UTSA Draper Data Science
Business Plan Competition
The UTSA Draper Data Science Business Plan Competition empowers student entrepreneurs across North America to advance ventures that leverage data science to generate real-world impact. Student-led teams compete for up to $100,000 in cash investments. The 2025 competition featured eight finalists who presented their data-driven business plans to a panel of judges on Friday, April 18, 2025, at the UTSA School of Data Science:
- AdaptEase – Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada
- CLINIKIA – Universidad Panamericana, Aguascalientes, Mexico
- CrossJobs – Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada
- MedIQ LLC – Rice University, Houston, TX
- Neural Precision Solutions – Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX
- Perflection AI – Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
- SMAI – UTSA and UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
- SURV AI – UTSA, San Antonio, 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 highlights the intersection of data science and entrepreneurship.
Draper Competition Winners 2025
1st Place & Most Data Science Driven - MedIQ LLC
Rice University, USA
2nd Place & Fan Favorite - SURV AI
UTSA, USA
3rd Place - Perflection AI
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Honorable Mention - SMAI
UTSA & UT Health San Antonio, USA
“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.”
