PENN WHARTON ENTREPRENEURSHIP PORTFOLIO

Penn Wharton Entrepreneur has a storied history of providing aspiring student entrepreneurs with the platform, tools and resources to move from ideation to launch. This portfolio is comprised of the many student ventures that have passed through our doors and

sanguis

Founders: DIVYANSH AGARWAL (GR'23, M'23), PRATEEK AGARWAL (M'19), DANIEL ZHANG (GR'23, M'23)

Company Bio: Sanguis is developing a cost-effective at-home blood cell counting device for patients to monitor their health during chemotherapy treatment.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

Competitions: 2018 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

Awards: 2018 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge Perlman Grand Prize Winner

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bredcrumb

brEDcrumb

Founders: SCOTT ELFENBEIN (WG'17)

Company Bio: Find and share your path to college

Program: VIP-Community

sigo

Sigo Insurance

Founders: NESTOR HUGO SOLARI (G’19, WG’19); JULIO ERDOS (C’10, ENG’10, G’19, WG’19)

Company Bio: Sigo is a tech-enabled auto insurance provider serving the non-standard, or high-risk, insurance market. The company aims to bring an antiquated, analog process online to reduce operating costs and remove predatory fees charged to these customers.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

WEBSITE | FACEBOOK |INSTAGRAM | LINKEDIN | TWITTER

dagne dover

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Founders: DEEPA GANDHI (WG'13); MELISSA MASH (WG'12)

Company Bio: Classic luxury paired with effortlesss organization for the on-the-go-woman.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

eduplated

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Founders: RYAN FRANKEL (WG'12)

Company Bio: Our mission is to democratize access to best-in-class nutrition professionals to help people make better food choices and filter quality advice from an increasingly complicated and misleading nutrition landscape.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

strella

strella biotechnology

Founders: KATHERINE SIZOV (C’19); MALIKA SHUKUROVA (ENG’19); REGINALD LAMAUTE (C’20); ZUYANG LIU (GEE’19)

Company Bio: Strella creates biosensing platforms that reduce fresh produce waste in the packing and distribution phase of the supply chain. We’ve developed an innovative way to measure ethylene gas in storage rooms in order to predict when fruits will be ripe in order to optimize the unpacking process.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase • The Pitch: Live from the Wharton School • ASU Innovation Open

Awards: 2018 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge Social Impact Prize Winner • 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge Runner-Up Award Winner • The Pitch: Live from the Wharton School Winner • 2019 President's Innovation Prize Winner • 2019 ASU Innovation Open Grand Prize Winner

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coqovins

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Founders: QUENTIN CHALVON DEMERSAY (WG'18)

Company Bio: CoqOVins is a virtual sommelier that makes personalized recommendations to customers to help them chose wine in brick and mortar stores.

funders club

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Founders: BORIS SILVER (W'10)

Company Bio: Diversify your investment portfolio with insider access to highly vetted startups from Silicon Valley and beyond in just minutes.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE

floatthere

FLOAT/THERE

Founders: ANGELA JIANG (WG’20), LINDA YE (WG’20)

Company Bio: FLOAT/THERE was founded to help travelers look and feel their best while they explore. By delivering curated rental apparel directly to your destination, we allow you to travel light and spend more time planning what you’re going to see than what you’re going to wear.

Program: VIP-Community

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM

gopayglobal

GoPayGlobal

Founders: HARRY DIFRANCESCO (G’19, WG’19); ANDREW WEST (WG’19)

Company Bio: GoPayGlobal allows any company to hire anybody, anywhere, with ease. We are building the first truly global hiring and payroll infrastructure, which allows our clients to quickly and transparently enter new markets with little to no friction.

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

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fitalyst

Founders: JONATHAN MURUAKO (C'17)

Company Bio: Fitalyst promotes healthy habits by focusing on social accountability structures together with incentives to reinforce positive health motivators.

