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From: MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition <info@mit100k.org>
To: chris.macrae@yahoo.co.uk 
Sent: Wednesday, 16 September 2015, 5:01
Subject: Welcome back to the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition!

Stay up-to-date with all-things MIT $100K! The Nation's Most Premier Entrepreneurship Competition Kicks-Off! The first of the MIT $100K's three contests over the course of the school year,  Pitch is a 90-second elevator pitch that sketches out your value creation and value capture propositions as compellingly as possible in a minute and a half.  You do not need to compete in Pitch to qualify for the MIT $100K's more intensive winter and spring contests, but it is a fantastic way to meet co-founders and dive into your venture, including judges' feedback and non-dilutive award money. The online preliminary submissions window (mit100k.org) will begin on Monday 9/21, and will close on Friday, 10/2. The Pitch finals, in front of a hundreds-strong live audience, will be 10/28. Key Dates: Apps live - 9/21 Apps due - 10/2 Finalists announced - 10/14 Finals - 10/28 Be on the lookout for more information soon.  2015 Pitch Mixer at Highland Capital Have a great idea and looking for teammates to compete in the MIT $100K this year? Don't have a specific idea, but are interested in joining a MIT $100K team? Join the MIT $100K and Highland Capital Partners on Tuesday, September 22 from 6-8PM at One Broadway, 16th Floor. Come learn about the MIT $100K Pitch Competition (submission of videos opens on 9/21 and closes on 10/2), and bring along your ideas, technologies, and skill-sets to meet complementary co-founders in the MIT and Boston community.  Thanks to Highland Capital Partners for hosting the event, complete with food and beverages. FREE tickets and more info here. Update on Raptor Maps, 2015 $100K Launch Winner 2015 MIT $100K Grand Prize winner Raptor Maps, made up of graduate students Nikhil Vadhavkar, Forrest Meyen SM '13, and Eddie Obropta SM '13 have had a busy summer using its winnings to execute on its plan to efficiently feed a growing population.   Shortly after taking home the grand prize, the team went straight to the fields with operations financed by the MIT $100K to  engage with clients and provide them with value-added crop health analytics.  The expanding team has updated the drone to utilize composites, increased the payload capacity while doubling flight times, implemented stand count analytics using machine learning, and have optimized the data pipeline from drone to online customer portal using cloud computing. The team has also been working with state governments to help bring high technology jobs to rural areas and lay the ground work for future field operations. Raptor Maps made an appearance at the Farm Progress Show in Illinois and spoke at EmTech in Ecuador on the future of ag-tech.  Now, Raptor Maps is researching new crops and regions for servicing next growing season. By next summer the hardware will be ready for full operations and the software team will have the analytics engines and pipelines open for a wider range of data.   You can check out their progress at raptormaps.com or follow them on Twitter @RaptorMaps. Emerald, a 2015 MIT $100K Finalist, Presents at White House Demo Day 2015 MIT $100K finalist Emerald presented to President Barack Obama, White House staffers, and many from across the nation at the White House Demo Day last month. The day showcased "why we need to give every American the opportunity to pursue their bold, game-changing ideas," according to a statement from the White House. Emerald's device uses radio waves to detect, predict, and prevent falls among seniors. The device can detect breathing, heart rate, and changes in gait to predict a fall. Make sure to check out Beta Boston's coverage of the event.  Name | Company | Phone | Email | Website STAY CONNECTED: