VIP-Xcelerate

Accelerate your business when you’re ready to launch!

VIP-X runs three times annually: fall, spring, and summer

• Individual advising
• Dedicated seed funding
• Advanced workshops and guest speakers, with subjects tailored to the interests of that cycle’s members
• All the resources available to members of VIP-C, like co-working space and a strong community of fellow entrepreneurs

Meet the Summer 2021 members of VIP-X

Previous VIP-X Members:

Spring 2021:

• Altrui RX: (Sourish Jasti, W’24; Justin Zhang, ENG’24; Joe Kakkis, C’21) Giving medication a second life.
• ArtsWrk: (Nick Silvero, W’18; Ramita Ravi, C’17, W’17): A professional network for artists and creatives.
• Calicosol: (Douglas Williams, WG’22) Conveniently Sustainable
• Card Curator: (John Garner, WG’22) Credit Cards at your service.
• Everdura: (Liz Nunez, C’17, W’17) Bring your roots home.
• Felix: (Manuel Godoy, WG’21; Bernardo Garcia, G’21, WG’21) Empowering Latinos in the US to send money abroad.
• Nouri: (Irene Liu, WG’22) Eastern food therapy meets Western nutrition meal program for expecting moms.
• VRB Labs: (Chase Hobby, WG’20; Evan Seale, WG’20) Optimal living

Fall 2020:

• Candr: (Anna Li, WG’20) Build honest relationships with Candr.
• Consolidata: (Craig Thompson, WG’21; GEN’22, Austin Kipp, WG’21) Create, analyze, and share financial forecasts easily and collaboratively.
• CoverForce: (Cyrus Karai, WG’21) The ultimate online shopfront for insurance agents.
• Lumify Care: (Anthony Scarpone-Lambert, N’21; Louisa Qiu, N’23, W’23; Joshua Baek, C’23; Gerardo Ballestros, W’23) Illuminating Healthcare.
• TallGrass Tailor: (Garrison Haning, WG’21) We deliver the fit that everybody deserves.
• Recovery Box: (Andrew Hotsko, WG’21) Recovery made easy.
• Underdogstuff: (Gregory Nesmith, W’20) Culture X Capital

Summer 2020:

• Ascend: (Montgomery Ngan, C’20, W’20) The Easiest Way to Find Residential Rental Pricing
• OPEN Laboratories: (Tim Marsh, W’21) OPEN Labs in an environmental allergy prescribing platform designed to expand access to top-quality, personalized care.
• SHOWCASE: (Dana Kim, WG’20; Ethan Kellough, GEN’21) SHOWCASE helps brands build better products through at-home product discovery boxes and high-quality, thoughtful feedback.

Spring 2020:

• Fulton: (Libie Motchan, WG’21; Daniel Nelson, WG’21) Fulton is modernizing arch support by developing an orthopedic insole.
• Aureum: (Yunhan (Derek) Gao, WG’20; Xufei (Renee) Yu , WG’20) Aureum provides family-style primary care services to Chinese white-collar professionals.
• ChefMark: (Austin Simon, WG’20) The marketplace for quality used restaurant equipment.
• FLOAT/THERE: (Angela Jiang, WG’20; Linda Ye, WG’20) is determined to help travelers look and feel their best while they explore.
• Hello Ralphie: (Felicity Johnson, WG’20) Connects pet parents with licensed veterinarians for video and chat appointments.
• MyQs: (Sehgal Dhawal, GEN’08) MyQs is a platform for professionals to develop and grow their skillset through practice exams.
• True Places: (Ben Knepler, WG’10; Nelson Warley) – Direct to consumer brand providing outdoor products for everyday adventures

Fall 2019:

• Alphagora: (Robert Dowling, EE’21, ENG’21, W’21) Subscription Based Cryptocurrency Trading 
• Etcetera Bio: (Vikram Krishnamoorthy, C’20, W’20) Using Next-Generation Biological Engineering to Solve This Generation’s Hard Problems
• Fuego: (Kevin Weschler, WG’20) Stylish Sneakers For Dancing The Night Away 
• Kidas: (Ron Kerbs, G’20, WG’20; Lynn (Qing) Marks, WG’20) Guarding Kids Against Cyberbulling
• Mira Insight: (Aswin Mannepalli, C’09, G’18) PR Insights In Your Back Pocket
• Brunchface: (Peter Chung, GFA’16) Be the Mayor of Your City’s Brunch-Scene
• Jove: (Joshua Evans, C’14) House Hunt in Minutes

Summer 2019:

• Air23: (Sieva Kozinsky, WG’20; Vishnu Rachakonda, ENG’18, GEN’19) Helping Pharma Companies Recruit For Clinical Trials
• Avior Analytics: (Ryan Wosick, ENG’19; Joseph Scheidt) Improving Patient Engagement in Physical Therapy
• BioAlert Technologies: (Marc Rosenberg, C’18, GEN’19; Soleil Carrero, GEN’19) The First Continuous Infection Monitoring System
• ConnectED Mobile: (Andie Kaplan, WG’20) Cell phone service made easy
• Frutero Ice Cream: (Mike Weber, WG’20; Vedant Saboo, WG’20) Sweet Treats Straight From The Tropics

