Demo Day at Canyon Ventures

By Ralph Freso

GCU alumni Kevin Vega and Suman Dangol of the Vox Company won the AZ Venture of the Year Award and the $5,000 prize at Demo Day on Wednesday at Canyon Ventures.

  • Founding Director of Canyon Ventures Robert Vera welcomes students and guests to the Demo Day event.
  • Former Demo Day Arizona Venture of the Year winner Connor Vicary speaks to the participants.
  • Eight-year-old entrepreneurs (from left) Sena Loman, Scarlett Corwin and Eldon Zaft kick off the Demo Day event with a pitch for their own product, Candy+More.
  • Caleb McCandliss presents his CarChap product during Demo Day.
  • Shannon Ortiz pitches The Best Bar during Demo Day.
  • Shannon Ortiz’ s The Best Bar products during Demo Day.
  • Lucas Patten makes a presentation for his PowderPal product during Demo Day.
  • Lucas Patten tells the audience about his PowderPal product.
  • Lucas Patten pitches his PowderPal product on Demo Day.
  • Kevin Vega (right) and Suman Dangol make their case for their Vox Company's custom AI solutions product during Demo Day.
  • Kevin Vega (right) and Suman Dangol demonstrate their Vox Company custom AI solutions product during Demo Day.
  • Judges (from left) Nick Kasten of National Bank of Arizona, Ashley Sankar of NineteenTwenty Designs and Greg Barr of the Phoenix Business Journal listen as presenters pitch their products during Demo Day.
  • Sophia Zaft recruits her son, Eldon, and his friends, Scarlett Corwin and Sena Loman, to help pitch her Splashy Sand product during Demo Day.
  • Katie Dufort makes a presentation for her Puzzle Rides product during Demo Day.
  • Sage Dudman shares the story of her Cambria Court jewelry.
  • Assistants show samples of Sage Dudman’s Cambria Court jewelry to the judges.
  • Sage Dudman wears samples of her Cambria Court necklace charms as she presents.
  • Caleb McCandliss (right) learns his CarChap product won the People Choice Award.
  • Suman Dangol (left) and Kevin Vega react as their Vox Custom AI Solutions product was named AZ Venture of the Year during Demo Day.
  • Suman Dangol (left) and Kevin Vega react as their Vox Custom AI Solutions product was named the winner of the AZ Venture of the Year.

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GCU Magazine

August 2026

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