2017 New Venture Competition Finalist
Social Ventures
Urgent Wellness
Freya Spielberg GWSPH '92
Aubrey Villalobos GWSPH '21
John Barbino
Luigi Leblanc
Urgent Wellness provides community-placed, community health worker-operated telemedicine and medical vending machines that reduce costs while improving health for vulnerable populations.
KnoNap
Colten Eberhardt CCAS '17
Danya Sherman ESIA '19
Connor Varley SEAS '18
KnoNap is a one-of-a kind discreet napkin that tests for the presence of date rape drugs in beverages.
Give Butter
Liran Cohen SEAS '18
Max Friedman GWSB '17
Ari Krasner ESIA '18
Givebutter is a social crowd funding platform for student organizations and nonprofits with a mission of inspiring people to give back.
The Forgotten Fruit
Larry Gibbons GWSB '16
Stephanie Westhelle GWSB '17
We create delicious snacks using misshaped produce discarded by our agricultural system, to increase revenue for farmers and decrease waste.
Technology Ventures
Bernik
Nikolaos Beratlis SEAS '01
Natalia Clementi SEAS '19
A heads-up display for motorcycles that projects critical information in the rider’s forward vision including rear view visibility and blind spots.
Clean Condense
Charles Bayard Carlson GWSB '18
Spencer Legred CCAS '17
David Meehan GWSB '17
Dennis Marquis
We provide gardeners and growers with clean water to run their operations, in both an affordable and environmentally friendly way.
Opal: Medical Equipment Management System
Connor Roberts SEAS '17
Opal is a comprehensive equipment management system that delivers the power and efficiency of condition-based maintenance to the healthcare sector.
Fourth Wave Studios
Joseph Schiarizzi SEAS '18
Fourth Wave Studios builds augmented reality apps which make education material more visual and interactive than ever before.
New Ventures
Berg Bites
Daniel Berg GWSB '18
Marguerite Bottorff
With heart healthy oats, Omega 3 powerhouses like chia/hemp seeds, Berg Bites are the guilt free snacks that are sinfully delicious!
Agaport
Joshua Pulman GWSB '17
Mimi Shojai CCAS '17
Tatiana Seikaly CCAS '17
Agaport will be the first online platform to search, compare, and book storage space in Freeports, located within free trade zones.
Drwr
James Carbone GWSB '19
Rowland Zhang ESIA '16
drwr is an antiques and collectibles e-commerce platform. It improves buyer/seller experience through a user-generated taxonomy system.
The Pocket Palette
Lynda T.C. Peralta GWSB '17
The Pocket Palette: A single-serve makeup kit that empowers women to focus on priorities and stop carrying bulky bags.