Spring 2019:

• Elix: (Lulu Ge, WG’20) Personalized Plant-Based Healing Formulas
• Cobare: (Jelece Morris, WG’19) Sustainable Solutions For Feminine Care
• Keaton: (Melina Flabiano, WG’19) Carefully Crafted Office Workwear For Women
• Polyview: (Amreeta Gill, WG’19; Tyler MacBroom, WG’18) Enhancing Operational Productivity with Management Software
• Synovium: (Elston He, L’20, WG’20; Rajiv Patel-O’Connor, C’19; Evan Zou, C’19, W’19) Leveraging Data For Treating Autoimmune Diseases

Fall 2018:

• Roundup App: (Braden Fineberg, ENG19, GEN19) Micro Donations Making Major Impact
• Dandy: (Daniel Hanover, ENG19, W19; Toni Oloko, W’20) The first fully digital dental lab.

Summer 2018:

• Clove: (Joe Ammon, WG’19) Revolutionizing Traditional Footwear for Medical Professionals
• Strella: (Katherine Sizov, C’19) Decision-focused data designed for food supply chains.
• MDAlly: (Shanel Fields, WG’19) Telehealth response for emergency medical services.
• Phrase Health: (Mike Zeidlhack, WG’19) Decision Support for Healthcare Organizations
• Sigo: (Nestor Solari, G’19, WG’19; Julio Erdos, C10, ENG10, G19, WG19) Easy Car Insurance for Everyone

Spring 2018:

• aavrani: (Justin Silver, WG’19; Rooshy Roychoudhury, WG’19) Luxury Skincare Inspired by Indian Beauty Rituals
• Collecto: (Federika Longinotti-Buitoni, WG’18) An Unparalleled Gifting Experience
• InstaHub: (Michael Wong, W’18; Dayo Adewole, ENG15, GEN15, GR21; Matthew Hanna ENG’18) Automating Energy Savings
• Steignet: (A.J. Steigman, WG’18) A Tactical “Bloomberg Terminal” for the Residential Real Estate Market
• ZEV: (Gabriel Elsner, WG’18; Eddie Kong, GEN’18) Helping Dealers Sell Electric Vehicles

Fall 2017:

• Acention: (Colin Robinson, WG’18; Anvith Ekkati, GEN’18; Peter Zhu, WG’18) Developing a New Model for Mobile Gaming—Play Games, Win Money
• Group K Diagnostic: (Brianna Wronko, ENG’17) Changing the How, When & Where of Blood Testing—and Saving Lives
• Sanguis: (Divyansh Agarwal, GR’23/M’23; Prateek Agarwal, M’19; Daniel Zhang, GR’23/M’23)  A Medical Device Dream Team
• Avisi: (Rui Jing Jiang, W’18; Adarsh Battu, W’18; Brandon Kao, ENG’18) How Avisi is Curing Blindness with Nanotechnology
• Woveon: (Adam Rawot, ENG’17) Using AI to Create a Better Conversation with Your Customer

Summer 2017:

• brEDcrumb: (Scott Elfenbein, WG’17) Getting Low Income Kids to Great Colleges
• E-Health Now: (Kelly Xu, WG’17; Vinayak Kumar, C13, G13, M18, WG18; Ram Prasadat) Bringing Hope to Chinese Cancer Patients
• Eager Academy: (Chris Hanson, C’17)  Teaching Students How To Learn
• Fellow Hunter: (Parker Barnett, GEN’18A) A Sharing Economy for Hunters
• Neuroflow: (Chris Molaro, WG’17; Adam Pardes, GR’19)  Curing PTSD with Wearables

Spring 2017:

• Geneoscopy: (Andrew Barnell, WG’17) Geneoscopy is committed to providing safe, effective, and innovative non-invasive tests to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of gastrointestinal diseases. 
• Harper Wilde: (Jane Fisher, WG’17; Jenna Kerner, WG’17) Fairly priced everyday bras without the hassle. 
• Students Care: (Erica Sokol, SPP’16) StudentsCare is a nonprofit organization that connects undergraduate healthcare students with hospitalized children, isolated seniors and their families to provide fun, friendship and support.
• Watotoly: (Divinity Matovu, WG’17) Watotolly is a consumer technology company that aims to reduce the cost and complexity of childcare for families.
• Advans Health: (Antonio Munoz, WG’17, G’17) An insurance web platform to help students purchase the best and most affordable health insurance with a more educated decision.

Fall 2016:

• Slice Capital: (Rohan Shah, ENG’19) Web equity crowdfunding platform
• Barn Owl: (Josh Phifer, WG’17; Vince Kuchar, WG’17) Ranch management data solutions via networks of sensors.
• SolutionLoft: (Will Fry, W’17, C’17; Jacob Wallenberg, W’16) The printing press of software development, allowing code to be re-used.
• Twine: (Joseph Quan, WG’17; Nikhil Srivastava, WG’17) Twine helps intelligently guide all the people & HR decisions companies make.
• Jubilee: (Emily Tung, WG’17; G’17; Yue Li, WG’17, G’17) Women’s health supplements company based on Chinese herbal medicine.