Program: VIP-Community • Weiss Labs

Awards: Penn Wharton Innovation Fund Validation Award

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connected mobile

Founders: ANDIE KAPLAN (WG'20)

Company Bio: For international students who need convenient, affordable cell phone service, ConnectEd Mobile provides family plan rates direct to individual students.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

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AdhereTech

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Founders: JOSHUA STEIN, WG'12

Company Bio: AdhereTech makes patented smart pill bottles that automatically track and improve medication adherence.

e-health now

Founders: KELLY XU (WG'17), VINAYAK KUMAR (C'13, G'13, M'18, WG'18)

Company Bio: The HIPAA-compliant digital platform that E-Health Now is building connects a U.S. oncologist with a Chinese patient and his/her doctor in China, plus a licensed medical translator if required, over a video conference call.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

Competitions: 2018 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

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neuroflow

Founders: ADAM PARDES (PHD'18), CHRIS MOLARO (WG'17)

Company Bio: NeuroFlow is changing the way we see brain health. A software solution that uses real-time biometric data to improve the assessment and treatment of mental illnesses.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

Competitions: 2017 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

Awards: 2017 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge Innovation Award Winner

WEBSITE | YOUTUBE | LINKEDIN | TWITTER

docasap

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Founders: PUNEET MAHESHWARI (WG'09)

Company Bio: DocASAP connects patients with optimal care providers by intelligently matching patient needs with provider care delivery workflows.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | TWITTER

advans health

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Founders: ANTONIO MUNOZ, WG'17

Company Bio: An insurance web platform to help students purchase best and most affordable health insurance with a more education decision

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE

instahub

Instahub

Founders: MICHAEL WONG (W’19); DAYO ADEWOLE (ENG’15, GEN’15, GR’21); TIFFANY WONG (W’21)

Company Bio: InstaHub addresses energy waste with snap-on automation solutions that require no rewiring to install. Our flagship product is a snap-on motion sensor that installs directly onto existing light switches; the system has an option to provide real-time data about energy consumption/savings, occupancy and activity in a space.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate (Spring 2018 Cohort)

Competitions: 2018 & 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

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kidas

Founders: RON KERBS (G'20, WG'20)

Company Bio: Our mission is to create a safe environment for kids in the virtual world. Kidas provides an AI and community-based service that alerts parents about threats and educates kids about dangerous online activity.

Program: VIP-Community

identified technologies

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Founders: RICHARD ZHANG (ENG'15)

Company Bio: Commercial drone software for construction and energy companies

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | TWITTER

fellow hunter

Founders: PARKER BARNETT (GEN'18)

Company Bio: By connecting landowners with hunters to provide daily access to private land, Fellow Hunter generates income for landowners and wildly increases options for hunters.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

harper wilde

Founders: JENNA KERNER (WG'17), JANE FISHER (WG'17)

Company Bio: Harper Wilde champions the modern definition of sexy: witty, confident, ambitious. We are revolutionizing the bra shopping experience to one that enables her busy life, rather than one that obstructs it.

Program: VIP

Competitions: 2017 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

WEBSITE | YOUTUBE | FACEBOOK | TWITTER

nimbus

nimbus care hub

Founders: SMITA MUKHERJEE (GR'09, WG'18)

Company Bio: Currently in USA more than 16.1 million family members provided 18.2 billion hours of unpaid care to people with Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias (ADRD), at an economic value of over $232 billion. Nearly 60 percent of those caregivers rate their emotional stress of caregiving as high and report symptoms of depression. To reduce caregiver burden, Nimbus Care Hub provides accessible, affordable and holistic services to caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD).

Program: VIP

Competitions: 2017 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

woveon

Founders: ADAM RAWOT (ENG'17)

Company Bio: Woveon brings together all of a company’s communication channels into a single view, helping the user prioritize inquiries, link relevant information, and consult colleagues, all in one intuitive dashboard.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

bungalow

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Founders: TOM AUSTIN (WG'15); ZACHARY STIEFLER (WG'15)

Company Bio: Bungalow Insurance provides fast, affordable renters insurance solutions geared towards the modern generation

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE|

humanistic robotics

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Founders: SAMUEL REEVES (W'05)

Company Bio: HRI uses its SafetySense Technology for wireless machine control to build a platform for human machine collaboration.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE

halo

Halo Cars

Founders: KENAN SALEH (W’19); FAIZAN BHATTY (WG’20); NABEEL FAROOQUI (ENG’21); RYANNE FADEL (W’21)

Company Bio: Halo is putting location-targeted ads on top of Uber/Lyft vehicles. We attach smart ad monitors on top of cars and display creative, captivating ads that change based on the location of the driver in order to more effectively target and engage consumers.

