Past Social Venture Challenges
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2025 SDSU Social Venture Challenge Presented by Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation
Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation is focused on improving health outcomes in the communities they serve by supporting nutrition education, nutrition access, and wellness programs. Through their support of this competition, they continue to champion these objectives at the university level.
Grown Home
First Place
Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation First Place
Awarded $15,000
Team Members: Eddie Zaldivar, Jocelyne Zaldivar
Power Pops
Second Place
Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation Second Place
Awarded $7,500
Team Members: Valentina Montes, Natalie Landes, Micah Robyn
Second Course
Third Place
Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation Third Place
Awarded $5,000
Team Members: Daniel Self, Gavin Bartow
Vital Tidal
Greatest Social Impact
Awarded $3,000
Team Members: Jesse Baker, Stacey Lehrer
S'POOY
Audience Vote and Best Presentation
Awarded $2000 + $2000
Team Members: Diana Hartwig-Arce, Till Hartwig-Arce
2025 SVC Recap Video
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More Past Social Venture Challenges
- Chinyeh Hostler Grand Prize: $15,000 - Awarded to AgroSpike (SDSU)
- Second Place: $7,500 - Awarded to Chloroboost (CSU San Marcos)
- Third Place: $5,000 - Awarded to High Tide AI (Miramar College)
- Greatest Social Impact: $3,000 - Awarded to High Tide AI (Miramar College)
- Audience Vote: $2,500 - Awarded to AgroSpike (SDSU)
- Best Presentation: $2,000 - Awarded to AgroSpike (SDSU)
- Most Innovative Solution: $2,000 - Awarded to Chloroboost (CSU San Marcos)
- Chinyeh Hostler Grand Prize: $10,000 - Awarded to Parent Share
- Second Place: $2,500 - Awarded to Septic Mixer
- Third Place: $1,500 - Awarded to Hmm.Health
- Greatest Social Impact: $3,500 - Awarded to Hear Me Work
- Audience Vote: $500 - Awarded to Hmm.Health
- Women in STEM 1st Place: $1,000 - Awarded to Septic Mixer
- Women in STEM 2nd Place: $750 - Awarded to Step Up
- QuickPitch E-track Winner: $250 - Awarded to Hele-Green Solutions
- QuickPitch Launch Track 1 Winner: $250 - Awarded to ACE
- QuickPitch Launch Track 1 Winner: $250 - Awarded to Shezza
This challenge was open to only SDSU undergraduate and graduate students.
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