Two Vermont Technical College students won the top prize at this year’s LaunchVT Collegiate pitch competition. Green Mountain Maple Innovations, started by senior Manny Aretakis and junior Jack Beauparlant, pitched an innovative new tool for tapping trees. Second place went to BeachIt, an innovative parking app solution founded by Andrew Smith from Middlebury College, and Third place was awarded to Pure Investments, a crypto-currency trading information and education platform founded by Michael Wolf from Champlain College.