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Volusia Innovation Challenge opens Jan. 6; county incubator to award yearlong incubator prize

5502507 · July 30, 2025
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Volusia County's new public pitch competition will accept applications Jan. 6–Jan. 31, with finalists presenting at Daytona Beach's Ocean Center and an in‑event incubator prize of one free year, county economic development staff told the advisory board.

Brad Harris, Volusia County economic development representative, told the City of Daytona Beach Economic Development Advisory Board on Thursday that the newly branded Volusia Innovation Challenge will open for applications Jan. 6 and close Jan. 31. "It is a county wide pitch competition similar to what you might see on Shark Tank for all of our residents and our students that are over 18 years of age," Harris said. "It's going to be hosted here in the Ocean Center." Harris said judges will review applications between the close of submissions…

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