Program: VIP-Community

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | LINKEDIN| TWITTER

harper macaw

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Founders: SARAH HARTMAN (LPS'14)

Company Bio: Harper Macaw is a fine chocolate maker with an ambitious yet tangible objective: To turn chocolate into a force for tropical reforestation.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

orthly

Founders: DANIEL HANOVER (ENG'19, W'19)

Company Bio: Orthly is a new D2C invisible aligner brand that allows patients to get better smiles at a revolutionary price from the convenience of their homes.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

WEBSITE | FACEBOOK |INSTAGRAM | LINKEDIN | TWITTER

slice capital

Slice Capital

Founders: ROHAN SHAH (W'19)

Company Bio: An iOS and web equity crowdfunding platform democratizing the funding space.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

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revolootion

Founders: NIDHI SHAH (WG'17)

Company Bio: RevoLOOtion provides rapid-drying, composting toilets to lower middle class urban families in high density informal settlements that currently rely on unhygienic and poorly lit shared latrines.

Program: VIP

Competitions: 2017 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

Awards: 2017 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge Social Impact Prize Winner

geneoscopy

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Founders: ANDREW BARNELL (WG'17)

Company Bio: Geneoscopy has developed a novel methodology to reliably and consistently extract stool-derived eukaryotic RNA (seRNA) transcripts and detect changes in gene expression.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

aavrani

Founders: ROOSHY ROYCHOUDHURY (WG'19), JUSTIN SILVER (WG'19)

Company Bio: aavrani is the Indian inspired skincare company that leverages the power of ancient self-care rituals, using ingredients such as turmeric that are clinically proven to improve the look and feel of skin. We are focused on encouraging women to embrace their natural beauty by delivering clean, non-toxic products.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

Competitions: 2018 & 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge and Showcase

Awards: Penn Wharton Innovation Fund Validation Award • 2019 Summer Venture Award

WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

clove

Clove

Founders: JOE AMMON (WG’19), JORDYN AMOROSO (C’12), PAULA BELATTI

Company Bio: Clove creates stylish footwear for medical professionals that combine the best of current sneaker technology with the technical requirements of traditional nursing shoes.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate (Summer 2018 Cohort)

Competitions: Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase (2018,2019)

Awards: Summer Venture Award (2018)

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fulphil

FulPhil

Founders: TIFFANY YAU (C’18, SPP’19); JOSEPH LEE

Company Bio: Fulphil empowers high school students to pursue impactful careers by exposing them to social entrepreneurship, helping to navigate and enable them through both their academic and future impact driven careers with a learning-by-doing-approach. We expose students to founding teams of social ventures, while in parallel facilitating their training by seasoned experts on how to identify and build sustainable business models that address societal needs.

Program: VIP-Community

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

WEBSITE | FACEBOOK |INSTAGRAM | LINKEDIN | TWITTER

hawthorne

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Founders: BRIAN JEONG (WG'16)

Company Bio: Tailored cologne that's right for you. Made by award-winning perfumers using the highest quality ingredients.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

#periodpainfree

Founders: LULU GE (WG'19), NICOLE GLATHE

Company Bio: Up to 80% of women experience period pains. We believe 100% should not have to. For women whose lives are disrupted once a month by the volatility of their menstrual cycle, #PeriodPainFree offers a personalized solution, combining modern technology with over 2000 years of wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine to help all women feel #periodpainfree.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate (Spring 2019 Cohort)

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM

code2college

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Founders: MATTHEW STEPHENSON (WG'11)

