#0040 - 2020 Startup of the Year Summit Recap and Winners

<div>On this episode of the Startup of the Year podcast, we included a recap of highlights from the 2020 Startup of the Year Summit.</div> <div> </div> <div>During the episode, we also hear commentary from some of our Established Team members. Rich Maloy from Established Ventures pitches in with the “VC Minute.” Our Director of Partnerships, Jacqui Dietrich, also provides an update about our partner programs and specifically discusses the following items: </div> <div> </div> <ul> <li>IFundWomen, <a href="https://ifundwomen.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ifundwomen.com/</a></li> <li>AMSE Association of Military Spouse Entrepreneurs <a href= "https://www.amse.co/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">https://www.amse.co/</a></li> <li>Boomtown Sports Tech Accelerator  <a href= "https://boomtownaccelerators.com/accelerators-startups/sports-tech/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">https://boomtownaccelerators.com/accelerators-startups/sports-tech/</a></li> </ul> <div> </div> <div>Feel free to nominate a Startup Ambassador or Investment Partner by emailing <a href="mailto:partnership@est.us" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">partnership@est.us</a>. We also invite all of our listeners to get involved with our program by visiting: <a href="https://established.us/programs" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">www.established.us/programs</a> </div> <div> </div> <div>For those of you who did not attend the Summit, we again congratulate our big Startup of the Year winner SoloFunds! Travis Holoway and his team are really building a fantastic company on a mission to provide affordable access to loans for those in need by connecting borrowers to lenders through our convenient mobile Marketplace. As part of being named the Startup of the Year winner, they are also candidates for an investment from Established Ventures.</div> <div> </div> <div>During the Summit, we had to narrow down thousands of applicant down to the Top 100 companies -- an amazing group of judges helped us