10 finalists named in student contest

SALT LAKE CITY — Ten finalists have been named in the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge business plan competition.

The challenge is for college, university and graduate students throughout the state.

Finalists are Veristride, MetaboView, Braille Star, Xandem, Short Solutions and Pudendal Neural Systems, all from the University of Utah; Cup Ad, Utah State University and Utah Valley University; Bazari and Lucid Chart, both from Brigham Young University; and ARC, from UVU.

An awards banquet is Thursday, April 8, at the Rice-Eccles Stadium Tower.

The third and final round of judging, before a panel of business professionals, will take place and the winning organization will receive a $40,000 cash prize to accelerate the business plan to realization.