Aero Systems West
Builds Hardware and Software to Make Drone Operations — Not Just Drone Flight — Truly Autonomous. Automatic Deployment, Remote Data Analytics, AI-Based Self Inspection, and Hassle-Free Maintenance Enable Companies to Unlock the Value of Commercial Drones. Team: Charles Neal (Developer for Ardupilot, Leading Open Source Autopilot; M.S. Unmanned Systems Design, Air Force Institute of Technology; B.S. Systems Engineering, US Air Force Academy); Ron Marconet (eBay, Amazon, M.B.A., MIT Sloan School of Management; B.S. Mechanical Engineering, UCLA); Daniel Neal (Master's Human Systems Integration, Naval Postgraduate School; B.S. Systems Engineering – Human Systems, US Air Force Academy)
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Ahura AI
AI-powered Upskilling, 3-5x Faster for Competitive Edge. Team: Bryan Talebi (University of Maryland, Aerospace Eng at NASA at the age of 16); Alex Tsado (MBA Kellogg, BS EE, Columbia University, NVIDIA, Bain, Alliance4ai), Dan Bersak (MS Mech Eng and Materials Science, Yale, MS Comparative Media Studies, BS EE & Comp Sci, MIT), Tricia Chan (Apple PR for Steve Jobs, Teletubbies)
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Arcturus
Data Analytics & SaaS Tools for Financial Institutions to Evaluate Climate Linked Financial Risk in Portfolios, to Power New Investment Products, & Enable Corporates to Develop and Execute on Defensible Climate Plans. Team: Jonathan McCullagh (MSc Finance, Founder/ CEO, ex MD Capital Markets, HSBC); Sebastian Hoepfner (Lead Data Scientist, 14 years at Morningstar, Moody's), Masa Njegovan (Data & Sustainability Research Lead, Mphil Cambridge, MSc Bocconi); Riccardo Mastellone (Software Architect, MD Comp Sci and Eng, Politecnico di Milano, MBA candidate Berkeley).
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Back4app
Backend Platform for SaaS Applications. Team: George Batschinski (Sales, Stanford LP7, former GTAC Software, CHC Helicopters, Embraer), Antonio Davi Macedo Coelho de Castro (Product, Stanford LP7, former GTAC Software, IBM), Alysson Campos Melo (Marketing, Stanford LP7, former GTAC Software, Embraer)
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Bartini
The 2 and 4-Seater Electric Aircraft with Vertical Flight Capability (eVTOL) for Private and Business Aviation. Top Cabin Space, Longest Range, Highest Speed, Minimal Footprint, and Zero Emissions. Team: Ilya Khanykov (Carbon Markets, 10 Yrs, 3 Exits, PhD); Vladimir Salatov (Test-Flight Engineer, 18 Yrs, Multiple Certified Passenger Jet Programs, MSc); Nikolay Fonurin (Aviation Engineer, 15 Yrs, Experimental and MRO, PhD)
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Bitreel
Shopping Platform for the Immersive Web. Team: Cosmo Kramer (MBA, Georgetown, Tripadvisor); Matt Thompson (Comp Sci, Boston University, ADK); Lewis Xie (Comp Sci, UC Irvine, Amazon); Valentine Kozin (MS, Oxford, Microsoft); Yuxuan Liu (Comp Sci, Beijing University, Tencent)
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Blitzz
A Video, AI and AR Powered Workflow Platform for Field Service Teams. This Platfrom is to Provide Exceptional Support Especially for Physical Equipment, Devices and Hardware Where Visualization is the Cornerstone of Support. Team: Rama Sreenivasan (Product Support, Scientist, MIT, Applied Materials), Keyur Patel (Developer, Intel, Ex-Googler) Scott Swisher (Sales Coach & Advisor, Service Max, SuccessFactors)
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Carrum Health
Marketplace for planned healthcare procedures. Team: Sachin Jain (Booz&Co., Chicago Booth, IIT Delhi), Frank Bird (Humana, Aetna, United, Stanford), Sumant Kaul (Dignity Health, AON Hewitt, UIC, Kellogg), Brent Nicholson (Booz&Co., Accenture, USC).
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Cleer Networks
Enables The Delivery Of Highly Interactive Digital Media And Applications -- Cloud-Delivered Streaming Games, Augmented And Virtual Reality, Interactive IPTV -- From The Cloud. Team: (1) Madhu Sharma - IIT Bombay, UIUC, MIT; Chips and Systems Architect, XBOX Advanced Projects; Leading Architect for Supercomputer-class systems, Networking and Data Center gear; 20+ patents (2) Raj Yavatkar - IIT Bombay, Purdue; Noted architect, though leader, and product builder in Internet, Cloud and DC Infrastructure, Virtualization, and other spaces. Intel, VMWare Fellow. 30+ patents, 60+ papers.
