Trinity University · Capital
Louis H. Stumberg Venture Competition
The final round of Trinity’s student venture competition: five teams already funded once, back on stage for a $50,000 prize decided the same night.
- Date
- Tuesday, September 29, 2026
- Time
- 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
- Location
- Trinity University, Ruth Taylor Recital Hall
The evening
Five teams pitch.One leaves funded.
Five student ventures pitch live for a $50,000 grand prize. Every one of them has been funded once already — $7,000 and a place in Trinity’s incubator, won in the seed round earlier in the year — so this is not a room of first drafts. It is five teams who have had money and the time to spend it, back to show what it bought.
The 2026 finalists are Gratzi, MEQ for You, PassItOn, SofraWise and The Recharge Pod. The decision happens in the room, and the hour after it is where you meet the founders.
Free, and ticketed by Trinity on Eventbrite rather than covered by your Startup + Tech Week registration — this is Trinity’s competition, on their campus, and the week is on the guest list rather than the host. Three miles north of downtown; free parking in the Alamo Stadium lot.
4:30 PM
Doors
The recital hall opens. Free parking in the Alamo Stadium lot, a short walk from the building.
5:00 – 6:30 PM
The pitches
Five ventures, live, in front of the judges and the room. This is the whole competition — there is no second sitting.
6:30 – 7:30 PM
Reception
The result, and then an hour with the founders and the people who backed them.