Our Company Traction
December 2021
Inception of the UCleaner device idea by co-founders Robert Choe and Blake Kuzemchak.
January-May 2022
Accepted into New Venture Practicum Course at UMD College Park. Through the course, we framed out our initial business model.
June-July 2022
UCleaner team was accepted into the Terp Startup Accelerator 2022. During this 8-week program, our team began the customer discovery process and were awarded the Customer Discovery Prize during TSA Demo Day.
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October 2022
Awarded the Future Develops Award from the Shils Entrepreneurial Fund. UCleaner L.L.C. beat out over 50 other business plan proposals to win this award.
November 2022
Accepted into I-Corps at GW program. Our team successfully completed over 20 customer interviews during this 3-week short course.
January-June 2023
Accepted into and completed TEDCO SBIR/STTR Proposal Lab. Through this 6-month workshop series, UCleaner L.L.C. has received guidance on NSF SBIR Phase I grant application process.
July-August 2023
Accepted into and have successfully completed the NSF National I-Corps Program (Executive Summary ID: P-08619).
Next Milestones
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Continue Customer Discovery Process
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Conduct 500 Customer Discovery Interviews by Year-End 2023
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Fundraising
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UCleaner L.L.C. is currently preparing applications for NSF SBIR Phase I, NSF PFI, and MIPS grants.
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