Company Bio: Providing a tuition-free, industry-relevant coding education to underserved high school students.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

steignet

Founders: A.J. STEIGMAN (WG'18)

Company Bio: An arbitrage platform for the residential real estate market. Using machine learning and proprietary decision engines, Steignet will scan millions of housing units to identify real-time mispricings to generate superior alpha for our real estate investors.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

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nosoco

Nosoco Technologies

Founders: TANVI KAPUR (W’19); BEATRIZ GO (W’19, GEN’20); WENTAO ZHANG (C’19, W’19); ISHIR SETH (C’20, W’20)

Company Bio: NosocoTECHNOLOGIES proposes to eliminate catheter-associated infections using a novel method to disrupt biofilm formation by using micro-structured wrinkled instabilities inspired by nature and developed using Penn-designed Roll-to-Roll wrinkling technology to prevent bacterial adhesion in catheters.

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase, 2019 Y-Prize Competition

Awards: 2019 Y-Prize Competition Winner

broomstick

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Founders: NATALIE NEILSON EDWARDS (WG'18)

Company Bio: Broomstick is the wedding brand that seeks to increase the diversity of wedding planning while giving to organizations empowering women & girls worldwide with every purchase.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE

edconnective

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Founders: WILL MORRIS (GED'13)

Company Bio: EdConnective connects novice K-12 educators to seasoned instructional coaches through streaming video.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | TWITTER

cloudmine

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Founders: BRENDAN MCCORKLE (GEX'11)

Company Bio: Cloudmine is a secure data enablement platform that helps healthcare and pharmaceutical organizations to build intelligent, connected solutions.

peerlift

Founders: SRAVYA ALLA (W'21), JULIE CHEN (ENG'21, W'21)

Company Bio: Peerlift is the first student-led opportunities platform and 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization ever created, reducing the search for high school opportunities from hours to minutes. We profile a proven group of scholarships, summer programs, awards, study abroad programs, college fly-ins, and internships, ensuring they meet our standards and offer financial aid.

Program: VIP-Community

Competitions: 2018 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

WEBSITE | FACEBOOK

phrase health

Founders: MIKE ZEIDHACK (WG'19), MARC TOBIAS, MD

Company Bio: PHRASE helps healthcare organizations optimize their clinical decision support implementation in the electronic health record (EHR) system.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

harrys

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Founders: JEFF RAIDER (WG'10)

Company Bio: Meticulously crafted shaving supplies for complete comfort at a fair price.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

agora

Founders: ROBERT DOWLING (EE’21, ENG’21, W’21); MICHAELA WHITE (C’19); ALEX ZELLOE; ROGER RAMIA

Company Bio: Agora is an open platform for tools enabling automated cryptocurrency trading with a mission to democratize financial asset management. The Agora Platform is a cloud based order management system, an open marketplace for signals where any engineer can provide their data and any trader can subscribe to it, and our mobile app which provides immediate, global access to these tools and real time analysis on portfolio performance.

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE

cosy

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Founders: JONAS CLEVELAND (GEN'11)

Company Bio: A spinout of UPenn's GRASP Laboratory with a focus in enabling industry solutions in computer vision, perception, and artificial intelligence.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | TWITTER

avisi technologies

Avisi Technologies

Founders: RUI JING JIANG (W'18), BRANDON KAO (ENG'18)

Company Bio: Avisi is a medical device startup investigating the use of a nanoscale, ocular implant to stop blindness in open-angle glaucoma patients

Program: VIP

Competitions: 2017 & 2018 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

Awards: 2017 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge Crowd Favorite Award • 2018 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge Innovation Award Winner & Frederick H. Gloeckner Undergraduate Team Award Winner • 2018 President's Innovation Prize Winner

WEBSITE | YOUTUBE | LINKEDIN | TWITTER

artocr.at

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Founders: JAY PAREKH (ENG'09)

Company Bio: Makes commissioning art accessible - artists tranform client photographs into hand-painted oil and watercolor paintings.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE

gridless power

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Founders: JASON HALPERN (ENG'10, GEN'10, W'10)

Company Bio: Industry Grade Battery Systems Built to Provide Portable Off-Grid Power.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE

verstaan

Founders: JUSTIN SWIRBUL (ENG’20); MICHAEL CIPOLLA (ENG’20); BENJAMIN SALANDER; JOSHUA CARR

Company Bio: Atlas is a threat forecasting and intelligence platform that allows users in emerging markets to predict when, where and how organized groups will threaten their firm.

