Spartans Headed to CEO Global Pitch Competition

Each year, more than 600 college students from every state and several countries apply for the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization Global Pitch Competition. This year, three of the top 100 finalists are University of Tampa students.

They will share their business ideas Nov. 5-7 in Clearwater at the 43^rd annual CEO Global Conference and Pitch Competitions. The top four ventures will receive funding for their business from a pool of $20,000.

• Maxwell Cohen ’26, M.S. ’27 is pitching Valero, a spray that reduces the smell of cigar smoke on clothing.
• Christopher Jensen ’26 is pitching Brewfy dissolving coffee tablets. 
• Amalia Muntean, a master’s in entrepreneurship student from Germany studying at UTampa this semester, is pitching RabbiX, software that tracks decisions made by artificial intelligence.

Cohen and Jensen also will compete Friday in the semifinals of UTampa’s annual C.R.E.A.T.E. Business Idea Competition at the John P. Lowth Entrepreneurship Center.