepreneurs who go through a full semester of weekly online training sessions to validate a business concept or idea. For more about Bootcamp, click here.
Thursday Section Winners
The Thursday winning teams represented an array of entrepreneurs from the colleges of business, engineering, high school students, and community founders in Kentucky.
| Award | Team Name | Prize Money | Key Founder(s) | Contact | |||
| 1st Place | Out of The Book | $1,500 |
Henrique Kossovski Gatton College of Business |
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| 2nd Place | Konita Games | $1,100 |
Berhane Wheeler Berea College |
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| 3rd Place | MindWear | $750 |
Jillian Downey, Piper Stocking, Claire Elliott High School Students |
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| 4th Place | No Low Standards LLC (NLS) | $650 |
Vinsetta Covington Community Entrepreneur |
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Thursday Director's Awards (Each awarded $500)
Four teams were honored with the Director's Award for their strong commitment to the entrepreneurial process and high potential:
| Director’s Award | Key Founder(s) | Contact | |||
| EdgeNexus | Shawn Lawson, Camaya Newton, Adda Weathers |
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| Not Easily Combated, Inc | Taisha Bates |
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| CIP Learning | Dr. Rob Collins |
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| AFO Cyber | Ayah Abdeldayem, Naji Abdeldayem, Hannah Hale |
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Monday Section Winners
The Monday section celebrated five winning teams for their exceptional progress in validating their market opportunity, with the top teams securing $1,000 each.
| Award | Team Name | Prize Money | Key Founder(s) | Contact |
| Top 5 Winner | EdgeTrack Solutions | $1,000 | Bryce Gentner, Shem Odhiambo, Eric Wambua |
gentnerbryce@gmail.com shem.odhiambo@uky.edu eric.wambua@uky.edu |
| Top 5 Winner | Maplewood Residential Development | $1,000 | Trey Jackson | treyajackson3@gmail.com |
| Top 5 Winner | Breathylbox | $1,000 | Sean Short | seanshort@breathylbox.com |
| Top 5 Winner | Roots2Results | $1,000 | Prit Patel (Lead Founder), Krishna Patel, Nidhi Patel, Kishan Patel |
prpate28@gmail.com krish24bki@gmail.com npatel.29@icloud.com kishan.patel302008@gmail.com |
| Top 5 Winner | GoldFinch | $1,000 | Vansh Patel |
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Monday Director's Awards (Each awarded $500)
Two additional teams from the Monday section received Director’s Awards:
| Team Name | Key Founder(s) | Contact |
| Lexington Youth Product Development (LYPD) | Gabriel Portugal | gjpo224@uky.edu |
| PartyTop | Mattias Lindburg |
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The Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship congratulates all winning teams and looks forward to continuing to support these early stage founders through their next stages of growth!
