UTSA Draper Data Science
Business Plan Competition
The UTSA Draper Data Science Business Plan Competition is designed to empower student entrepreneurs in North America to advance business ventures that leverage data science to generate value with the potential to globally reshape lives and workplaces. Student-led business teams compete to win cash investments of up to $75,000 for their ventures, all while benefitting from invaluable mentorship and insights provided by seasoned experts and judges.
The competition featured six finalists who presented their business plans to a panel of judges on Friday, April 12, 2024 at the UTSA School of Data Science:
Autowatch - UTSA, San Antonio, TX
EpyDiagnosis - Tec de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Life Stream - Rice, Houston, TX
Penta Labs - ITAM, Mexico City, Mexico
Samuel by Aptitude Medical Modeling - UTSA & UT Health, San Antonio, TX
Sonar Sight - UTSA, UT Health, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, San Antonio, TX & Corpus Christi, TX
Made possible by a generous $1 million donation from Timothy Draper, a third-generation venture capitalist, and his wife, Melissa Parker Draper, this competition illuminates the intersection of data science and entrepreneurship.
Draper Competition Winners 2024
1st Place & Fan Favorite - Penta Labs
ITAM, Mexico City, Mexico
2nd Place & Bonus - Sonar Sight
UTSA, UT Health, Texas A&M Corpus Christi
3rd Place - EpyDiagnosis
Tec de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Honorable Mention - Samuel by Aptitude Medical Modeling
UTSA & UT Health
“Data science will drive the greatest transformations of the next few decades. Business plan competitions tend to encourage and attract those people who are going to make those transformations. Melissa and I have found these competitions to be a magnet for progress and change.”
