2025 New Venture Competition Finalists

Bee Strong streamlines stroke recovery with metric tracking, emergency alerts, secure caregiver pairing, and more, empowering survivors and caregivers to navigate recovery together through consistent, coordinated care. More than just a tool, our app fosters a connected community that allows stroke survivors to “Bee Strong” on their path to recovery.

Chelsea Antero ESIA '26 | Joanna Hsu GWSPH '26

$1,500
Explorer 1st Place Winner ($1,500)

Policare is an app-based service and artificial intelligence tool provided to healthcare workers allowing for fast and accurate access and comparison of local, state, and national health policies. Policare will increase the regulatory compliance of traveling providers and will allow healthcare workers to easily understand location-based differences in health policy.

Aditya Loganathan GWSB '26 | Isabella Lagunzad GWSPH '24 | Andrew Meltzer SMHS | Janice Blanchard SMHS | Ryan Heidish SMHS

$500
Explorer 3rd Place Winner ($500)

Our SaaS platform automates and reduces the weeks-long firmware signing process down to minutes, shortening time-to-market and reducing reliance on scarce, expensive expertise. Embedded software engineers at manufacturing companies call our solution within their software development build workflows during the testing and production phases of the product development lifecycle.

Jeanine Johnson SEAS '25 | Julie Omran

Nurse Math is a mobile app revolutionizing healthcare leadership by bridging the healthcare financial literacy gap among nurse leaders. Offering step-by-step calculations, a comprehensive glossary of finance terms, and real-time metric assessments, Nurse Math empowers users to make informed decisions, enhance operational efficiency, and drive strategic success—anytime, anywhere.

Marguerite Rowell SON '26

SepsisCare is an AI/ML-powered software as a medical device (AI SaMD) designed to facilitate the rapid diagnosis and prediction of sepsis. Leveraging advanced AI/ML algorithms, SepsisCare can identify subtle patterns that may not be immediately apparent to the human eye.SepsisCare is specifically developed to predict sepsis, a critical condition triggered by the body's extreme response to infection, which can result in tissue damage, organ failure, or death.

Bharat Khandelwal CCAS '25 | Nilesh Khandelwal

GreenLit is a sports-betting advisory software platform that leverages advanced data analytics to provide unbiased bet recommendations that empower sports bettors to make informed betting decisions, while avoiding risky wagers influenced by sportsbook vested interests in gambling losses. Our intuitive grading process quickly provides bettors insights into their parlay risk.

Rohan Rajesh GWSB '25  | Andrew Sotell GWSB '25 | Alexa Asgharzadeh GWSB '25 | Arnav Patel GWSB '25

NextBase is a baseball-social-media-marketplace connecting 400,000+ high school players with 10,000+ college athletes for recruiting guidance, team insights, and career advice. It enables mentorship through messaging, posts, and video-calls, making recruiting 95% more affordable and 12x more engaging than traditional services, with potential in 32 other NCAA sports.

Karol Mlynarczyk GWSB '25 | Elliott Irwin GWSB '25 | Graham Jeffries GWSB '25

UniFlex is an app that connects students with clubs by allowing them to import their existing schedule to see which clubs fit their availability. UniFlex is a visual-interactive platform that helps students connect with peers and club leaders for recruitment, scheduling, and member retention.

Vijay Jayamani SEAS '25 | Khushi Thakkar SEAS '25

GuideGuard is revolutionizing central line placement by redesigning the guidewire with an innovative P-shaped tail end that prevents retention incidents. Our intuitive, clinician-friendly design improves patient safety and outcomes while integrating seamlessly into existing central-line kits, positioning us as a key player in the quality improvement (QI) space.

Aditya Loganathan GWSB '26 | Andrew Meltzer SMHS | Daniel Shpigel GWSB '25 | Leslie Gailloud GWSB '26| Nicholas Melucci SMHS

We are creating a pathology reporting service that seamlessly integrates tissue collection with rapid staining and preparation, followed by secure cloud-based uploads. This enables pathologists worldwide to access and deliver same-day diagnoses. By streamlining the pathology workflow, our service minimizes diagnostic delays, improves patient outcomes, and enhances efficiency for healthcare providers.

Abdulla Ahmed SMHS '26

WELL. is a personalized health navigation app that bridges the gap between online health information and science-backed medical guidance. Using AI algorithms to analyze user behaviors, search patterns, and preferences, we deliver curated resources, peer support, and referral networks, empowering users to actively influence their healthcare decisions.

Carissa Henry GWSPH '26 | Eleanor Connors

Brāv Buddies is building a mission readiness intelligence platform that leverages our proprietary large language model to equip Army National Guard Commanders with force capabilities insights and near real-time assessments of units deployment status.

Josephine Tientcheu SEAS '26

Lulupoo is a 100% water-soluble, pet-friendly, and non-toxic dog waste bag made from PVA sugarcane waste. Unlike traditional plastic bags, Lulupoo’s IWSFG-certified flushable design fully biodegrades, cutting down on plastic pollution while giving pet owners a cleaner, more convenient, and sustainable way to dispose of waste.

Lilla Reinertson GWSB '26

The Petition Co. created AI software to validate voter registration information on candidate petitions and ballot initiatives. At its core is a new system of parsing data that’s fast, accurate, and consistent. Now, we’re applying this technology to a new front: data from polling locations in nations where democracy is at risk.

Elia Ahmadi ESIA '28 | Mateo Moya Chavez GWSB '27 | Michael Korvyakov