Outdo the Competition!
The 2025 Big Bang! Business Competition will award up to $100,000+ in prize money, with additional residencies. We are very grateful to our sponsors.
Meet a 2024 Big Bang! Winner: Bike Lane Marketplace
Bike Lane Marketplace of Davis connects bike collectives that have an abundance of niche parts with cycling enthusiasts around the world who want to buy them. The team is co-founded by high school students Kutay Ozcelik and Deniz Sumer. Bike Lane Marketplace won the Energy and Sustainability Award and took home $12,500.
2025 Big Bang! Business Competition Awards
| First Place | Co-Sponsor: DLA Piper | Top innovation across all categories | $25,000 |
| Food + Agriculture Sector Award | Co-Sponsor: Pam Morrone and Mick Rogers | For innovations in food and agriculture | $12,500 |
| Animal Health + Industry Sector Award | Sole Sponsor: UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine | For innovations in animal health | $12,500 |
| Human Health + Industry Sector Award | Sole Sponsor: UC Davis School of Medicine | For innovations in human health | $12,500 |
| Education + Education Tools Sector Award | Sole Sponsor: PowerSchool | For innovations in education | $12,500 |
| Energy + Sustainability Sector Award | Co-Sponsor: SMUD Co-Sponsor: Blue Tech Valley | For innovations in energy efficiency | $12,500 |
| Social Entrepreneurship Sector Award | Co-Sponsor: Denise Bronner Co-Sponsor: UC Davis Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship | For innovations in social entrepreneurship | $12,500 |
| Incubator / Accelerator Residencies: | |||
| Six-month membership with one lab bench space in the Lab@AgStart. | AgStart Food, Ag and Health Incubator in Woodland | Offered to top food, ag and/or health innovation | $5,000 value |
| Six-month membership to access lab equipment and collaborative workspace in Davis. | HM.CLAUSE Life Science Innovation Center in Davis | Offered to top life science innovation, ranging from ag tech to human therapeutics | $5,000 value |
| Six-month membership with access to lab equipment and collaborative workspace. | Inventopia Engineering and Life Science Incubator in Davis | Offered to top engineering and/or life science innovation | $5,000 value |
| Awards Event | Bow Capital | $10,000 |