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The University of Missouri in Columbia runs Entrepreneur Quest, a student accelerator at the Griggs Innovators Nexus. Official pages describe workshops, mentoring, and a prize pool for full-time students.
Include. Mizzou has a funded campus student accelerator with named recent winners..
How we know this: the figures on this page come from the linked sources (last verified 2026-10-08); what those sources do not state is left unknown.
At a glance
Indexed programs
2
All currently active
Top direct funding
$15,000
Entrepreneur Quest
Equity
Equity terms unknown
Program mix
2
Accelerator · Entrepreneurship Center
Programs to explore
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2 programs indexed
Accelerator
Entrepreneur Quest
Accelerator$15,000
funding range
- Last activity
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- Participants
- Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
- Verification
- Partially Verified
Entrepreneurship Center
Griggs Innovators Nexus
Entrepreneurship Center—
funding range
- Last activity
- —
- Participants
- Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
- Verification
- Partially Verified
From students
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Post a startupFunding and Equity
The Entrepreneur Quest page says the program provides a $30,000 prize pool and has invested more than $250,000 in student businesses since 2018. A university news story says first place receives $15,000, second $10,000, and third $5,000. Equity terms are not stated. The page uses the word investment for the awards.
Recent Activity
The program page lists a September 22 semifinal pitch and a November 17 final. It names 2025 winners. A December 2025 student-press account of the November 18 final is not used for prize rules.
Known Startups and Winners
- The university program page names 2025 winners Rgent, AcreView Analytics, and Sencare Medical Solutions, and also describes Vital Track.
Research gaps & things to verify
Missing Information
- Equity terms are not stated.
- The program page and a news story use September and November dates without a single consistent year on every line.
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University of Missouri
The University of Missouri in Columbia runs Entrepreneur Quest, a student accelerator at the Griggs Innovators Nexus. Official pages describe workshops, mentoring, and a prize pool for full-time students.
This page is a researched public listing compiled from official university sources. It is unclaimed and has not been verified by the school.
News & articles
2 news articles and official sources documenting entrepreneurship programs, winners, and activity at University of Missouri.
2 sources
Official sources(2)
University of Missouri
Entrepreneur Quest
Entrepreneur Quest helps full-time Mizzou students turn ideas and side hustles into ventures. Students get workshops, tools, networking, mentoring, and a prize pool. Semifinalists pitch, judges pick finalists, and a final pitch awards seed funding.
Read on University of Missouri
University of Missouri
Griggs Innovators Nexus
University of Missouri research pages identify the Griggs Innovators Nexus as the home of Entrepreneur Quest, the student accelerator that coaches full-time students and awards seed funding.
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