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Announcing the 2011 Minnesota Cup Semi-finalists

More than 1,000 aspiring entrepreneurs participated and 47 (plus 4 finalists from the Social Entrepreneur division) of the best and most innovative business ideas will now compete in the second round of the contest. Congratulations to all semifinalists and good luck in the next round of the competition!

Clean Technology & Renewable Energy Division

BioSciences Division

High Tech Division

Social Entrepreneur Division

General Division

Student Division

  • Ace Innovations - Jared Freudenberg
  • Baysaan - Saido Mohamed
  • The CleanGrip - Cate Lehman
  • Cognific - Solome Tibebu
  • protectRx - Derek Dahl
  • Tesgen - Matthew Hudson
  • TextRA - Jessica Barros
  • Toepener - Maxwell Arndt
  • Scat?a - Dick Anderson

  • Magnet 360
  • UnitedHealth Group
  • Mosaic
  • Mojo Minnesota
  • General Mills
  • MHTA
  • The Collaborative
  • MVCA
  • Consulate General of Canada
  • Spoken Impact
  • Startec
  • Messerli and Kramer
  • TECHdotMN
  • Split Rock Partners
  • Bio Business Alliance
  • Eide Bailly
  • Fredrikson Byron
  • Xcel
  • Social Ventures Partners
  • Lommen Abdo
  • Gray Plant Mooty
  • Twin Cities Business
  • Haberman Associates
  • Kenyon
  • lurie Besikof lapidus
  • Maslon
  • Positively Minnesota
  • Proto Labs

  • Blandin Foundation
  • 2010 MN Cup, Apex
  • Minnesota Power
  • Iron Range Resources

  • Medical Industry Leadership Institute
  • College of Science and Engineering
  • Carlson School of Business
  • College of Biological Sciences
  • Venture Center
  • University of Minnesota law School