Competitors
2024 Competitors
Bole & Acre Forestry
Bole & Acre is a community-focused forestry consulting and contracting firm on a mission to prepare communities for an increase in wildfire activity using AI technology and forest management. Its proprietary technology, enables communities, real estate agencies and insurance companies to analyze wildfire risk at the home level through remote sensing (satellite, LiDAR and drone) and AI.
Brightsite
BrightSite aims to empower small businesses that would like to scale-up in the Philippines to extend their reach by developing a website that fits their needs. To make this happen, BrightSite will provide Filipino children with practical experience in website design and SEO by connecting them with small businesses. By teaming up with local schools and computer shops, BrightSite will offer easily accessible classes, fostering both business growth and youth empowerment.
Community Roots Land Trust
The non-profit Community Land Trust initiative addresses the urgent need for affordable housing by acquiring, renovating and developing properties, particularly focusing on development tiny home communities. Through decoupling land from home ownership, it lowers costs, promoting accessibility. Collaborating with local programs in construction and trades, it offers professional development and employment thus empowering community members. By fostering economic empowerment and professional growth, it contributes to sustainable development, creating a more equitable housing landscape for all.
GlutenGuard
The product is a portable gluten test that detects gluten proteins in ready to eat foods using mass spectrometry and UV lasers. A portable gluten testing product provides significant value by addressing a crucial concern for individuals with gluten-related disorders, such as celiac disease or gluten sensitivity. The specific problem GlutenGuard solves revolves around the need to verify the gluten content in food products, offering a practical and on-the-go solution for those with dietary restrictions.
I.B.Delicious
I.B.Delicious is a small, freeze-dried food company, started in a garage, that focuses on gut health solutions for outdoor adventurists. I.B.Delicious utilizes organic product and minimizes processed food, to maintain a healthy and well-rounded package. I.B.Delicious is more than just a freeze-dried food company, it’s a solution.
LandLine
LandLine is a simplified property management solution that enhances communication and coordination among renters, property managers, maintenance personnel and contractors. It is designed for both individual homeowners with a few properties and larger property management firms, aiming to significantly improve operational efficiency and tenant satisfaction as well as streamline the maintenance process. Its platform equips users with powerful scheduling capabilities, group chat functionalities, and straightforward contractor selection, streamlining every interaction within the rental ecosystem.
MindBodyMat
MindBodyMat will revolutionize the way individuals experience yoga practice with its innovative smart yoga mat. This product seamlessly integrates cutting-edge IoT technology to provide users with personalized guidance and feedback, enhancing their mind-body connection during every session. With real-time tracking, pose recognition and interactive features, MindBodyMat empowers users to deepen their practice, cultivate mindfulness and achieve their wellness goals.
MineralFi
Through environmentally responsible blockchain-based technology, such as Optimism and Bitcoin Lighting Network, MineralFi aims to tokenize unmined gold and mineral resources with existing mines, and mineral rights holders providing investors with access to potential value appreciation while enhancing liquidity. We have committed to prioritize collaboration with conservation and environmental groups to guide mining policy for tokenization consideration. By the use of blockchain technology and commitment to sustainable practices, we ensure transparency and responsible resource management.
MT Sweet Treats
MT Sweet Treats aim is to provide value to the Bozeman market by offering allergen-friendly desserts. Currently, consumers with allergens in Bozeman struggle to find a dessert that is tasty and safe to eat. Its menu is designed to cater to the needs of these consumers and provide them with a delectable dessert they can indulge in without any stress. MT Sweet Treats believes that everyone should be able to enjoy dessert.
ProSoles
With the development of a website and corresponding app, ProSoles will guide users to not only the resolution of foot pain with the fabrication of exceptional quality custom foot orthotics, but also the delivery of these orthotics in a timely and efficient manner using a process that is user-friendly, convenient and accessible. Its customized foot orthotics will include a detailed treatment plan that includes shoe recommendations, stretches and strengthening exercises.
Quizzer
Quizzer is educational software, utilizing a question and answer flashcard style of presentation. The algorithm that scores the user and determines when questions are shown, and how often, is determining based on Hermann Ebbinghaus's study now popularized by the term "The Forgetting Curve." This is an effort in creating working software that helps the user retain what they've learned over the long term.
