Finals Judges
David A. Cohen, PAR’14, PAR’16, PAR’17
CEO, Chief Investment Officer, and Co-Founder Karlin Asset Management, Inc.
Carol A. Curley, WG’81, CFA
Managing Director, Golden Seeds
Karen Griffith Gryga, GEN’93, WG’93
Chief Investment Officer, DreamIt Ventures
Richard Perlman, W’68
Founder and Executive Chairman, ExamWorks Group, Inc.
Stephen Tang, W’92, PhD
President and CEO, University City Science Center
Semifinalist Judges
Nisa Amoils, L’95
Scout Ventures
Eric Aroesty, C’92
Affinity Marketing Partners, LLC
Michael Aronson, W’78
Red and Blue Ventures
Jon Auerbach, C’89
Charles River Ventures
Gail Ball, W’79
Chestnut Street Ventures
Alain Bankier, C’76, W’76
New York Angels
Thatcher Bell, WG’05
CoVenture
Jeffrey Bodle
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Shelley Boyce, WG’95
MedRisk
Kirsten Brecht Baker C’91, WG’96
Global Professional Search
Michael Burns, EE’95, GEE’95, W’95
Alara Capital
James Cassano, WG’73
CoActive Health Solutions LLC
Richard Cohen, W’92
Duane Morris LLP
Ami Dalal, C’99, W’99, WG’05
FINCA International
Owen Davis
NYC Seed
Michael DeRosa, WG’97
Element Partners
Pitou Devgon, MD, RES’08, WG’10
Velano Vascular
Beth Ferreira, C’96, WG’04
WME Venture Partners
Andrew Flett, WG’03
Growth Control Capital
Jeffrey Ginsberg, W’86
Digital Bridge
Catherine Griffin, LPS’08
Good Company Ventures
Bonnie Henry, WG’79
GF Solutions LLC
Sam Holliday, ENG’01, WG’09
Fit4D
Robert Hornsby, WG’00
American Homebuilders of West Africa
Brian Hughes, W’81, WG’91
KPMG LLP
Todd Johnson, C’95, M’02, WG’03
Optum Life Sciences
George Karibian, WG’93
Paymentsense
Howard Katzenberg, WG’06
On Deck Capital
Michael Kopelman, C’97, WG’05
Edison Partners
Dale Kramer Cohen, W’76
Sequel Private Equity Solutions
George Krautzel
MissionOG
Christopher Laing
University City Science Center
Ronald Lennox, WG’89
Alia Ventures
Jean-Marc Levy, WG’88
ComplySci
Eric Linn, W’92
Oak Point Partners
Mike Luby, WG’98
HCP Concierge
Daniel Macklin
SoFi
Karen Meidlinger
Meidlinger Partners
Joe Meyer, WG’97
Exec Thread
Dean Miller, WG’99
Novitas Capital
Jay Minkoff, WG’83
Minkoff Investments
Mark Mitchell, WG’05
Safeguard Scientifics
Tereza Nemessanyi, C’92, G’97, WG’97
Microsoft
Jim O’Connell, WG’07
Brian Paul, W’90
Tenaya Capital
Sean Petersen, WG’06
IFC
Millicent Pitts, WG’91
The Ocean Exchange
Mindy Posoff, WG’86
Golden Seeds LLC
Gloria Rabinowitz, WG’78
GCM Group LLC
Sashi Reddi, GRW’94
SRI Capital
Matt Rieke, M’97, WG’98
Johnson & Johnson
Michael Rinzler, WG’99
Wicked Cool Toys
Adam Ross
Grant Thornton
Daniel Schwab, W’91
D&H
Ken Seiff, W’86
Beanstalk Ventures
James Self, WG’96
Mission Pharmacal
Sapna Shah, C’93, W’93
Red Giraffe Advisors
Ashmeet Sidana, WG’03
Engineering Capital
Scott Snyder, ENG’87, GEN’90, GR’94
Safeguard Scientifics
Piyush Sodha, WG’85
Kastle Systems
Kathryn Stewart, WG’88
Cranbrook Capital
