Minnesota's largest entrepreneur competition has chosen 27 startups to move forward as finalists for the 2024 season.
Minnesota Cup supports early-stage entrepreneurs from nine main category divisions. The competition selected 90 semifinalists in May with 10 startups in each category. The competition narrowed it down to three finalists per division.
The Minnesota Cup program has served 26,000 entrepreneurs across the state and awarded $5.4 million in startup funding. The competition is open to any Minnesota-based entrepreneur with less than $1 million of annual revenue.
The finalists are competing for a share of more than $400,000 in cash prizes. The grand prize winner will be announced at Minnesota Cup's grand finale Sept. 16 and take home $50,000. Last year's winner was Carba, a technology company that removes carbon dioxide from the air to permanently store underground in the form of solid carbon.
Education & Training
- Awesome People Leaders
- Talknician
- TITAN Simulation
Energy/Cleantech/Water
- Apex Water Solutions
- Aza Power Systems
- Revitri
Food/Ag/Beverage
- Loon Liquors Distillery
- SimplKomb
- Vanilla Bean Project
General
- effortlo
- Momease Solutions
- SayKid
High Tech
- Camperoni
- Mozrt
- TrueToForm
Impact Ventures
- DreamLife Destiny
- Nashke Native Games
- Sense-ational Spaces
LifeScience/Health IT
- Heart Failure Solutions
- Lightfield Medical
- Objective Biotechnology
Student
- Alure
- Converteca
- RORA Intimacy Products
Youth
- Geo-Game
- Gratzi
- SignalGrab
