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NC Tweener Madness Bracket

8 startups. 3 rounds. $25k investment prize.

Round 1: Exceptional Eight

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Exceptional Eight

4/7: Round 3: Druid Agriculture VS HuVia Technologies
4/8: Round 4: Marla Amplification VS Build-A-Bookie

Fabulous Four

4/9 : Fabulous Four Round 1
4/14: Fabulous Four Round 2

Championship

4/16: Tweener Madness Championship
4/16: Tweener Madness winner announced and investment awarded


Selection Committee

Competing will compete with one another to move forward, starting in the Exceptional Eight. After pitching, the selection committee will ask questions. Then, after hearing the competing company's pitch, the three selection commitee members will vote independently.



Who’s who?


Exceptional Eight


Utilyst VS BeneDoc
Utilyst
PowerTech
View Utilyst's Website

50% of America's water utility operators retire by 2030. They carry 30 years of institutional knowledge — which pipes fail in cold snaps, which pumps cavitate under load, which neighborhoods flood when it rains hard. That knowledge lives in their heads, not in any system.
At the same time, 70% of utilities are legally prohibited from using cloud AI due to federal cybersecurity mandates. So when the next generation of operators arrives, they inherit aging infrastructure, disconnected data systems, and no way to access what their predecessors knew.




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BeneDoc
HealthTech
View BeneDoc's Website

In the medical technology sector, the path from breakthrough to bedside is often blocked by a mountain of paperwork. BeneDoc simplifies regulatory compliance, empowering innovators to shift their focus from administrative hurdles to saving lives.
Their mission was born from witnessing this inefficiency firsthand while consulting for a UNC research group. The team had developed safe, validated algorithmic inventions poised to revolutionize maternity care, yet they stalled during FDA preparation. Even after hiring elite consultants, they were forced to choose between competing strategies—each carrying massive costs and the risk of extensive rework—without a clear, data-driven path forward.

Iguana Cyber VS HAM
Iguana Cyber
CyberSecurity
View Iguana Cyber's Website




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HAM
AITech
View HAM's Website
Druid Agriculture VS HuVia Technologies
Coming soon! Check back on 4/7
Druid Agriculture Inc
Agtech
View Druid Agriculture Inc's Website




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HuVia Technologies
EdTech
View HuVia Technologies's Website
Marla Amplification VS Build-A-Bookie
Coming soon! Check back on 4/8
Marla Amplification LLC
Consumer Hardware
View Marla Amplification LLC's Website




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Build-A-Bookie
SportsTech
View Build-A-Bookie's Website


Fabulous Four

Coming soon! Check back on 4/9


Championships

Coming soon! Check back on 4/16


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