Brett Topche, W’03
Red and Blue Ventures
Andrew Trader (AT), W’91, WG’99
Early Impact Ventures
Michael Vaughan, W’97
Venmo
Michael Wells, WG’00
Princeton Biopharma Capital Partners LLC
Stephen Zarrilli, WAM’10
Safeguard Scientifics
Round One Judges
Craig Aberle WG’00
Barcode Media Group, Inc
Jason Acevedo
Safeguard Scientifics
Nitish Aitharaju WG’16
Deckspire
Adam Allen W’93
Pepper Cliff Productions LLC
Ashwin Amurthur ENG’15, W’15
GTrack Technologies
Ajay Anand G’13/WG’13
RareCarat
Thomas Arnold WG’05
Gridium
Rebecca Aronson C’05/WG’13
Adornia Fine Jewelry
Guy Ashley W’93
Finitor Group
John Ason
Kewpie Associates
Peter Ax WG’91
Phoenix Capital Management
Aradhana Bali WG’10
Neil Bansal WG’16
Pharmscript
Lisa Barnett C’11
Sherpa Foundry
Natalie Bartlett C’13
General Catalyst Partners
Ashwin Baweja ENG15 GEN15 W15
HashFav
Jamil Beg ENG’04/GEN’05/WG’12
Sage Therapeutics
Amina Belouizdad WG’13
Bartaile
David Bendell GNU’13
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Anjali Bhatia WG’15
Lashbee
Scott Bierbryer WG’14
VeryApt
Jeff Boily
Centaur Animal Health
Pete Borum WG’13
Reelio Labs
Rodrigo Boscolo WG’14/G’16
GP Investments
Doug Brackbill GEE’80/WG’80
Line2
Sean Brady W’99
Ingram Content Group
Cory Bray W’06
CareerSofia
John Braze WG16
Varian Medical Systems
Matt Bressler WG’15
TDF Ventures
Denise Brosseau
Thought Leadership Lab
Tracy Brown W’94
Evil Genius Designs, Inc.
Will Burghes
kirshenbaum bond senecal + partners
Ravid Butz EMTM’12
PhotoLounge Philadelphia
Brian Cabezud WG’06
Syntek
Danny Cabrera ENG’14
BioBots
Tony Campos WG’16
Pivot Health
Ellen Carman
Grant Thornton
Jeff Carpenter WG’98
AcademicWorks, Inc.
Jenny Cheng WG’11
Google
Andy Cherry
KPMG, LLP
Jonas Cleveland GEN’14
Cosy Robotics (Dash and ViGo)
Brett Cohen W’94
WJS & Associates, Inc.
Matt Cole C’87
Jacobs Law Group PC
Greg Coleman WG’09
Nexercise
Paul Curry WG’10
Carvana
Leah Davidson W’16
Applied Predictive Technologies, a Mastercard Company
George De Sola W’68
DecisionOne
Falguni Desai WG’96
Future Asia Ventures
Vishnu Deuskar
Salvus Advisors DMCC
Kyle Dow WG’12
Entasis Therapeutics
Greg Dracon WG’05
.406 Ventures
Rob Driscoll WG’95
Quissett Capital Partners
Vince Drozd
KPMG LLP
William Duckworth Eng’16
Fever Smart (fka LifePatch)
Gabrielle Dudnyk WG’00
Soleberry Advisory
Tom Duffy C’86/WEV’12
Duffy Law Group
Liz Edison Webb C’97
eVOC Insights LLC
Joshua Ehrig
Lehigh University
George Elfond WG’10
Rallyware
Akiva Elias WG’02
Semlr
Brian Fan W’92
Cleantech Group
George Ferris WG’95
Bilgola Capital
JP Finnell WG’89
SAP
Howard Fischer W’81
Basso Capital Management
Aaron Fisher WG’16
Envision Genomics
Len Fishman WG’12
data.world
Gerry Fitzgerald
Ab Initio
Holly Flanagan
Gabriel Investments
Aaron Fleishman C’11/W’11
Tola Capital
John Foye ENG’13/W’13
Fenix International
Darren Fredette WG’96
Summit Retail Solutions, Inc.
