“This program is working and producing tangible results. After 31 pitch competitions, TechRise awarded more than $920K in nondilutive grants to 42 startups in 2021. They include Season One winners Christine Izuakor, PhD, CISSP, founder of Cyber Pop-up, who won the $100K grand prize, and Eric Alvarez, founder of Grapefruit Health, who won the $25K People's Choice Award at the live finale. The initial round of 10 competitions awarded more than $200K to winning founders who were 60% women, 60% Black and 40% Latino. Their innovative ideas have already created 29 new jobs.”
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