2025 UP/Start Venture Competition
Join us for one of MICA's biggest events of the year, the 2025 UP/Start Venture Competition Finale and Creative Entrepreneurship Expo!
Connect with organizations and resources that support the creative community
Cheer on the UP/Start ventures as they pitch live for a pool of $100,000
Vote for the $5,000 People’s Choice Award winner
Network with Baltimore’s vibrant creative community at the reception
Free and open to the public
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Ease Wear Adaptive | Evan Cloeren ’24 (Fiber BFA)
A Visual Guide to Songwriting | Samantha Frost ’25 (Graphic Design MFA)
Indie Fabric | Trisha Gupta ’24 (Mount Royal School of Art MFA)
Unfated Studios | Hugo Hogendoorn ’25 (Game Design BFA)
KUNAYA | Faridat Ilupeju ’25 (MA/MBA Design Leadership)
Inlay Studio | Eleanor Koster ’25 (Fiber BFA)
flowgenius | Deanna Susser ’25 (MA/MBA Design Leadership)