Jed Freifeld W’92
Cascade Advisors LLC
Sally Furman WG’88
The Furman Group, Inc.
Michelle Gaster C’06/WG’11
Adam Lippes
Zach Goldberg ENG’10
Sticks and Brains
Aaron Goldstein W’16
Fever Smart (fka LifePatch)
Andrew Goodman C’89/G’95/WG’95
Telstra
Bill Gordon WG’86
School of Visual Arts
Keith Gornish WG’12
Civilian Military Combine: America’s Race
Katlyn Grasso W’15
GenHeration
Dwight Green WG’94
Datamyx (a Deluxe Corp. Company)
Adam Greenberger WG’99
Seurat Capital
Kirk Griswold WG’88
Argosy Private Equity
Teddy Guenin ENG’15/W’15
GTrack Technologies
Araceli Guenther
Victrix Global
Jake Guzman
Morgan Stanley
Patrick Hackett C’83/W’83
Warburg Pincus LLC
Earle Hager W’81
The Neutrino Donut, LLC
Michael Hammond W’96
Long Short Advisors
Wayne Hao WG’11
Principae Trading and Capital
Daniel Harbuck W’09
Google
Kyle Harrison WG’99
Google
Tom Hartman WG’88
LB&A Consulting Group, LLC
Jim Hazy WG’88
Adelphi University
Philip Heifetz WG’96
Saturn Care
Bob Heller W’80
Southern Equity Partners LLC
John Hemmer
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Robert Herzog WG’95
ZogSports
Zinnia Horne WG’15
Facebook
Danny Hosein L’16
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jonathan Huberman WG’92
NewNet Communication Technologies
Mick Huffstutler WG’86
Navicerne Group LLC
Santosh Huralikoppi
NS Infotech Inc.
Edward Hyken WG’95
Expressiva Nursingwear Inc.
Elizabeth Ireland G’05
Grant Thornton
Paula Janssen WG’04
Janssen’s Supermarket, Inc.
Steven Johnston WG’14
Google
Healy Jones WG’07
Sunrun
Thomas Jueng WG’12
Samsung Ventures America
Sami Kaipa WG’12
GlimpzIt Inc. (fka SocialGlimpz)
Walter Kalmans C’89/W’89
Lontra Ventures
Cem Kansu WG’16
Duolingo
Gaurav Kapoor WG’03
MetricStream
Seth Kessler WG’99
InnerWorkings
Vikas Khurana WG’08
Noble Medical Care
Lynne Kielhorn WG’94
NovaKera
Mike Kijewski LPS’10/WG’12
MedCrypt
Leslie Kilgore W’87
Netflix
Callie Kim L’16
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
David Kimball WG’15
Clarion Telehealth, LLC
Kyle Klopcic WG’14
Colorado Impact Fund
Andrew Kohm WG’13
Vendop
Scott Kosch WG’98
Kosch Capital
David Kreiger C’99/WG’07
SalesRoads
TK Kuegler
Launch Angels
Julia Kurnik WG’15
FOCUS Foods
Pat LaVecchia WG’91
LaVecchia Group
Steve Lebischak WG’02
Asius Technologies
Jenny Lefcourt W’91
Freestyle Capital
Caroline Levy WG’07
FITiST
Casey Li W’07/ENG’07/WG’15
Fig Loans
John Li W’15
Addepar
Jake Lief C’99
Ubuntu Education Fund
Alice Limkakeng C’95/W’95
Vanguard Dental Partners
Brian Lipstein C’06
Henry A. Davidsen Tailors
Nicholas Liu GEN’16
Mixathon48
Erica Lock W’04
Echoing Green
David Luk WG’09
Safeguard Scientifics
Adina Luo W’16
Engineering Capital
Pranshu Maheshwari W’15/C’15
Prayas Analytics
Mubeen Malik C’08
Genoa
Samir Malik C’08/W’08/WG’14
1DocWay (acquired by Genoa)
Gaurav Manchanda
One Degree Solar
