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Student Venture Showcase 2026

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Competition Entrepreneurship Startups Student Leadership

Tue, Apr 28, 2026

4 PM – 8 PM EDT (GMT-4)

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Details

Join us for the Student Venture Showcase! Sponsored by Municipal Acquisitions and the Pava Center and hosted by Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, this high-stakes competition, complete with monetary awards, is the finale event of the 2025-2026 school year for all JHU startups in the Hopkins ecosystem. A unique value-add for this event is the Venture Capitalist Judges. They are active VC's in the region who will support, advise, and challenge the startups. This allows for multi-layered learning for the audience, especially those interested in startups and how they are funded. The audience will have the opportunity to case a vote for their top startup to with the Audience Choice Award!

Food Provided (Appetizers and open bar)

Speakers

Jeff Spitz's profile photo

Jeff Spitz

Co-founder

1891 Angels

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffspitz/

Jeff Spitz is passionate about big ideas and the people behind them. He loves innovation — and especially the process of bringing clarity and momentum to ideas that matter. That mindset has shaped his career: from tackling public health challenges at the CDC, to helping healthcare startups sharpen their strategy at Sage Growth Partners, to launching new services at CVS Health, and driving growth at Wellinks, a virtual care company. Originally from Cincinnati, Jeff studied Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado and earned his MS in Healthcare Management at Johns Hopkins. He’s now Co-Founder and Partner at 1891 Angels, an investment network backing early-stage startups within the Hopkins innovation community. ​

Sponsors

Secondary Sponsors

HopStone Capital. No image description provided

Primary Sponsors

Municipal Acquisitions. No image description provided

Secondary Sponsors

The Pava Center. No image description provided

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