Program: VIP-Community

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

WEBSITE | LINKEDIN

bloom

Founders: JUSTIN RHEE (C'20), ALEXANDER BELANGER (C'20)

Company Bio: Bloom is a virtual assistant chatbot that directly integrates onto a course creator’s site to allow students to ask questions, see relevant discussions, and receive both automatically-generated and community-mediated answers.

Awards: 2019 Summer Venture Award

elivade

Founders: LEON MISHKIS (WG’19); JESSICA PUGH (WG’19); SENZWA NTSHEPE

Company Bio: Elivade is a career advancement platform for people of color. Our mission is to elevate diversity in the workplace by creating an online career community connecting people of color with peers, mentors, and employers.

Competitions: Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase (2019)

helix sleep

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Founders: KRISTIN VON RICKENBACH (WG'15); ADAM TISHMAN (WG'15); JERRY LIN (WG'15)

Company Bio: Customized, made-to-order mattresses shipped to your door at a fraction of the retail price.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

ajax adventure

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Founders: DANNY HUNDERT (WG'16)

Company Bio: Ajax Adventure Camp is an Aspen, CO summer camp with a drive to inspire awesomeness in campers.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

flourish

Flourish Change

Founders: BRADEN FINEBERG (ENG’19, GEN’19); ZACH MORROW

Company Bio: Flourish will disrupt fundraising by eliminating uncertainty and making donations habitual, turning pocket change into global change.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate (Fall 2018 Cohort)

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

WEBSITE | FACEBOOK |INSTAGRAM | LINKEDIN | TWITTER

african comm learning

African Community Learning Program

Founders: AMINATA SY (C'19)

Company Bio: African Community Learning Program's (ACLP) mission is to educate, connect, empower, and support people of African backgroud in West Philadelphia. ACLP's first initative is to provide free tutoring and mentorship to West Philadelphia students from African backgrounds 1-8

Program: VIP-Community

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fuego

Fuego Shoes

Founders: KEVIN WESCHLER (WG’20)

Company Bio: Fuego Shoes fuse dance shoes with street wear, with a custom-developed sole made to go from the street to the dance floor. Fuego is the intersection of dance, fashion, minimalism, and comfort.

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM

embrace pet insurance

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Founders: LAURA BENNETT (WG'03)

Company Bio: Embrace Pet Insurance promises to provide genuine support and certainty when pet parents need it most.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

battlebards

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Founders: KYN CHATURVEDI (WG'11)

Company Bio: Pioneering the use of audio (voice overs, custom-tailored music, sound effects, etc.) for tabletop gaming.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE

bandar foods

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Founders: DANIEL GARBIK (WG'11); LALIT KALANI (WG'11)

Company Bio: Indian Flavors. American Taste.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

barn owl

Barn Owl

Founders: JOSH PHIFER (WG'17)

Company Bio: Remote monitoring solutions for ranchers and farmers.

Program: VIP-Community

Competitions: 2016 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

WEBSITE | FACEBOOK

group k

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Founders: BRIANNA WRONKO (ENG'17)

Company Bio: GKD is overhauling the diagnostic process to improve outcomes for both patients and physicians. With point-of-care testing and fast results across a suite of various diagnostics, our MultiNostic Test Kit improves the quality of care while also addressing the cost of care.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

aureum

Founders: YUNHAN GAO (WG’20), XUFEI YU (WG’20), PRASHANT KUMAR (WG’19), YI DONG (WG’20), SICHAO LI (WG’19), SHUAIQING LIU (WG’20)

Company Bio: Aureum is a digital primary care provider for white-collar professionals in China, where the primary care doctor penetration rate is <5%. Unlike existing digital health firms in China (e.g. Ping An Good Doctor) who typically link existing specialists in hospitals with patients on an on-demand basis, Aureum matches each patient to a dedicated primary care doctor who will advise them on every step of their health journey.