SafeHaven Home Services
SafeHaven Home Services is dedicated to empowering the elderly by adapting their living space for safety and ease. Our team of professionals assesses each client's unique needs while providing traditional solutions like grab handles and accessible showers, as well as tech-enabled senior solutions like movement sensors. Our mission is to enable independent living for seniors, providing peace and comfort for them and their families while ensuring they enjoy their golden years with dignity and independence.
Skid Homes
Skid Homes is a nonprofit that constructs shipping container-inspired homes that are transportable, energy-efficient and affordable as an innovative solution to the growing housing crisis by improving homeownership equity in Missoula. Maintaining its commitment to a circular economy, recycled shipping containers are used as the siding of our innovative and sustainable homes. Skid Homes is committed to providing affordable and functional housing to increase home ownership.
Smart Dorm Company
Smart Dorm is a technology company focusing on energy optimization via hardware and software components built for multi-tenant housing. Combining new innovations in hardware and intuitive software, Smart Dorm offers institutions tools to critically analyze energy consumption within a residential space, reduce energy waste and provide an improved tenant experience for the residents of a managed living facility such as barracks, dormitories, and temporary housing.
Soda Summit
At our craft soda shops, customers enjoy control over their drink with a completely customizable menu featuring popular beverage brands such as Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper, Poppi, and Redbull. Customers can enhance their drinks with added creams, syrups and caffeine. Emphasizing health-conscious options, it offers low-calorie and sugar-free selections, while also prioritizing sustainability by using eco-friendly cups, and other single-use products. Soda Summit is dedicated to redefining traditional soda with a personalized and contemporary approach.
StarSync Studio
StarSync Studio is a collaborative digital audio workstation that allows music producers, film scorers and others to create music with other people in real time. Integration of real-time VSTs and other applications such as Unity and Unreal Engine would be wanted. AI algorithms to assist with so-called "writers block" would be integrated. Gone would be the days of sending files back and forth multiple times to create one song. Collaboration made easy in the music world.
2023 Competitors
Attested Locomotion
University of Montana
We would work with consumers and hospitals to print simple and fast prosthetic equipment for users awaiting their new or replacement prosthetics, which often come with a three- to six-week wait time in which universal and non-customized prosthetics offer significant discomfort to the consumer. We would print a same-day, 3-D, simplified-but-still-customized leg to allow the consumer more comfort during this transition period.
BioFitness
University of Montana
This is a 10-week online course with instructional videos. This gives people a taste of what BioFitness does. We then will open a local gym that we can take in-person clients. The ultimate goal is to have trainers who are educated in functional fitness to help guide our clients back to health.
Eco-Wrap
University of Montana
Eco-Wrap is the use of recycled materials to create a fabric gift wrap that ties at the top and unties for later reuse. To go along with this, we would also create bags from the same material. If possible, we would like to be able to partner with any fast fashion factory to collect scraps from those who create the most waste.
Ed-Visor
University of Montana
Registering for classes is overwhelming and confusing due to the limited information available for students. Our startup seeks to solve this by giving information through interactive quizzes that match students to their best suited classes. We aim to empower students to be confident in their academic selections in order to lower class/school dropout rates, increase class attendance and raise grades. No student wants to waste money and no school wants to lose students.
Lab 19
University of Montana
The purpose of Lab 19 is to raise the value and entertainment standard for sports events –specifically in enclosed arenas (like hockey rinks) because the FAA does not regulate the airspace. Meaning, it is easier to plan and operate drone shows without the interference of government entities. Lab 19 is different from other drone light show companies because of our ability to perform in enclosed buildings.
Not Your Grandmother’s
University of Montana
The Not Your Grandmother’s brand was born out of my passion for good food and hatred for currently available edible marijuana products. In an industry in which the current quality ranges from disgusting to subpar, a change needs to be made. Creating high end, artisanal edibles would solve this problem. The purpose of this product is to raise the standard for edible marijuana products and eventually dominate a quickly growing recreational marijuana industry.
PlayAway
University of Montana
As a lifelong musician, I have always been frustrated with the problem of being unable to practice when away from home due to the hassles and risks of traveling with an instrument. PlayAway seeks to create a user-friendly online marketplace in which customers can rent instruments from other individuals or retail stores. We want to be of service to touring professionals, as well as hobbyists, and make renting instruments as easy as booking a Turo.
