Outdo the Competition!
The 2024 Big Bang! Business Competition will award up to $100,000+ in prize money, with additional residencies. We are very grateful to our sponsors.
The diversity of backgrounds and thoughts that the Big Bang! brought in pushed me to reimagine how I saw the world around me. ... Through being introduced to new ideas and people, I was able to push my learning beyond what was in the textbooks."
—Nishi Bhagat | UC Davis Computational Cognitive Science Major | Co-Founder, Caregiva | $10,000 Social Entrepreneurship Award, 2023 Big Bang! Business Competition
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2024 Big Bang! Business Competition Awards
First Place | Co-Sponsor: DLA Piper | Top innovation across all categories | $25,000 |
Food + Agriculture Sector Award | Supporting Sponsor: UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food and Health | For innovations in food and agriculture | $12,500 |
Animal Health + Industry Sector Award | Primary Sponsor: UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine | For innovations in animal health | $12,500 |
Human Health + Industry Sector Award | Sole Sponsor: UC Davis School of Medicine | For innovations in human health | $12,500 |
Education + Education Tools Sector Award | Sole Sponsor: PowerSchool | For innovations in education | $12,500 |
Energy + Sustainability Sector Award | Primary Sponsor: SMUD Supporting Sponsor: Blue Tech Valley | For innovations in energy efficiency | $12,500 |
Social Entrepreneurship Sector Award | Sole Sponsor: UC Davis Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship | For innovations in social entrepreneurship | $12,500 |
Incubator / Accelerator Residencies: | |||
Six-month membership with one lab bench space in the Lab@AgStart. | AgStart Food, Ag and Health Incubator in Woodland | Offered to top food, ag and/or health innovation | $5,000 value |
Six-month membership to access lab equipment and collaborative workspace in Davis. | HM.CLAUSE Life Science Innovation Center in Davis | Offered to top life science innovation, ranging from ag tech to human therapeutics | $5,000 value |
Six-month membership with access to lab equipment and collaborative workspace. | Inventopia Engineering and Life Science Incubator in Davis | Offered to top engineering and/or life science innovation | $5,000 value |
Awards Ceremony Sponsor
Overall Sponsors
Pam Marrone and Mick Rogers