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase, Summer Venture Award Finalist

Awards: 2019 Summer Venture Award Recipient

genheration

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Founders: KATLYN GRASSO (W'15)

Company Bio: GenHERation is a network where young women and companies connect. We are the go-to source for inspiration and access for high school and college women.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

biocellection

Founders: MIRANDA WANG (C'16)

Company Bio: BioCellection uses techniques in biology to synthesize single cell protein and high value products for aquafeed.

Program: VIP

Competitions: 2016 Wharton Business Plan Competition

Awards: 2016 Wharton Business Plan Competition Perlman Grand Prize Winner, Social Impact Prize Winner, Frederick H. Gloeckner Undergraduate Award Winner, Michelson People's Choice Award Winner, Committe Award For Most "Wow Factor"

WEBSITE | TWITTER

text-911

Founders: KIRTI SHENOY (W’21); ANTHONY SCARPONE-LAMBERT (NU’21)

Company Bio: Text-911 is an advocacy non-profit that strives to bring emergency text capabilities to all Americans. By working directly with county dispatchers, legislators, and community groups, Text-911 is able to expedite the process of bringing emergency text capabilities to counties nationwide.

Program: VIP-Community

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge Social Impact Award Winner

custora

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Founders: COREY PIERSON (ENG'04, WG'10)

Company Bio: Marketing software startup based in NYC.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE

axibase

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Founders: SERGEI RODIONOV (WG'02)

Company Bio: Axibase Corporation is an independent software vendor focusing on performance management and capacity planning for the IT enterprise industry.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE|

cotopaxi

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Founders: DAVIS SMITH (G'11, WG'11); STEPHAN JACOB (G'11, WG'11)

Company Bio: Cotopaxi creates innovative outdoor products and experiences that fund sustainable poverty relief, move people to do good, and inspire adventure.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

avior

avior analytics

Founders: RYAN WOSICK (ENG’19); JOSEPH SCHEIDT

Company Bio: Based on a psychologically proven approach, Avior’s software design fully addresses the reasons why patients struggle to adhere to their clinician’s recommendations by giving patients the tools they need to achieve ownership of their care.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate (Summer 2019 Cohort)

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | LINKEDIN | TWITTER

collecto

Founders: FEDERIKA LONGINOTTI-BUITONI (WG'18)

Company Bio: An online luxury retailer that offers an unparalleled gifting experience through distinctive product curation, exceptional gift presentation and bespoke customer service.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

Competitions: 2018 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

WEBSITE | FACEBOOK |INSTAGRAM

twine

Twine Labs

Founders: JOSEPH QUAN (WG'17), NIKHIL SRIVASTAVA (WG'17)

Company Bio: Twine makes internal mobility seamless. Our algorithms recommend the best internal employees to fill open roles, helping companies boost retention and significantly reduce hiring costs by efficiently hiring from within.

Program: VIP

Competitions: 2017 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

Awards: 2017 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge Perlman Grand Prize Winner

WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | LINKEDIN | TWITTER

zev

Founders: GABRIEL EISNER (WG'18), EDDIE KONG (GEN'18)

Company Bio: ZEV helps automotive dealerships sell more electric vehicles (EV) by providing resources and education for consumers on new EV technology. Our software-as-a-service platform provides tools and advice to help customers understand EV range, charging, cost of ownership, and tax breaks. We help dealerships provide world-class customer service and increase electric vehicle sales.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

Competitions: 2018 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | LINKEDIN | TWITTER

ampush

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Founders: CHRISTOPHER AMOS (W'06); ANIKET SHAH (W'06); JASMIT PUJJI (C'06, W'06)

