To reward the hard work that will go into developing winning business plan presentations, our sponsors help us to provide cash prizes along with in-kind services such as legal advice, office or incubator space, publicity and marketing, etc. Cash and prizes each year are dependent on the number and type of sponsors that support the competition the supporting organizations.

ICE 2009 Prizes

First Place: IntAct Labs
$35,000 in cash
o 3 months PR services from The CHT Group (formerly Bell Pottinger USA) (value: $40K)
o $15,000 in legal services from Mintz Levin
o incubator space and support at the Applied Technology and Manufacturing Center at UMass Dartmouth, including 750 hours of a intern and a $10,000 Strategic Enviro-Technical Program (STEP) grant. (value $28K)
o Scholarship for two team members for the Advanced Invention 2 Venture to be held by the NCIIA (value: $6,000)
o 12 Hours of Real Estate Incentive Evaluation and Brokerage Analysis from T3 Advisors valued at $3000

Second Place: InnoSepra
$10,000 in cash
$10,000 in legal services from Foley Hoag
6 Hours of Real Estate Incentive Evaluation and Brokerage Analysis from T3 Advisors valued at $1500

Third Place: EGG-energy
o $5,000 cash
o $7,500 in legal services from Wolf Greenfield
o 4 Hours of Real Estate Incentive Evaluation and Brokerage Analysis from T3 Advisors valued at $1000

The real prize is the learning and networking experience teams receive from the ICE program through the various events and industry expert mentors.