Meet the 2025 Big Bang! Finalists
The UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition provides a platform for innovators to test their ideas, get actionable feedback, and develop their entrepreneurial mindset. Check out our 19 finalist teams' two-minute pitch videos below, and RSVP to attend this year's awards ceremony on May 20 to see which teams will take home over $100,000 in prizes.
CAGED
Empowering haircare routines with The MOC—effortless, inclusive, and time-saving.
Buzzit
Buzzit: The Pinterest-Inspired Marketplace for Student Skills & Services
CranioView
CranioView is a wearable, noninvasive brain pressure monitor for patients with neurologic injury.
DeepDx
AI-powered medical diagnostics for faster, more accurate healthcare.
Everest Medical, LLC.
Everest Medical - preventing unnecessary injury during childbirth
HeadShotX
AI-powered smart headgear for safer, smarter boxing training.
ImmobiCUFF
Biodegradable sutures for controlled rotator cuff healing
Sortify
Cleaner, cheaper, simpler: AI powered waste sorting.
Nexa Labs
Injectable microchips for monitoring health of livestock - and in the future, humans.
Nutriwave Food Innovations
Empower our nation
BY PUTTING nutrition
At the heart of INNOVATION
Orchard Eye
Aerial Balloon Infrared Sensing for Smart and Efficient Orchard Irrigation.
RoomExchange
Swap rooms, save money, travel more—RoomExchange makes it easy!
LightLock Bio (NovaBioPharma)
Next-gen biomanufacturing for resilient, high-growth generics and biosimilars
Splash Smartech
Providing Peace of Mind for Pool Owners
Teflishe Foods
Closing the fiber gap with the power of teff
The Make Box
One Make Box, Endless Possibilities
The Rev Academy
Empowering Underserved Communities Through Vocational Training
Vet Scientia
Vet Scientia: Mastering Veterinary Care, One Simulation at a Time
VYBE
VYBE – Where Users Earn & Small Businesses Grow