Pando Surgical, a team of four first-year USC Viterbi biomedical engineering students and external founder Noah Pearson won the live pitch round at the Startup Showcase. Seen here with USC Viterbi Vice Dean Ellis Meng (Photo Credit: Myron Murmanov)
Before anyone took the stage, the main competition had already been decided.
USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s top startup teams gathered April 27 at Ginsburg Hall for the inaugural USC Startup Showcase | MEPC & MFC $150K Awards Night, presented by USC Viterbi’s Office of Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hub (tiehub). It was an evening that brought together founders, investors and the campus community to celebrate innovation and announce the winners of two of the school’s flagship entrepreneurship programs.
In the weeks leading up to the event, finalist teams pitched their ventures as part of the Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition (MEPC) and the Min Family Challenge (MFC). Judges had already selected the winners and this showcase served as the culminating moment where those results were announced.
The event was supported by tiehub, which helps students, faculty and alumni in building ventures through mentorship, programming and competitions, with many teams developing their work alongside their academic studies on a co-curricular basis.