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Cognito Networks
Automate Building Operations for HVAC, Lighting, and Safety and Security and Save 20-35% in Energy and Operational Costs. Team: Kittur Nagesh (Sr. Dir Solutions at Juniper, Dir. Pdt Mgmt, Cisco, Dev. HP, Intel. MSEE, MBA - Wharton, 32+ patents filed, 16 granted), Ajit Sarnaik (SW Engr. AMD, NetBoost, Procket, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks. MS; 7 patents filed, 2 granted)
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EVE
EV Fleet Management SaaS Empowering Companies to Charge their Fleets Cost and Energy Efficiently. Team: Sarah-Marie Rust (MSc Entrepreneurship, Trinity College Dublin, CLARK, Candylabs, CreativeDock); Oana Rosca (MSc Entrepreneurship, Trinity College Dublin, AMOMA, MONOQI, Innobyte); Tudorel Maciuca (University of Bucharest, Software Architect, AMOMA, MindGeek)
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Everykey
Universal Smart Key that Wirelessly Unlocks your Phone, Computer, Tablet, Doors, and Automatically Logs you into your Online Accounts when you're Nearby, then Locks Everything Down when you Walk Away! Team: Serial Entrepreneurs, Co-Founder of Ripple (XRP), former CEO of Mercedes Benz, former President of Chrysler & GM, former VP of Verizon, Founder of McAfee Antivirus
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Fleetsimplify
Fleet Management Platform for Mobility as a Service. Team: Balqis Chepkwony (University of Nairobi, Bsc. Actuarial Science, C.A, Hass Petroleum Limited, CFO, Texas Energy Ltd); Salim Omar (University of Nairobi, Political Science and Sociology; UI/UX Designer, 5+ Yrs in Mobility); Kenny Awosika (George Washington University, MIS-IST,15+ years in Federal Government Contracts as Project Manager, Senior Business Analyst and Microsoft Exchange Administrator, 9+ Yrs Entrepreneur)
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FunnelBeam
AI Driven Account Based Sales. Uses Deep Learning Across 1B URLs and Enterprise Silos to Deliver a Holistic Account View, Deep Sales Signals, Personalized Outreach and Next Best Actions for Sales Teams. Team: Rafat Alvi (Stanford MS, Citrix, Zenprise (acq), Kno (acq), HisBlackBox (acq), eBay), Mirjana Marjanovic (UC Berkeley MBA, Incyte Genomics (IPO)), Umair Rashid (Vocera, Citrix, Zenprise (acq), Kno (acq)), Ted Benakis (UserTesting, JobVite)
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Gerald
Automating the Purchase of Insurance at Crucial Life Events. Team: Ola Okeshola (Serial Entrepreneur, Quick.me, Conduet-Med, Neuberger Berman, Yale, Georgetown); Tushar Sharma (Engineer, Quick.me, Statusbrew); Nikos Karamolegkos (PhD, Columbia University, Data Scientist, Philips, The Data Incubator)
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GridRaster
Build a Cloud-Based Platform for Powering High Quality AR/VR on Mobile Platforms.. Team: 40+ years of experience in building, deploying and shipping next-gen network based products such as 3G/4G-Wimax/VOIP with 12 patents. Rishi Ranjan, (15+ Yrs as Lead Systems Engineer, Broadcom, Beceeem, Qualcomm, M.S/Georgia Tech), Dijam Panigrahi, (Texas Instruments, Freescale, 14+ yrs across of taking products to multiple international markets), Yaranama Venkat Ramana Dass (14+ years in system architecture, software development and deployment/ Broadcom, Beceem)
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Jirav
Smarter Financials, Faster Insights. Intuitive, Integrated, Real-Time Analytics for SMB Finance. Team: Martin Zych (B2B SaaS Finance Career, U.Washington Lecturer - Financial Modeling); Steve Turner (LiveVox, Alcatel-Lucent & Genesys, 6 Patents, MIT Technical Staff); Sameer Halai (Microsoft, IBM, Amdocs, U.Michigan Social Computing).
