See Who Wins on October 1
SWIM WITH THE SHARKS PITCH COMPETITION
Join to see who wins $10,000 + in cash and prizes for their Delaware startup.
2025 MC & FInal judges
Master of Ceremonies, Ivan Thomas
Founder and President of DETV 28
#1 Delaware News Station
Monterry Luckey
Deputy Director, Delaware Workforce Development Board
Margie Crouch
VP, SBA Relationship Manager, WSFS Bank
C.J. Bell
Director, Division of Small Business
James Dahlke
AVP, Office Manager at First Citizens Community Bank
2025 Semi-finalist Judges
Troy Farmer
Troy Farmer
Troy Farmer
SSBCI Program Manager
Delaware Small Business Development Center
Noah Olson
Troy Farmer
Troy Farmer
Director of Innovation
Delaware Prosperity Partnership
Lindsey Pennington
Lindsey Pennington
Lindsey Pennington
APEX Accelerators DE
Jeff Buhrman
Lindsey Pennington
Lindsey Pennington
Economic Development Director
New Castle County
PAST WINNERS
12th Annual Swim with the Sharks
2024 winners: Ashlee Cooper, Droneversity won $10,000 Grand Prize, Wanda Guyton, Coffee Rendezbrew won $2,500 Runner-up, and Christopher DiMarco, PhD, Sindri Materials won $1,000 People's Choice Award
11th Annual Swim with the Sharks
2023 winners: The Trash Porters won $10,000 Grand Prize, Droneversity won $1,500 Runner-up, and RestoreMD won $1,000 People's Choice Award
10th Annual Swim with the Sharks
2022 Winners: $10,000 Grand Prize 24HR Trucking; $3,500 Runner-up OmniPotential Energy; $1,000 People's Choice 6NINETY9 Web Design
9th Annual Swim with the Sharks
2021 Grand Prize Winner - Chess Express Kids founded by Jayvon Fairman-Davis.
8th Annual Swim with the Sharks
2020 Grand Prize Winner TRIC Robotics founded by Adam Stager.
Wilminvest LLC
2019 Grand Prize Winner Green Grazer Goats founded by Kalyn Butt.
Green Grazer Goats
2017 Grand Prize Winner Green Grazer Goats founded by Kalyn Butt.
Vibrating Therapeutic Apparel
2016 Grand Prize Winner Vibrating Therapeutic Apparel (Now TheraV) founded by Amira Idris (Now Amira I. Radovic).
Deer Valley Danes
2015 Grand Prize Winner Deer Valley Danes founded by Karin Roseman.
NumbersBee
2014 Grand Prize Winner NumbersBee founded by Sakthi Vel.
PenguinAd (Now Carvertise)
2013 Inaugural Grand Prize Winner PenguinAd (Now Carvertie) founded by Mac Macleod.
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