Two Spartan-founded ventures, BRCĒ and Memory Sketch, will represent Michigan State University at the 2026 University of Georgia Next Top Entrepreneur Competition.
Composed of a mix of current students, alumni, and MBA candidates, both teams will pitch their startups to a panel of judges and compete for a $10,000 cash prize.
Memory Sketch, a software tracking the progression of Alzheimer’s Disease through drawings, is co-founded by Angela Leach (MBA ‘27), Griffin Reis (‘25), Caraline Kitchen (‘25), and Jackson Simkins (‘27).
BRCĒ team, a performance materials technology company is co-founded Tanvi Gadamsetti (‘26) and Madhav Aggarwal (‘26).
The UGA Next Top Entrepreneur Competition brings together top student entrepreneurs from across the country, providing a space to refine business ideas or existing businesses, connect with industry leaders, and gain valuable public exposure. Through a live pitch presentation, participants will demonstrate their business model, the validity of their idea, and their ability to execute it. The judges will be looking for the business with the greatest potential for success.
As the competition approaches, both teams will continue to prepare their ventures to represent the Burgess Institute and Michigan State University on a national stage.
About the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation is the destination where students launch high-impact, entrepreneurial journeys at Michigan State University. The Burgess Institute empowers students to learn through action by providing global mentors, courses, seed funding, entrepreneurship competitions, student organizations, resources, and campus-wide co-working spaces.