Company Bio: Ampush leverages its leading marketing software, AMP, and a managed approach to drive profitable advertising results.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK| TWITTER

bioalert

BioAlert Technologies

Founders: MARC ROSENBERG (C’18, GEN’19); SOLEIL VALENTIN-CARRERO (GEN’19); STEPHEN MCKENNA (ENG’13, GEN’20); JOHNNY FORDE (ENG’19, GEN’20); JESSE BLATT (ENG’21); GERARD HOETZEL (ENG’17)

Company Bio: Founded in 2019 and based in Philadelphia, BioAlert Technologies’ mission is to develop methodologies to detecting infection in real-time. We are a development stage medical device company dedicated to the design and development of continuous infection monitoring (CIM) systems for diabetic foot ulcer patients. BioAlert Technologies enables healthcare providers to make diagnosis and treatment decisions based on reliable data metrics.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate (Summer 2019 Cohort)

Competitions: Rothberg Catalyzer (2018), Pennvention (2019), 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

Awards: Pennvention (2nd Place)

WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | LINKEDIN | TWITTER

smile culture

smile culture dental

Founders: PARTH PATEL (D'18, WG'20)

Company Bio: Smile Culture Dental is a multi-speciality dental services company currently serving the Greater Philadelphia area. We offer a high NPS dental patient experience, convenience, and affordability - all aspects we discovered were lacking in the field.

Program: VIP-Community

WEBSITE | YOUTUBE | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

keaton

Founders: MELINA FLABIANO (WG’19)

Company Bio: Keaton offers thoughtfully-designed office essentials designed by women, for women. Starting with the perfect pair of work pants–designed with input from over 300 professional women–Keaton aims to bring fun and function back to work wear.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate, Weiss Tech House

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase, Pennvention 2019

Awards: Pennvention 2019 People's Choice Award

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cobare

Founders: JELECE MORRIS (WG'19)

Company Bio: CoBARE is a feminine care retail company that is fusing both fashion and technology in a high-performance underwear to give women just enough protection from life's surprises without sacrificing style.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

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MD Ally

md ally

Founders: SHANEL FIELDS (WG'19)

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

Competitions: 2018 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

Awards: 2018 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase Runner-Up & Innovation Award Winner

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equityzen

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Founders: ATISH DAVDA (ENG'08, W'08); SHRIRAM BHASHYAM (C'02)

Company Bio: EquityZen connects shareholders of private companies with investors seeking alternative investments.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE

allazo health

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Founders: CLIFFORD JONES (ENG'07, W'07, WG'13)

Company Bio: Allazo Health tackles the problem of medication non-adherence thorugh predictive analytics and personalized interventions

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| TWITTER

acention

Founders: COLIN ROBINSON (WG'18), ANVITH EKKATI (GEN'18), PETER ZHU (WG'18)

Company Bio: a mobile game company that lets users earn money while they play.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

Competitions: 2018 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

admit advantage

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Founders: KOFI KANKAM, WG'04

Company Bio: Admissions consulting company assisting college, MBA, and JD candidates in creating sucessful applications

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | TWITTER

eager academy

Founders: CHRIS HANSON (C'17)

Company Bio: Helping students break big tasks into small, manageable ones; set achievable goals; practice personal accountability; and enjoy rewards for good behavior. Eager Academy integrates with a school’s learning management systems and provides separate views for students, teachers, parents, and administrators.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

frutero

frutero ice cream

Founders: VEDANT SABOO (WG'20), MIKE WEBER (WG'20)

Company Bio: Frutero Ice Cream makes tropical fruit flavored ice cream.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

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minimize

Minimize

Founders: MAANAV NARULA (W’18, ENG’19, GEN’19)

Company Bio: Minimize is a bracelet that can reduce hand tremors by up to 95% for Essential Tremor and Parkinsons Disease patients.

