University of Delaware Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics and Horn Entrepreneurship announce recipients of the inaugural Blue Hen 17&43 awards, which recognize University of Delaware students and alumni who have owned, founded or led the promising new ventures and fastest growing companies. Forty-two Blue Hen businesses will receive the honor.
“UD’s new Blue Hen 17&43 Awards recognize and celebrate a special subset of our amazing UD family – the innovators, entrepreneurs and business leaders who have launched promising startups, guided the rapid growth of job-creating companies or done both,” said Dan Freeman, PhD, founding director, University of Delaware Horn Entrepreneurship.
Ventures recognized as most promising include (listed alphabetically):
Avkin
BetterSkills Inc.
Bloom Daily Planners
CanSurround PBC
Carvertise
Extreme Scale Solutions
GeoSwap
Global Accelerator network (GAN)
GoShare
LendEDU
Manor of Hope
SRILX Products, LLC
Strataca Systems, LLC
TenantU Services, Inc.
TheraV
TKo Hospitality Management
USEED
Fastest growing companies include (listed alphabetically):
ACRES Capital LLC
Alternative Energy Development Group LLC
ASBECO
Belfint, Lyons & Shuman, P.A.
Biocom Purchasing Group
Brighton Cromwell
Bubbakoo’s Burritos
Diamond State Financial Group, LLC
Elite PT, LLC
EWC Controls, Inc.
Ferris Home Improvements
gBuild Construction
Grill Grate
IronLinx Transportation, LLC
KCI Technologies
KMRD Partners, Inc.
Lang Development Group
Lavida Hospitality
LUXTECH
Mercantile Processing, Inc.
Princeton Hosted Solutions, LLC.
Semihandmade
The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation
The Siegfried Group, LLP
Urban Furniture Outlet, Inc.
Ventures considered for the “most promising” list formed five years ago or less and were selected on the basis of documented milestones, capital raised, revenue and overall business potential. Fastest growing companies experienced growth rates in excess of 10% per year over the last 3 years and generated at least $1 million in total annual revenue.
About Horn Entrepreneurship
Horn Entrepreneurship serves as the University of Delaware’s creative engine for entrepreneurship education and advancement. Built and actively supported by successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders, Horn Entrepreneurship empowers aspiring innovators and entrepreneurs as they pursue new ideas for a better world.
