ADDISON COUNTY NATIVES Matthew Giles and Cullen Jemison pitch their company, Thermouse, to the judges at the LaunchVT Collegiate Competition in Burlington. They won $7,500 to help pay start-up costs.
BURLINGTON — Two Addison County men who attend Champlain College and a Middlebury College student are sharing $10,000 in prize money awarded last week in a competition for collegiate entrepreneurs. The money will be used to help them launch their respective companies.
Matthew Giles of New Haven and Cullen Jemison of Starksboro, who both attend Champlain College, are the founders of Thermouse. At the first-ever LaunchVT Collegiate Competition, on Feb. 19, they won first place and $7,500.
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