{"id":150950,"date":"2026-02-19T09:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=150950"},"modified":"2026-02-19T09:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:18:24","slug":"forbes-honors-ucf-entrepreneurs-on-30-under-30-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/forbes-honors-ucf-entrepreneurs-on-30-under-30-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbes Honors UCF Entrepreneurs on 30 Under 30 List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UCF students don\u2019t wait until they graduate to begin changing the world.<\/p>\n<p>Emboldened by a campus culture of exploring \u201cwhat if?\u201d and the university\u2019s support system of expertise and resources to back them, five Knights who started their companies while they were still students are making undeniable noise in their respective industries \u2014 so much so that Forbes just honored them on its annual 30 Under 30 list.<\/p>\n<p>The UCF engineering grads are recognized among peers from the likes of Stanford, UC Berkeley, MIT, Yale, Princeton and Columbia.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150951\" style=\"max-width: 1200px;\" class=\"figure mx-auto d-block\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"figure-img size-full wp-image-150951 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Joe-Sleppy-Capacitech-UCF-Forbes.jpg\" alt=\"Man in blue professional jacket and khaki pants holds black tube with wires on ends while standing in front of brick wall\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Joe-Sleppy-Capacitech-UCF-Forbes.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Joe-Sleppy-Capacitech-UCF-Forbes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Joe-Sleppy-Capacitech-UCF-Forbes-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Joe-Sleppy-Capacitech-UCF-Forbes-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Joe-Sleppy-Capacitech-UCF-Forbes-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"figure-img size-full wp-image-150951 img-fluid lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20800%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Man in blue professional jacket and khaki pants holds black tube with wires on ends while standing in front of brick wall\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20800%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Joe-Sleppy-Capacitech-UCF-Forbes.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Joe-Sleppy-Capacitech-UCF-Forbes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Joe-Sleppy-Capacitech-UCF-Forbes-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Joe-Sleppy-Capacitech-UCF-Forbes-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Joe-Sleppy-Capacitech-UCF-Forbes-360x240.jpg 360w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Joe-Sleppy-Capacitech-UCF-Forbes.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Joe Sleppy &#8217;18, CEO of Capacitech, appears on Forbes&#8217; 30 Under 30 &#8211; Energy &amp; Green Tech list. (Photo by Antoine Hart)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Joe Sleppy \u201918 <\/strong>serves as CEO of Capacitech Energy, which is making supercapacitor technology practical by delivering plug-and-play, modular systems that eliminate power quality issues in data centers and microgrids responsible for downtime and equipment damage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUCF encouraged me to think outside of the box,\u201d he says. \u201cUCF is an innovative university because they\u2019ll ask, \u2018Why not?\u2019 I think I share the same philosophy with running Capacitech. Let\u2019s try it. The world is watching. Let\u2019s use innovation and entrepreneurship to make it better.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150955\" style=\"max-width: 1200px;\" class=\"figure mx-auto d-block\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"figure-img size-full wp-image-150955 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Soarce-cofounders.jpg\" alt=\"Four men sit on a gray couch side by side with plants on the ledge behind them\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Soarce-cofounders.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Soarce-cofounders-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Soarce-cofounders-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Soarce-cofounders-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Soarce-cofounders-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"figure-img size-full wp-image-150955 img-fluid lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20800%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Four men sit on a gray couch side by side with plants on the ledge behind them\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20800%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Soarce-cofounders.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Soarce-cofounders-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Soarce-cofounders-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Soarce-cofounders-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Soarce-cofounders-360x240.jpg 360w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2026\/02\/Soarce-cofounders.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">From left to right: Matthew Jaeger &#8217;22, Mason Mincey &#8217;23, Derek Saltzman &#8217;23 and Patrick Michel appear on Forbes&#8217; 30 Under 30 &#8211; Manufacturing &amp; Industry list. (Photo courtesy of Soarce)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Mason Mincey \u201923, Derek Saltzman \u201923, Matthew Jaeger \u201922<\/strong> and Patrick Michel are co-founders of Soarce, which takes underutilized plant resources like hemp, seaweed and grass and transforms them into nanomaterials eight times stronger than steel.\u201cWe\u2019re on pace to build what we feel is going to be the largest global nanocellulose production facility in the world,\u201d Saltzman says. \u201cAnd we are not afraid to say that and stand behind it. That\u2019s a big dream, but that\u2019s kind of what we\u2019re here to do \u2014 make big changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These grads all credit their rise in large part to the immense support and knowledge they gained from UCF\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cel.ucf.edu\/\">Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cel.ucf.edu\/blackstone-launchpad\/\">Blackstone LaunchPad<\/a>. UCF invested $10-20,000 of alumni-funded awards from the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/cel.ucf.edu\/competition\/joust-new-ventures-competition\/\">Joust<\/a> competition and UpStarts program to support their venture development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCapacitech and Soarce illustrate how investments in technology development and entrepreneurship education can work together to increase innovation diffusion and societal impact,\u201d says Cameron Ford, William and Susan Crouse Endowed Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Blackstone LaunchPad at UCF. \u201cThey also illustrate the arduous, fraught, years-long paths that entrepreneurs commonly travel when no one is watching to achieve \u2018overnight\u2019 success. We are immensely proud of the example they are setting for current and future Knights by combining their disciplinary expertise with entrepreneurial knowhow to positively impact others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about how these Knights are putting in the work today that is shaping the future around us, check out their stories (with video) on UCF Today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/forbes-2026-30-under-30-winner-capacitech\">Forbes 2026 30 Under 30 Winner: Capacitech<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/forbes-2026-30-under-30-winner-soarce\">Forbes 2026 30 Under 30 Winner: Soarce<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The engineering alumni behind Orlando-based startup companies Soarce and Capacitech are capturing attention with their innovative technologies in the green energy and manufacturing 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