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Litmus Automation
End-to-end IoT cloud PaaS for connecting any device to any enterprise application (ERP, CRM, Databases, Analytics…) Team: Vatsal Shah (Rockwell Automation, MS Entrepreneurship, BTech Industrial Eng.), Isha Sheth (Linde Germany, Motorolla, MBA, BTech Industrial Eng), Sacha Sawaya (MSc Finance, BComm), John Younes (MS Entrepreneurship, Bcomm)
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NFTpay
Lightning Fast Credit Card Solution for NFTs. No Crypto Wallet Needed! . Team: Mike Krilivsky (Multiple Exit, 8 Figure Revenues, Celeb Network, Mr. Silicon Valley, Stanford Blockchain Society); Nick Fallon (25 Years Payments, IoT, Cryptography, 2017 Crypto BaseChain); Reza Handley (Tubi Senior PM, 3x Founder, Investment Analyst, Crypto Investor, University of Pennsylvania Engineering, Georgetown University)
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NavigateIO
Builds an Infra-Free IoT Platform for Where Static IT Infrastructure can’t be Built such as Incident Scenes, Construction Worksites and Mines. Team: Sukhi Lamba (NEC X, Various Technology Startups Mentor, IIT Mentors Co-Chair, IBM); Karthik Sundaresan, Ph.D. (IEEE Fellow, ACM Distinguished Scientist, ACM Sigmobile Rockstar Award 2016, Best Dissertation Awards (B.S.,M.S.,Ph.D)
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Navvisa (Previously My Health Concierge)
Expert Concierge-Style Cancer Navigation for Employees and Caregivers, Offered through Employee Assistance Programs, Delivered by Certified Oncology Nurses via Telehealth Platform. Team: Vanessa Deen Johnson (MPH, USF; Genentech, Biogen/IDEC, Seattle Genetics, Celgene, Glaxo) Nabeel Quryshi (BS Molecular Biology & Comp Sci, Harvard, Founded Evera at Age 18) Ken Stineman (BSEE, Princeton; CIO Genomic; Health, Founder-Double-Helix, Privacy Officer-Ginger, Synteni/Incyte, Guardant, Virta, Intel)
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Netifi
Enterprise Microservice Platform that Lowers Development Costs, Infrastructure Costs, and Speeds Time to Market. Team: Robert Roeser (Netflix, Nike), Greg Whitaker (Nike, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank), Ryland Degnan (Netflix, Cisco, Harvard, Oxford)
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Nunetz
Smart System to Automatically Integrate, Collect, Visualize, and Analyze Medical Data, Creating a Battle Plan for a Patient’s Personalized Situation. Team: Tal Rusak (MS, Stanford University; BS, Cornell University, Summa Cum Laude; Cisco); Dr. Guy Rosenthal (Director of Neurocritical Care, Hadassah - Hebrew University Hospital; Neurosurgeon, UCSF; MD, University of Michigan, Forbes Best Doctor); Advisor: Dr. Gregory Hawryluk (University of Utah Hospital)
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Operant Networks
Edge Communications Platform with Advanced Cybersecurity for Distributed Networks. Team: Randall King (NTU, MS Eng Mgt, Univ. of WA, MSE Applied Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Univ. of OR, BS Physics; Winner of Photonics Circle of Excellence Award, Sucessful Start-ups); Dave Bass (Stanford, Boston Univ., Univ. of IL; managed $350M division at Agilent); Keith Rose (MBA AGSM/UNSW, Fordham Business School, Rutgers; R Industry Expert, Sucessful Start-up Acquisition)
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Particle.One
AI-driven Commodity Market Insights. Team: Tanya Lyubimova (MSU Physics Dept, Major in Quantum Electronics, 1 Exit.); Ilya Nikolskiy (CPO, MSU Economics Dept, 1 exit); GP Saggesse (PhD CTO (HPC, Quant at a HF, 20 Papers)); Paul Smith CDS, PhD (UC Berkley, Google, Quant at HF, 14 Papers)
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PenguinSmart Inc.
Intelligent, Individualized Rehab Services for All. We Expand the Reach of Therapists by 8x through Empowering Caregivers, First Focusing on the 1-in-7 Communication Delayed Children. Team: Amy Kwok, MD, MPH (Harvard, Peking University, Wellframe, Designed Mobile Health Diagnosis Apps); Matt Kwok, MBA (PM & PMM@Microsoft & VMware Cloud Services, MIT Sloan MBA, UC Berkeley)
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QC Ware Corp.
Bringing quantum computing power to the enterprise. We are developing application software that runs on QC machines. Team: Matt Johnson (Ex MD @ Apollo - MBA, Wharton); Tayo Oguntebi (Ex Intel, Nvidia - PhD, Stanford), Randy Correll (Ex - USAF, NASA, SAIC - PhD, UT-Austin), Kin-Joe Sham (Serial Entrepreneur - PhD & MBA,UMN; MEng, MIT)
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ShoppinPal
Embeddable m-commerce platform that captures lost sales for brick & mortar retailers. Team: Sriram Subramanian (PayPal, UC Berkeley MBA, Carnegie Mellon CS); Pulkit Singhal (JPMC, Trustgenix – acq by HP, NYU CS), Lalatendu Satpathy (Intuit, PayPal, CMU HCI), Kush Khandelwal (PayPal - Sales and PM), Jeff French (Architect, wrote one of the fastest mobile apps in the industry) .
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Smartan
Financial and Accounting Data Aggregation & Analytics, Helping Companies (Trade & Finance) to Decide on Cooperation with Counterparties. Team: Mikhaylenko Maria (Mmath, Southern Federal University, 10 years experience in Corporate Risks, Digital Frontier Woman Award for Innovative Tech Solutions); Michael Sadofyev (MBA, 18 years experience in Data & Analytics, UniCredit Bank Russia, XBRL International); Arsenii Pechenkin (MSCS, Voronezh State Technical University, Launched 6 Fintech projects, made MVP for European governments)
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Tocca
Sales and Marketing Virtual Events for B2B Companies. Team: Tommaso Trionfi (INSEAD, MBA; Monsoon, Merchantry, Wimba); Stephane Paquet (Telecom ParisTech, MD in CS; Watee, Airbus Multicoms); Bob Stillerman (Columbia Engineering BSEE, UC Berkeley, MS Computer Science, INSEAD MBA, RS International, Harris)
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