2022 NYBPC TRACKS ANNOUNCED

The competition is divided into categories, called tracks, at all levels of competition. Student teams compete within their assigned tracks. This year’s tracks have been announced: Safety, Power & Mobility, Health & Wellbeing, Food, Media, Art & Entertainment, Software & Services and Products & Hardware. 

Competitors compete in one of several tracks during the NYBPC competition. Generally, tracks are defined by industry sector (e.g. food and agriculture), business model (e.g. B2B), and/or enabling technologies (e.g. machine learning). Tracks are defined by the NYBPC organizers at the state level and are subject to change at any time during the competition. 

Students are assigned tracks based on what is included in their applications, and do not select their own tracks. Competitors identify industry sector(s), business model(s), and/or attributes that apply to their venture and their team in the online application by checking the appropriate boxes. 

Tracks

  • Food & AgTech: agricultural technology, food product, food service

  • Health & Wellbeing: education, health IT, life science, medtech, wellbeing

  • Safety, Power & Mobility: defense, energy, first responder, infrastructure, mobility & transportation 

  • Media, Art & Entertainment: entertainment, gaming, media, art

  • Products & Hardware: general track for ventures with business models that may not apply to other tracks

  • Services & Software: general track for ventures with business models that may not apply to other tracks

Sectors:

Defense, Energy First Responder, Infrastructure, Mobility & Transportation, Education, Health IT, Life Science, Medtech, Wellbeing, Agricultural Technology, Food Product, Food Service, Entertainment, Gaming, Media, Art, Other

Business Types 

Software, Hardware, Product, Service, Other B2B Solutions, Other B2C Solutions

Tags: 

BIPOC (Black and Indigenous People of Color), Female Founder, First-Generation College Student, Immigrant Founder, LGBTQIA+, Social Entrepreneurship, Undergraduate, Veteran-Owned, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain & Cryptocurrency, Circular Economy, Climate Tech/Environmental Impact, Concept Stage, COVID Response, Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Learning (ML), Patentable, Venture-Backable

The NYBPC organizers assign tracks to teams. Student teams will be informed of their track assignments prior to the regional competitions. All tracks are judged according to the same criteria and rubric. Sectors, business types and tags may also be used for special prize eligibility, so all competitors are encouraged to be thorough in their selections.

Learn more about tags and tracks in the 2022 Rulebook. 

If you have any questions, please contact Bailey Burke at bailey@upstatecapital.org. 

Noa Simons