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

Awards: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge Innovation Award Winner

group k

group k diagnostics

Founders: BRIANA WRONKO (ENG'17)

Company Bio: Group K Diagnostics strives to revolutionize healthcare through innovative point of care (POC) diagnostics. Our MultiDiagnostic device will enable vital healthcare in low resource settings and developing countries, while decreasing cost and wait-time of current diagnostics in developed countries.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

Competitions: 2017 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | LINKEDIN | TWITTER

commonbond

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Founders: DAVID KLEIN

Company Bio: CommonBond is shaking up the student loan market.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

allevi

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Founders: RICARDO SOLORZANO (ENG'13); DANNY CABRERA (ENG'14)

Company Bio: Allevi creates 3D bioprinters and bioinks that are unleashing the biological revolution.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

croni

Founders: FRANCO MARTINEZ LEVIS (G’20, WG’20); GUIDO GURFINKA

Company Bio: At Croni, we provide self-service and POS solutions for the foodservice industry in Latin America. Our first solution is a tablet-based self-ordering platform, where customers can make their orders, pay, and earn loyalty points, increasing the store’s revenues and improving customer experience.

Program: VIP-C

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

aerate

AERATE

Founders: SPENCER COLLINS (ENG ’19, GEN ’19), JAKE FINE (ENG ’19, GEN ’19), ASHWIN KISHEN (ENG ’19, W ’19, GEN ’20), YANN PFITZER (ENG ’19, C ’19, GEN ’20), CONNOR SENDEL (ENG ’19, W ’19), SAM WEINTRAUB (ENG ’19, GEN ’20)

Company Bio: Aerate is designing a membrane-dehumidifier evaporative-cooler air conditioner for the Indian Market. Aerate plans to capture this $20 billion market through superior technology designed for high humidity environments; Aerate’s air conditioner is up to 20x more efficient over the course of a year.

Program: Weiss Tech House

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase, Pennvention 2019

Awards: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase Perlman Grand Prize Winner, Blank Award Winner, Gloeckner Undergraduate Award Winner, People’s Choice Award Winner • 2019 Pennvention 1st Place Winner

fastauth

Founders: CYRUS PEYROVIAN (WG’19); ASHKAT KUMAR (WG’19); PRANAY BHATIA (WG’19)

Company Bio: FastAuth aims to automate the prior authorization (PA) process in healthcare and get patients the care they need faster, making our health system more affordable, accessible, and efficient.

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

amsterdam fluidics

Founders: NIYATHI CHAKRAPANI (C'19), ANIRUDH KAUSHIK (GEN'17), JUHANNA ROBBERTS (ENG'15, GEN'17)

Company Bio: Amsterdam Fluidics encapsulates cancer drugs so they only target cancer cells - not health ones.

Program: VIP

Competitions: 2017 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

synovium

Founders: ELSTON HE (L’20, WG’20); EVAN ZOU (C’19, W’19); RAJIV PATEL-O’CONNOR (C’19); PRATYUSHA YALAMANCHI (M’18, WG’18)

Company Bio: Synovium is a healthcare technology company, leveraging big data-enabled tools to revolutionize treatment for autoimmune disease.

Program: VIP-Xcelerate

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

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fullstack

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Founders: NIMIT MARU (WG'12)

Company Bio: Fullstack Academy is an innovative software development school with campuses in NYC and Chicago.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

boost

boost scooters

Founders: KAMERON HYPOLITE (C’20), ISAIAH WASHINGTON (W’20), NOAH SINCLAIR (W’20)

Company Bio: Boost Scooters is a ride-sharing platform that uses non-motorized scooters and docking racks to ensure a clean and personalized mode of transportation for college and corporate campuses.

Program: Summer Venture Award Finalist

Competitions: 2019 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge & Showcase

Awards: Crowd Favorite Award Winner

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airport sherpa

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Founders: PATRICK DELLAVALLE (WG'15); MAYANK GANDHI (WG'15)

Company Bio: A private concierge service for airport terminals

ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE| FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

fullstory

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Founders: SCOTT VOIGT (WG'04)

Company Bio: Digital experience is more than bounce rates and KPIs. That’s why FullStory was built to log and navigate billions of events at hyperspeed, helping you find the exact answers you need right when you need them.

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