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Forbes Honors UCF Entrepreneurs on 30 Under 30 List

The engineering alumni behind Orlando-based startup companies Soarce and Capacitech are capturing attention with their innovative technologies in the green energy and manufacturing industries.

Forbes 2026 30 Under 30 Winner: Soarce

Four Knights are making structures 8x stronger than steel with an environmentally friendly substance crafted from seaweed.

UCF Student Wins 2025 Joust Competition For Business That Supports Knights’ Academic Success

The winning business, Accuity, provides videos, exam reviews, and one-on-one tutoring with a goal of improving accounting course pass rates and achieving 75% adoption among students.

UCF Students to Compete for $50,000 in 2024 Joust Business Competition

The Shark Tank-style competition celebrates student entrepreneurs, introduces them to community leaders and provides key resources to help launch their ventures.

Limbitless Solutions, UCF Expand Advanced Manufacturing, Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Student Veterans

Limbitless is collaborating with UCF’s Military and Veteran Success Center for specialized training and internship opportunities for student veterans.

Healthy Eating and Travel Apps Win Big at UCF’s 2018 Social Venture Competition

The annual contest supports student entrepreneurs aiming to better the world through their innovative ideas.

4 Student Businesses to Vie for $75,000 in Joust Finals April 11

UCF, Public Invited to Watch ‘Shark Tank’-Style Showdown

Apply Now for Scholarship Competition for Socially Conscious Business Ideas

Applications are open until Sunday, Nov. 5, for the Social Venture Competition. The competition, hosted by the UCF Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL), challenges students…

UCF Energy-Storage Spinout Creating Buzz

A University of Central Florida student is taking the lead on propelling his professor’s energy-storage invention into the marketplace and, with the help of several…

UCF’s Blackstone LaunchPad Team Takes 2nd in Forbes Competition

What started as a hobby and an idea to make some extra cash has turned into an award-winning product for UCF seniors and self-proclaimed sneakerheads…

UCF in the News

NASA Seeks Workers to Rebuild ‘Core Competencies,’ Return to Moon

Houston Chronicle

Founding Dean of UCF’s College of Medicine to Step Down

Orlando Business Journal

Pop Up Art By UCF Students Aims to Bring New Life to Downtown Orlando’s Empty Storefronts

WFTV Channel 9

Why Simulation-Based Learning Matters in an AI-Driven Workforce

Forbes

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