Pop-Ins Care Match
University of Montana
Our solution for affordable childcare revolves around the idea to utilize possible caregivers and adjust working hours to make it more flexible and appealing to providers while making it organized, efficient and affordable to parents. The premise of the application would be that of Uber or AirBnB, meaning using an underutilized resource to benefit the end user.
Quintessential Ideas
University of Montana
Quintessential Ideas produces handmade notebooks and journals for people who write and plan at home and on the go! The journals feature beautiful cover art, themed dividers, and matching stickers to give users something to fuel their creativity. The notebooks are durable, featuring double-fan bound spines, hard and weather resistant covers, and high quality paper that will hold up to heavy use.
Renewably Consulting LLC
University of Montana
A boutique sustainability consulting firm, Renewably empowers businesses to adopt sustainable strategies and practices that drive positive environmental impact and financial success. We provide expert guidance and customized solutions to help clients reduce their carbon footprint, engage their employees and improve resource efficiency. Our mission is to enable organizations to operate environmentally and socially responsibly and contribute to a more sustainable future for all.
RestReviews
University of Montana
RestReviews is the latest app to prevent picking the wrong place to poo. We are putting the “rest” back in the “room.” The app allows users to make the best decisions on what restrooms to visit andavoid, and also allows users to leave a review of different restrooms they have visited. A user downloads the app and either browses from past user restroom reviews or takes the opportunity to create a new review with ease.
The Morning Tee - TMT
University of Montana
“The Morning Tee” (TMT) is a free golf application that acts as a coach and companion for golfers. The way the app functions starts with the user feeding footage of their swing into the app. A standard swing analysis algorithm crunches the data and gives it to AI, which then translates numbers into natural language and acts as an e-coach. (i.e translating “increase swing speed by 10.2%” into “try swinging a bit faster next time!”).
2022 Competitors
Bloom Technologies Co.
Montana State University
A locally owned and operated company, based in Bozeman, Montana, specializing in farming microalgae to make an environmentally friendly, carbon negative plant fertilizer.
Good Tracker
University of Montana
Good Tracker provides tools to help users manage their carbon footprint, so that they can be green citizens.
IMMERSION by Poye
University of Montana
IMMERSION is a high-tech fashion experience beginning in London, England where customers work one-on-one with fashion designers to create customized items of high-quality clothing which are manufactured same-day as both a physical product and an NFT.
Karn
University of Montana
Quality leather mittens with unique designs for skiing and snowboarding.
Morel Technology LLC
Montana State University
Morel enables restaurants to make mobile-ordering apps to better compete against mega-brands in an industry that's rapidly demanding new technology.
Positivity Outward
Montana State University
Through the app, rural youth are connected to mentors that empower the students to use reflection and action as tools for confidence and well-being.
Telepathy Inc.
Montana State University
Telepathy improves coherent LiDAR to eliminate the last barrier to an autonomous vehicle future.
We Stock Your Shop LLC
University of Montana
We Stock provides an online real-time live purchasing experience of wholesale inventory with no MOQ for small retail business owners, while providing an information platform to customers that will help their companies prosper and grow.
2021 Competitors
Aizy Tech SAR Drone Project
Montana State University
Aizy Tech SAR Drone Project creates drones specifically for first responders.
Bridgible
University of Montana
Bridgible is an online sports coaching marketplace that helps all players access the best coaching, regardless of the barriers they face.
The Giddy Thrifter LLC
University of Montana
With the dream of creating a more sustainable design world with less fast fashion, while keeping the shopping experience intact, The Giddy Thrifter sells new, used, vintage, and upcycled fashion and decor that is ready for new homes, while also teaching style and bargain decor via how-to videos.
KokuaJ
University of Montana
KokuaJ is a personal brand created to be consumed by anyone, anywhere, at any time.
Physico
University of Montana
Physico provides a one-stop connective platform for people that are experiencing, or have experienced injury rehabilitation, where users access individuals with similar experiences to increase motivation, mitigate feelings of loneliness, and positively affect home-based physical therapy outcomes.
Posted Software LLC
Montana State University
Posted Software is the on-campus job posting app for one-time jobs on college campuses.
