Announcing the 2012 Minnesota Cup Semi-finalists

More than 1,000 aspiring entrepreneurs participated and 49 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

• Active Vacuum Insulated Building Systems - Samuel Greene
• Algaedyne Corporation - Tom Byrne
• EnergyPrint - Mike Williams
• Green Chemistries, Inc. - Amit Shukla
• Green Heat Corporation - Michael Horvath
• Minnesga - John Snyder
• QuadROI - Mark Brown
• Software Defined Power - Gary Box

BioScience & Health IT Division

• Fitness Formulary - Shaun Nugent
• General Blood - Ben Bowman
• Omicron Health Systems - David DuChene
• OrthoCor Medical - John Dinusson
• Pneumatic Structures - Dick Comben
• Quantitative Insights - James Krocak
• United Medical Innovations - Kevin Liu
• Tychon Bioscience - Mark Robbins
• Tartoos - Rachel Jacques
• Walkasins - Dan Leach

High Tech Division

• BuyerCurious - Jim Lesinski
• ConnectToMe - Billy Kaye
• CoraCove - Chris Zweber
• Heroic - Reed Robinson
• Hndl - Joe Serrano
• PatentCore - Chris Holt
• PointStack - Ryan Eggenberger
• PreciouStatus - Julie Gilbert
• Proliphiq - Adam Roozen
• TelemetryWeb - Frank Grazzini
• Docalytics - Evan Carothers

General Division

• Altsie - Lucas Rayala
• Blooma - Sarah Longacre
• Comfy Bed - Jeffrey Piehl
• Envirolastech, Inc. - Paul Schmitt
• iBodyScience - Saga Stevin
• LifeFloor - Kyle Seeman
• Early Learning Labs - Steve Johnson
• People Driven Performance - Louise Dickmeyer
• Perfekt - Keith Estenson
• PuriHands - Colin Ferrian

Student Division

• 4thCause.com - Justin Volling
• Cognific - Solome Tibebu
• FireWave - Michael Cameron
• Heart Smart Cart - Laura Ryan
• K5 Connect - Leslie Call
• Kevin by Perk Health - Zachary McGill
• Mode-sty.com - James Faghmous
• Pelican - Vitaly Demin
• Political Harmony - Tyler Kent
• Titan Renewal - Nick Nelson