Roy Matthew WG’16
uQuote
Dave Maturo
Grant Thornton
Karen McCord ENG’91/W’91
Breezio
David McCoy WG’04
RCP Advisors
Metiu Metev WG’14
Bestimators
Chris Miller WG’10
Nortek Security & Control
Roy Morris WG’95
STI, LLC
Emily Motayed WG’16
Havenly
Joseph Mulligan
Grant Thornton
Rana Mumtaz WG’06
Perforce Software (Acquired by Summit Partners)
Ron Murayama WG’03
Amden Corporation
Matt Newcomb WG’14
DigiPuppets
Colman O’Murchu WG’99
Vertex SMB
Ife Orimoloye WG’15
Citi
Jay Parekh ENG’09
Global Water Alliance
Vik Patel W’02
Tarsadia Investments, LLC
Mike Patterson WG’12
Graphene Frontiers
Bob Petrie EMTM’00
Imagine Easy Solutions
Ethan Prater WG’04
Alchemist Accelerator
Julie Price WG’08
SC Studios, Standard Chartered Bank
Max Prilutsky WG’09
Changemaker Capital Partners
Alex Rattray W’14
Hired.com
Dan Raveh WG’14
Commerce Ventures
Lane Rettig G’14/WG’14
Seratis (acquired by HudlHealth, Inc.)
Dominic Rodrigues WG’00
Rhisk Capital
Saul Rosenthal W’90
Ticc Capital Corporation
Mary Sauer WG’80
Accanto Partners
Saket Saurabh WG’09
Nexla
Sanjay Sehgal WG’91
East West Capital Partners
Cedric Sellin WG’05
DN Capital
Robert Seo WG’12
Slidejoy
Neil Sequeira
General Catalyst Partners
Maria Seredina C’08/W’08
Zillow Group
Anshuman Sharma
Aegis Consulting India
Franklin Shen ENG’03
Sugar Philly
Roger Shiffman
RC Greenleaf Partners, LLC
Mimi Shih WG’10
Macquarie Capital Advisors
Paul Silberschatz ENG’04
Knit Health
Eric Silberstein C’86
Silberstein Law Group, LLC
Lisa Silverstein-Hoffstein C’81/GED’81/WG’88
Campaign For Grade Level Reading
Zach Simkin C’06/WG’14
Senvol (fka Tink)
Trey Sisson WG’15
Stefan’s Head
Joshua Slavitt C’85
Gordon & Rees LLP
Rick Smith
Crosscut Ventures
John Smithwick WG’01
RoundingWell
Jon Sockol W’09/WG’16
WeTrain
Erica Sokol SPP’16
StudentsCare
Grant Son C’85
Greater Good Ventures
Joe Spector WG’07
StyleSeat
Param Sreekanth WG’96
Matthew Storm C’94/W’94/WG’00
CV Advisors LLC
Caroline Strzalka C’00/WG’05
itsbyu
Hope Taitz C’86
ELY Advisors
Neda Talebian WG’06
FITiST Labs
Mike Taormina WG’15
CU Lending Exchange
Ed Tepper WG’86
Mongo Media
Scott Thacker WG’86
Ivory Consulting Corporation
Adam Tishman WG’15
Helix Sleep
Lindsay Tsai ENG’14
Philly Startup Leaders
Kat Utecht WG’11
Core Innovation Capital
Miranda Wang C’16
BioCellection
Andrew Ward WG’12
Grovo
Terri Wein W’84/WG’88
Jobtreks
Steve Weiner WG’16
Expa
Randall Weisenburger WG’87
Mile 26 Capital LLC
MIchael Wholey WG’83
Attache Group, LLC
Miriam Williams C’04/WG’15
L’Occitane en Provence
Karen Wong C’10/L’16/WG’16
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Dave Wynne WG’14
American Apparel
Marshall Yang ENG’09/GEN’11
Nokia Growth Partners
Jeanny Yao
BioCellection
Patrick Yung WG’00
Rejuvenly, Inc
Dick Zhang
Identified Technologies
Andrew Ziolkowski EE’75/WG’81
Cultivian Ventures