Red Patch Outdoors
University of Montana
Providing outdoor enthusiasts with modular gear options for hunting, fishing, and hiking.
Samaritan
University of Montana
The Samaritan App connects individuals in medical crisis to their friends, family and close neighbors, for the help they need.
2020 Competitors
CounterBalance
University of Montana
CounterBalance is the first ever carbon offset bracelet, enabling environmentally conscious individuals to take climate action.
Gallatin Visual Media
Montana State University
Gallatin Visual Media is a science communication production company that helps university professors communicate their research and its impacts to the public through film and photography in a way that creates a personal connection and spurs support and action.
Guide Time Booking
University of Montana
Guide Time Booking seamlessly connects guides & outfitters to those who seek.
High Morel
University of Montana
High Morel alleviates costs and accessibility to wastewater treatment for breweries by utilizing mushrooms to remediate brewery wastewater.
Legitimizer
Montana State University
Legitimizer stops illegitimate apps before they fool you.
Red Patch Outdoors (RPO)
University of Montana
Red Patch Outdoors provides high quality, modular outdoor gear that allows you to make your gear fit your needs.
SporeAttic LLC
Montana State University
SporeAttic LLC is a commercial gourmet mushroom farm in the process of starting up in Bozeman, Montana.
Will Care
University of Montana, Montana Tech, Montana Western
Will Care provides easy to understand, step-by-step video instructions that enable the customer to create a legal, dynamic will that tells a story by adding personalized photos or videos around assets.
Zesty Touch
Montana State University
Zesty Touch is an app that will reduce the amount of household food waste.
2019 Competitors
Sellout, Inc.
Montana State University
Sellout is a cloud based event ticketing platform for the progressive event organizer designed to combat scalping and fraud.
Key to the Mountain
University of Montana
Montana EnerGhee is an ultra-efficient energy compound for outdoor professionals that need all-day sustainable energy with a clear mind.
Scry Chat Inc.
University of Montana
Scry Chat, an app for sharing data experiences & advice.
Bitts & Brews
University of Montana
For competitive and social gamers, Bits & Brews aims to provide a haven for like-minded gamers by offering rentable video game pods and PCs, hosting competitive video gaming tournaments, and offering an atmosphere where everybody knows your game.
CubiEZ
Montana State University
CubiEZ provides a compact and convenient way to store your charging needs.
Weaver Web Solutions
University of Montana
Weaver Web Solutions is a service tech company that provides marketers with high quality high leads at a significantly lower price point and in greater numbers than possible with their current efforts.
Peak Retreats
University of Montana
Peak Retreats is a multi-channel network that connects female founders and executives with nationally renowned consultants, determined peers, and educational content designed to supplement their personal and professional goals.
The Ant Network
Montana State University
The Ant Network uses a combination of digital media, physical exhibits, and educational experiences to enable and encourage people to interact with and care for the Earth’s biodiversity.
Serapis Systems Inc.
University of Montana
For private health insurance customers, Serapis Systems reduces the pain of purchasing a private health insurance policy by creating a personalized comparison for every policy using a unique data analytics web service.
KUBED
Montana State University
Kubed is a frozen smoothie cube made from kale, chia seed, and coconut milk that allows you to easily and conveniently boost the nutritional value of any smoothie without the mess or hassle.
May West Milkweed
Montana State University
May West helps conscious consumers stay warm by making winter jackets from milkweed.
Cultivated by Native Montana
University of Montana
CBNM is a sustainable, vertical garden business that utilizes aquaponics to grow fresh crops for the community of Busby, Montana, which is located on the Northern Cheyenne reservation.
2018 Competitors
Crispr Communications
University of Montana
Crispr Communications is a PR and Marketing firm for scientists.
Evergreen Game & Hobby
University of Montana
Evergreen Game & Hobby, LLC is a Montana-based company that will provide an expansive inventory of board and video gaming, comic and hobby supplies to customers in its targeted market.
Freats
Montana State University
Game Ink LLC
University of Montana
Games Ink provides the most engaging and dynamic social card game in tabletop gaming.
Ice Viper Hockey
Montana State University
A high stability street hockey puck that turns asphalt into ice.
