Winners from the 2021 Blue Ocean Competition
This year more than 2000 students submitted their pitches for the competition and all blue ocean pitches were judged by a panel of distinguished judges comprised of professors, businesspeople, serial entrepreneurs, and thought leaders.
We are proud to announce the winners of the 2021 edition! The panel of judges had a very hard time selecting the winners. Check out the inspiring winning blue ocean pitches below.
AWARD = $1,000
First Place
KELPNET
Jessica Liu
White Oaks Secondary School
Oakville, Ontario Canada
AWARD = $750
Second Place
Inside The Box
Victoria Hagenlocker, Porter Bowen, Sabrina Sharma, Alejandro Antorcha, Daniel Hagenlocker
Gulliver Preparatory
Miami, Florida, USA
AWARD = $500
Third Place
Upcycle Insulation
Katherine Shaw, Emily Shaw
West Essex High School
Caldwell, New Jersey, USA
AWARD = $1,000
Best Social Pitch
WithMe
Harish Kolli, Kailin Tan, Mahi Ravi
Westwood High School
Austin, Texas, USA
AWARD = $1,000
Best Health Care Pitch
Med Alert
Vedant Nahar, Ankit Macherla, Lucas Walsh
Scripts Ranch High School
San Diego, California, USA
AWARD = $1,000
Best Metallurgy Pitch
SolarShock
Kevin Lu, Ashutosh Kandala, Arvin Zhang, Henry Liu
Portola High School
Irvine, California, USA
AWARD = $750
Most Popular Pitch
AnomaTek
Tanish Jain, Sumanth Kalluru, Nimesh Rudra, Sashvad Satish Kumar
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
4th PLACE
WithMe
Harish Kolli
Kailin Tan
Mahi Ravi
Westwood High School
Austin, Texas, USA
5th PLACE
Med Alert
Vedant Nahar
Ankit Macherla
Lucas Walsh
Scripts Ranch High School
San Diego, California, USA
6th PLACE
BubbleOn Technologies
Sohini Banerjee
Sanchali Banerjee
Thomas Jefferson High School
for Science and Technology
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Top 8 High Schools with the Most Submissions – $1,000
Irvington High School, Freemont, CA, USA
Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York, USA
Spanish River Community High School, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
South Brunswick High School, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
Herningsholm Erhversgymnasium, Herning, Denmark
Barrington High School, Barrington, Il, USA
Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, CA, USA
Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, CA, USA
Top High School most Pitches in the Top 25 – $1,000
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA, USA
Congratulations to all the winners!
Warm thanks to the judges and to the teachers involved for guiding your students.
And big thanks to all the participants. You may not have won this year, but we hope you had fun getting your innovative ideas heard, and learned a lot in the process. You are an inspiration.
Last but not least, a VERY special thanks to Ted Dacko, the Executive Director of the Blue Ocean Entrepreneurship Competition, for leading this incredible competition.
For all high school students who are not graduating this year, stay tuned and register for next year’s competition!