We have over 100 teams competing in the 13th Annual Duke Start-Up Challenge.
| Functional Tracks | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | |
| Clean Energy | 5 | 10 | 11 | |
| Healthcare & Life Sciences | 16 | 15 | 19 | |
| IT, Internet & Media | 48 | 30 | 27 | |
| Other Products & Services | 33 | 34 | 27 | |
| Social Enterprises | 16 | 21 | 25 | |
| 118* | 110 | 109 | ||
| Special Interest Tracks | ||||
| Undergraduate-led Startups | 46 | 43 | 41 | |
| Women-led Startups | 34 | 27 | 29 | |
| Pilot Track | ||||
| China-focused Startups | 12 | |||
| School at Duke (Lead student) | ||||
| Trinity | 37 | 30 | ||
| Fuqua School of Business | 34 | 17 | ||
| Pratt | 30 | 46 | ||
| The Graduate School | 10 | 5 | ||
| School of Law | 2 | 7 | ||
| Nicholas School of the Environment | 2 | 2 | ||
| School of Medicine | 2 | 1 | ||
| Sanford School of Public Policy | 1 | 2 | ||
| 118 | 80 | |||
| * includes Alumni/Faculty/Staff teams | ||||
| Student | 102 | |||
| Alumni/Faculty/Staff | 16 | |||