Mirthful Farm
University of Montana
Mirthful Farm will flip the model of a conventional farm-to-table restaurant by putting the tables on the farm.
Montana Outdoor Experiences, Inc.
University of Montana
Montana Outdoor Experiences, Inc. provides a free, easy-to-use online outdoor education and recreation events calendar, equipped with marketing tools for businesses and organizations to advertise and promote outdoor events and easy access for recreationists looking for this information.
Morphose Exercise Systems, LLC
University of Montana
For physical therapists seeking to increase patient compliance, the Morphose Exercise System offers a 360-degree view of home exercises with built-in accountability features that can be accessed from any computer, tablet, or smartphone.
Storysquares App
University of Montana
Storysquares is a digital storyboarding app that helps K-12 students write stories and reports step-by-step with confidence.
Wage Sheets
University of Montana
Wage Sheets is a software as a service (SaaS) cloud platform and accounting software add-on that gives union contractors and their employees clarity and peace of mind during the hiring and payroll process.
Vaytricks
Montana State University
Vaytricks helps content makers – audio producers, video producers, artists, and designers – do better work faster by providing effective flexible applications meant for the next generation of creators.
2017 Competitors
Bonsai Communities
Clare Weiler, UM
Small Homes Under the Big Sky: A Sustainable Affordable Housing Solution.
Clark Fork Charcuterie
Alyssa Tutskey and Stephen Hodgdon, UM
Retail and wholesale producer of locally sourced, cured and specialty meats, such as salami and prosciutto, targeting customers seeking hard to find, traditionally made, old-world style charcuterie.
Cowboy Cricket Farms LLC
Kathleen Rolin, MSU
Crepe Cuisine
Kassi Soelter, UM
We are a mobile food truck selling traditional French crepes with a local, Montanan twist to Missoulians looking for a unique and delicious food option.
Darktwin Studios
Waylon Roberts, MSU
Farmented
Vanessa Bakken, MSU
FeatureMe
Taylor Wyllie, UM
For that impossible to shop for friend or family member FeatureMe offers the most unique and genuinely touching gift — a personalized story.
Healthy Eats
Steve Ehresman, Montana Tech
Inspired recipe generation tailored to you whether cooking at home or out shopping.
MatchM
Brandon Staggs, UM
MatchMade is a
Miriam's Inspired Skin Care
Rebecca Elderkin, UM
Miriam's Inspired Skin Care offers the nutrition skin
Pedenza
Kyle Jones, Carroll College
Pedenza creates top-of-the-line, floating wine bottle holders from a selection of fine hardwoods designed to keep your wine fresh.
Ryffit
Brandon Orr, UM
Pick your favorite guitar or ukulele songs. Ryffit will print them into one book and mail it to your doorstep.
Sirberus
Zachary Wright, MSU
StrappedIn
Bridger Frandsen, UM
StrappedIn is an amateur talent agency and online platform that connects aspiring athletes with local companies through sponsorships.
TOMIS
Evan Tipton, UM
The Digital Marketing Assistant for Tour Operators.
TranSciLator
Hannah Fay, UM
An online science communication platform with a fact-checking component and a simple education model that explains trending science in a clear, concise manner that doesn’t require a
2016 Competitors
Bakaate
Bessie Crooked Arm, MSU Billings
Lily Good Path is the character for a series of children’s books and is unique in that she follows American Indian folklore, with moral lessons to take care of the earth and respect all native cultures. The mission of the company that publishes the books, Bakaate, is to inspire and empower children to take care of mother earth and respect all native cultures through literary books and dolls.
Birds of A Feather
Matthew Gillespie, UM
Birds of a Feather Co. sources down feathers from legally hunted migratory birds across the United States. Our mission is to provide a sustainable product through ethical sourcing methods to help companies create the top quality gear consumers use every day. With growing consumer demand and the need to sustainably source goods, being environmentally conscious as a business is a topic of concern.
Bloom Content
Zachary Falen, UM
BLOOM is a cloud-hosted web platform that connects undergraduate content producers with local businesses looking to stand out online. Bloom accomplishes this by leveraging a dynamic vetting system, expanding access to creative tools and a rapidly growing pool of student talent. This gives local businesses a convenient, affordable option for generating the custom digital content (video, photo, graphics, etc.) they need.
