2020 New Venture Competition Semifinalists

 

 

Social Ventures


 

ARTIFICIAL GLACIERS


Sudhir Hinduja GWSB '20
Monika Jaisingh GWSB '20

Cognitive Gym


Katherine Hurley GSEHD '23

Crumb Snatchers LLC


Gabrielle McCracken CPS '21

 

DC Writers' Salon


Alison Cherry GSEHD '22

Jhielké


Rachel Puri ESIA '21
Prashansa Thapa

Mandalarity


Victoria Ma
Dhrumil Shah Milken Institute GWSPH '20

 

Plantarion


Alexa Gaul
Andy Nevers GWSB '22

Project REALM


Rushi Challa SMHS '23
Hoon Min SMHS '23
Jacob Shalkevich SMHS '23
Nandan Srinivasa SMHS '23

Rice Wrap


Lenon Adam GWSB '21
Daniel Nguyen SEAS '20
Panisara Pummalee SB '21

 

Rise Nutrition


Jesse Papirio GWSPH '20
Kristan Papirio

Volte Packaging


Simone Vaillancourt GWSB '23

Zuulun


Michael Chergosky Corcoran '22
Keila Davila-Olmo GWSB '18
Yumjirdulam Olontumen GWSB '22

 

 

Technology Ventures


 

Apptivist


Maryam Ahmed CCAS '22
Abdullah Baig

Cyber Graph


Benjamin Bowman SEAS '23
Howie Huang SEAS Faculty
Craig Laprade SEAS '22

Fresh Air DC


Andrew Burwell CCAS '20
Emma Elmore GWSB '20
Logan Roes CCAS '20
Nafeez Talukder SEAS '20

 

Ichosia Biotechnology


Ahmad Aljaberi CCAS '20
David Hyon GWSB '21
Anna Grim CCAS '21
Lucas Vining-Recklitis CCAS '22

Lingo Coach


Pedram Hosseini SEAS '22

Painless Park


Nathan Carney GWSB '21
Xuzheng Lu SEAS '22
Jingzhi Zha GWSB '22

 

Pressure Sensitive Inhalers


Stephano Bonitto SMHS '23
Christian Falgons SMHS '23
Andrea Neira Gesteria SMHS '23
Vera Pertsovskaya SMHS '23

RestEasy


Aditya Maddali SMHS '23
Shelly Mishra SMHS '23
Krithika Rao SMHS '23

Rob Bitt


Ria Kim SEAS '20
Mariia Sidulova SEAS '25

 

Sol Invictus


Ahmad Aljaberi CCAS '20
David Hyon GWSB '21
Edward Jahng ESIA '20
Lucas Vining-Recklitis CCAS '22

VentiPal


Paul Martinez SMHS '23
Ben McSweeney SMHS '23
Connor McSweeney
Ian Sherwood SMHS '23

Wato


Benjamin Harvey SEAS Faculty
Ian Sotnek ESIA '22
Kristy Yee Loke

 

 

New Ventures


 

Benjamin


Pasha Abrishamchian ESIA '19
Jay Grieve SEAS '22
M. Amin Hosseini GWSB '21
Michael Rand GWSB '21

BladesWork Unlimited


Christian Helms
Robert Plante GWSB '21

BLOSSOME


Rachel Cui GWSB '22
Haoyun Peng GWSB '22
Hanqiu Yang GWSB '22
Wendy Zhong GWSB '22

 

HotMaps


Gilad Kabilow GWSB '20
Matan Wilchek

Instafusion


Waqas Haque
Huma Ilyas SEAS '22

OmniFlex


Skye Blanks ESIA '21
Anar Parmar GWSPH '21
Alessandra Rizzo
Helen Solomon CCAS '20

 

OTGbaby Inc.


Brett Guterman GWSB '22

People Powered Doors


Carrie Ganetta
Kenneth Gannetta GWSB '21
Skye Kussmann GWSB '20

Songwriter's Dream


Collin Cadet CCAS '23
Jacy Case CCAS '22
Rumi Robinson CCAS '22

 

SunShine


Ori Terletski GWSB '21

Tour Détroit


Danielle Lewis-Jones GWSB '21
Sandra Perez ESIA '20
Kristopher Wilson GWSB '22

Travel Buddy


Arjun Malkani GWSB '20
Christopher Meyer GWSB '20