BILT Subsidiary, LegacyAcres, Awarded $200k TVSF Grant for Software Development
The BILT Connections team successfully petitioned for and obtained a $200k Technology Validation Startup Fund (TVSF) Grant from the Ohio Department of Development Third Frontier program. Funds will be injected into the local economy as BigKitty Labs is contracted to write and develop the software.
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BILT President, Chimdi Chekwa and VP Bryant Browning talked with Ohio State legend, Ted Ginn Jr. and former coach, current Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and our advisor, Jim Tressel on their podcast BLEAV in Buckeyes where they did a deep dive into the current state of our mission. Ted has been the top spokesperson for Lt. Governor Tressel's Fitness Challenge spanning elementary schools across Ohio! They are working to implement an active lifestyle into kids from a young age. All three BILT co-founders are actively engaged as ambassadors for the program.
Check out this episode of the pod here!
In April, 2025 BILT Connections explored a new avenue of bringing opportunity to former and current student-athletes while also boosting OSU tech commercialization by licensing a succession planning software and spinning off LegacyAcres.
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Co-Founders Sam Storts and Chimdi Chekwa sat down with NBC 4 anchor, Jerod Smalley, to give some insight to the new world of NIL and explain how the BILT model is looking to the future.
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OSU Women's Basketball star, Cotie McMahon and football star, Denzel Burke, announced as first student-athlete partners of BILT Connections.
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BILT co-founders had the opportunity to mentor two groups of student-athlete entrepreneurs as part of the OSU Keenan Center Best of Student Startups (BOSS) and Bucksgopro programs.
The group of three outstanding businesswomen from the OSU Women's Soccer team made the top 6 and pitched to a panel in a competition for $10,000. Mirann Gacioch, Natalie Garcia, and Lily Danner were outstanding in their pitch and proved that Buckeyes are #BILTdifferent
Read more about the BucksGoPro program here.
Watch our President and Vice President discuss the BILT concept on their podcast "BLEAV in Buckeyes"
President and Co-Founder, Chimdi Chekwa, to seat a panel raising awareness of the value NIL can add to local businesses