Part of the [[Start-Up Guide (Issue Brief)]] Series
===VC Backed=About==<onlyinclude>The New Venture Challenge is a Chicago, Illinois-based, non-profit university accelerator institution founded in 1996. It advertises two services, mentorship and education. NVC has four directors, three of whom have indirect entrepreneurship experience in the sector. Of the 293 startups which have enrolled in the NVC program, 15 have received venture capital funding. 13 companies which participated in the Station Houston program have been acquired and two have exited in an IPO. </onlyinclude>
| Interchange Corp || Pers/Bus/Rep Svc || 1/22/00 || 10/18/04 || 6/29/04 || California || United States || 22 || 22 || 22 || U.S. Public || 45845K || INCX || Nasdaq || Yes || -7.5 || || 24422 Avenida De La Carlota ||
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| GrubHub Inc || Pers/Bus/Rep Svc || 7/10/00 || 4/3/14 || 2/28/14 || Illinois || United States || 192.546 || 192.5 || 192.546 || U.S. Public || 400110 || GRUB || New York || Yes || 33.85 || 1/1/04 || Suite 2100 111 W. Washington St ||
| Smartline || ICT Group || np n || p || || 8/29/95 || 8/29/95 || Business Services || Business Services || Completed || Langhorne || Buffalo
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| Bioconnect Inc || RF Industries Ltd || np n || p || || 12/5/00 || 12/5/00 || Electronic and Electrical Equipment || Wholesale Trade-Durable Goods || Completed || San Diego || Lake Elsinore
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| PinPoint Corp || RF Technologies || np n || p || || 4/9/02 || 4/9/02 || Measuring Medical Photo Equipment; Clocks || Measuring Medical Photo Equipment; Clocks || Completed || Brookfield || Millerica
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| Alameda Co || First Advantage Corp || np n || p || || 10/13/04 || 10/13/04 || Business Services || Business Services || Completed || Poway || Alameda
| Winco Inc || Quanta Services Inc || np n || p || || 7/1/08 || 7/1/08 || Construction Firms || Construction Firms || Completed || Houston ||
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| Ascent LLC || Ambulatory Care Centers || np n || p || || 10/1/10 || 10/1/10 || Business Services || Business Services || Completed || Orlando || Saint Louis
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| ReTel Technologies Inc || ShopperTrak Corp || np n || p || || 10/29/12 || 10/29/12 || Business Services || Business Services || Completed || Chicago || Chicago
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| SoCore Energy LLC || Edison International Corp || np n || p || || 6/25/13 || 8/5/13 || Electric Gas and Water Distribution || Electric Gas and Water Distribution || Completed || Rosemead || Chicago
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| Bump Technologies Inc || Google Inc || np n || p || || 9/16/13 || 9/16/13 || Business Services || Prepackaged Software || Completed || Mountain View || Mountain View
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| Power2Switch || Choose Energy Inc || np n || p || || 9/30/13 || 9/30/13 || Business Services || Business Services || Completed || Plano || Chicago
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| ProOnGo LLC || The Neat Company Inc || np n || p || || 10/3/13 || 10/3/13 || Computer and Office Equipment || Prepackaged Software || Completed || Philadelphia || Chicago