Penn State Great Valley - Lion Cage

The REV-UP Center for Entrepreneurship’s annual Lion Cage event presents an opportunity for early-stage entrepreneurs to pitch products and compete for cash prizes. 

After being selected through an online application, participants will have five minutes to share their creation or service with a panel of judges, including industry experts and faculty. Judges have the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback. The top three finalists will receive awards. 

The event will be of interest to community and student entrepreneurs and investors. Entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist Wayne Kimmell will provide the Keynote Address. 

Registration is required for this event. To register, please visit greatvalley.psu.edu/lion-cage.

 

Wayne Kimmell

SeventySix Capital
Managing Partner
Wayne Kimmel is a sports tech venture capitalist at SeventySix Capital, entrepreneur, philanthropist, tireless networker, keynote speaker and the author of Six Degrees of Wayne Kimmel.   

Wayne has been named a Top Innovator by Philadelphia Magazine and is on the Philadelphia Business Journal's Power 100 list.  

He is the Managing Partner of SeventySix Capital, the venture capital company he founded in 1999, and invests in startup consumer facing tech companies in the sports, retail and wellness industries. SeventySix Capital has been nominated as an Outstanding Investor by SportTechie alongside Blue Star Sports, Bryant Stibel, Courtside Ventures and Greycroft Partners.  

Wayne has invested in over 50 startup technology and healthcare companies, including SeamlessWeb (now public as GrubHub), Take Care Health Systems and Nutrisystem. Among the Fortune 500 companies that have acquired his portfolio companies are Aramark, Intel, IBM, Walgreens and Yahoo!  

His partners at SeventySix Capital are Jon Powell, CEO of Kravco Company LLC, a leading real estate company that developed the King of Prussia Mall, and Ryan Howard, Major League Baseball National League MVP and 2008 World Series Champion with the Philadelphia Phillies.   Wayne, Jon and Ryan are also a partners in Rubicon Talent, a sports marketing and talent agency with clients including, Olympians Kerri Walsh Jennings and Lolo Jones, MLB legend Cal Ripken, Jr., and NFL stars Greg Olsen, DeMarco Murray, and Emmanuel Sanders.  

He is on the Board of Einstein Healthcare Network and was on the Board of Jewish Federations of North America, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, and the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.   Wayne is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park and the Delaware Law School. He is passionate about Philly’s pro sports teams and about working to make the world a better place.
For more information, visit gew.psu.edu