Chilton Skis
George Gaines, UM
Chilton Skis is a Missoula-based manufacturer creating an all-mountain ski from salvaged and sustainably harvested wood combined with modern composite materials. Our innovative designs and leading-edge construction methods yield high performance skis with a unique and elegant form.
Danceador
Johanna Ciampa, UM
Danceador is a virtual dance ambassador that will bring world dance to one platform. It will be a simple, intuitive resource that contains comprehensive global dance content, which can be easily accessed and filtered, with summaries from dance ethnographers. Users will be able to share, discover, and celebrate movement ideas from around the world. Danceador will assist submission of global, user-generated content while our film team will help communities that are ill-equipped to produce their own content.
Growify Aquaponics
Dylan McDowell, MSU
We create a kit that allows students to build their own Aquaponics system at home. The kit comes with an online course that teaches students about agriculture and how to program with Raspberry Pi. We want to help kids learn about agriculture, technology and get excited about science. With our makers kit and access to our online course kids will learn how to grow their own food, how to program using Raspberry Pi, while learning math and science along the way.
HazardReady
Carson MacPhey-Krutsky
HazardReady is a web application that provides users with location-based information about their natural hazard risks and steps they can take to prepare. HazardReady helps people prepare in advance, saving money and lives. We’ve created an interactive online tool that forecasts multiple natural hazards at the individual address level in terms that anyone can understand.
LongLoc
Graydon Myhre, UM
LongLoc will support sustainable transportation by enabling longboard, skateboard,and scooter riders to secure their boards in a designated area just like bicycle users. Having a safe place to lockup boards will encourage more ridership, but also keep boards out of buildings where they can become fire and liability hazards.
Montana Root Applications
Evin Ozer, UM
Montana Root Applications is a team of professionals on a mission to reduce the occurrence of skin cancer by leveraging, envisioning, and developing relevant technology. Our premier product is SolarScreen, an artificially intelligent skin cancer prevention system. Its MVP iteration has been released as a mobile phone and smart watch application that offers the information necessary to avoid sunburn and limit skin damage.
Park-it
Joseph Desch, UM
Park-It LLC. Park-It alleviates parking frustration through a mobile application that uses real-time parking information and analytics to direct college commuters and residents to open parking spots. Park-It seeks to empower users with advanced analytics and real-time parking data to make a small, but often frustrating aspect of life, easier.
Polo: The Social Calendar
Waylon Roberts, MSU
Polo: The Social Calendar is an app that allows you to effortlessly find out when you and your friends are free at the same time. It launches on Android this May and iOS this summer. Polo: The Social Calendar is an app designed to bring people together by eliminating the difficulties involved in scheduling, and provide a large-scale platform for friends to communicate and coordinate social events.
Second Nature
Shae Stein, MSU
The Second Nature shower chair helps to improve the bathing experience of dementia patients and their caregivers through a unique set of product features aimed at alleviating the stress felt by both parties.
Tip Top Nail Bar
Gabrielle Gebauer, UM
Tip Top Nail Bar is a local nail salon that provides non-toxic and natural manicure and pedicure services in a fume-free, relaxing, and hip environment. Tip Top is a reflection ofthe changing trends in the beauty industry which are aiming to be more sustainable by using non-toxic products. Tip Top fills the void between the discount, strip-mall nail salons and high-end spas without sacrificing customer service, sanitation, and style.
Triple Divide
Zachary Rogala, UM
TRIPLE DIVIDE is an online financial services company, providing equity crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending services. We provide sophisticated equity crowdfunding brokerage and peer-to-peer lending solutions to the Montana financial sector. Our online platform affords novel access to new investments.
Urgent ID
Denise Hartman, Montana Tech
Urgent ID, LLC is bringing a new and unique product to the market, designed to protect individuals in the public environment. This product provides an emergency notification and personal locator system to school-aged children, teachers, even government workers.
Vector Visuals
Tyler Christianson, UM
Vector Visuals is a Montana based video production company focused on offering small businesses professional videos as marketing tools they can use to build brand awareness both online and commercially. Our mission is to become the leading Montana video production company that small businesses turn to for their video marketing needs. We have a passion for making original, unique, and memorable videos that will help our customers with whatever their video needs may be.