frontiers 2025
MAY 8, IN NEW YORK CITY
A CELEBRATION AND SHOWCASE OF OUR 2024-25 COHORT
Join us on Thursday, May 8 at NYU Stern for our in-person annual showcase celebrating our graduating startups' groundbreaking work. Dive into their innovations, connect with experts and investors, enjoy panel discussions with industry leaders, and witness the Elizabeth Elting Fund winners' announcement!
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EVENT PROGRAM
MAY 08, 2025 - 8:00 AM to 7:30 PM ET
8:00 am
Checkin & Breakfast
9:00 am
Welcome Address, Investor & Mentor Introductions
Presentations & Lunch
4:00 pm
Fireside Chat with Kevin Ryan & Elizabeth Elting Award Ceremony
5:30 pm
Celebration Reception
GRADUATES
42Genetics
42Genetics makes genomic and proteomic data more manageable, smaller, faster, and cleaner with its bioinformatics platform that addresses the challenges of massive data generation and sharing using lossless compression, reduced processing power, and legacy data preservation.
Founder(s):
Rachel Ravens (CEO): Executive MHA, Columbia University
Verticals: Digital Health, Data Analytics, Genomics
Presentation Block: Precision Diagnostics and Prevention
Agilis Commerce
Agilis accelerates sales and enhances customer experience for chemical suppliers by digitizing product data at scale using tailored customer engagement solutions.
Founder(s):
Jay Bhatia (Founder and CEO): MBA, Cornell University
Verticals: Digital Tech, SaaS, CRM, Sales Optimization, Supply Chain
Presentation Block: Sustainable Solutions for Industry
Apricity Health
Apricity Health overcomes cancer drug resistance by developing precision immunotherapies using patient-derived insights from dynamic, longitudinal immune monitoring.
Founder(s):
Lynda Chin (Co-founder & CEO): MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Keith Flaherty (Co-founder and Advisor): MD, Johns Hopkins University; Padmanee Sharma (Co-founder and Advisor): MD/PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Verticals: Life Sciences, Drug Discovery, Oncology
Presentation Block: Oncology Platforms
ATOMICS
ATOMICS enables enhanced product traceability and authentication by printing invisible molecular data directly onto products or packaging using our patented molecular data system and optical scanner.
Founder(s):
Dana Biechele-Speziale (CEO): PhD, Brown University; Selahaddin Gumus (CTO): PhD, Brown University
Verticals: Deep Tech, Computing, Data Storage
Presentation Block: Dual-use Deep Tech
Avol
Avol is a drone delivery service that enables medical centers to deliver blood up to 11x faster for the same cost or less using novel autonomous electric cargo aircraft.
Founder(s):
Nate Poon (CEO): PhD, UC Berkeley; Matthew Sargeant (CTO): PhD, Cambridge University
Verticals: Deep Tech, Hardware, MedTech Delivery
Presentation Block: Hospital Operations Optimization
Banquet Health
Banquet Health is transforming the hospital food services landscape with a cloud-based platform that streamlines food services operations to reduce staffing pressure, reduce waste and ensure the safety of patients with specific food requirements & allergies.
Founder(s):
Charlton Field (Co-founder and CEO): BA, Yale University; Nivi Jayasekar (Co-founder and CTO): BS, Carnegie Mellon
Verticals: Digital Health, SaaS Platform, Hospital Services
Presentation Block: Hospital Operations Optimization
Banyan Infrastructure
Banyan Infrastructure simplifies, accelerates, and optimizes sustainable infrastructure financing by offering a climate fintech platform that streamlines the deal life cycle.
Founder(s):
Will Greene (CEO): BS, Rice University; Amanda Li (COO): MBA, Harvard Business School
Verticals: Digital Tech, Fintech, Sustainable Financing, Climate
Presentation Block: FinTech + eCommerce Infrastructure
BreakBio Corp
BreakBio aims to treat and cure solid tumors with a personalized cancer vaccine that generates T-cells against non-mutated targets identified by AI/ML in each patient; these are targets the body does not naturally generate T-cells against on its own.
Founder(s):
Roy de Souza (CEO): MBA, Kellogg's School of Management; David Hawke (CTO): PhD, University of the Pacific; Kim Nancarrow (COO and CFO): BS, Clemson University
Verticals: Life Sciences, Therapeutic Vaccine, Oncology
Presentation Block: AI Drug Discovery
ByteGenie
ByteGenie helps business users rapidly build real-time, high-quality datasets with an AI agent that replicates a data team, starting with hospitality leads for sales teams to increase room utilization and drive revenue growth.
Founder(s):
Jiale Tan (CEO): MS, University of Exeter; Majid Hasan (CTO): PhD, EDHEC Business School / Ãcole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord
Verticals: Digital Tech, SaaS, Market Analysis, Supplier Management, Supply Chain
Presentation Block: AI Enterprise Applications
CAREier
CAREier is centralizing and automating physical container management across health systems with its software platform that enables disparate departments to streamline workflows, improve regulatory compliance performance and reduce audit times by over 90%.
Founder(s):
Ryan Bass (Founder and CEO): BS, Rockhurst University ; Kevin Williams (CIO): MS, University of Arizona
Verticals: Digital Health, SaaS Platform, Hospital Services
Presentation Block: Hospital Operations Optimization
CartaBio
CartaBio's platform uses cell-centric technology with generative AI to spatially resolve cell states in order to enhance therapeutic success. Their lead technology is focused on improving T cell models for immune cell therapy development.
Founder(s):
Rob Yang (CEO): PhD, Washington University in St. Louis
Verticals: Life Sciences, Drug Discovery, Immunology / Oncology
Presentation Block: AI Drug Discovery
Cellinfinity Bio
Cellinfinity Bio is developing novel viral vectors that genetically reprogram T-cells in situ (within patients) to generate multigene, enhanced CAR-T cells against solid tumors and autoimmune diseases.
Founder(s):
Premal Patel (CEO): MD/PhD, University of Washington; Philip Kong (COO): PhD, Yale University
Verticals: Life Sciences, Cell & Gene Therapy, Oncology
Presentation Block: Cell and Gene Therapy
Ceramedix
Ceramedix aspires to treat diabetic retinopathy and other microvascular injury-related diseases by administering subcutaneously a first-in-class anti-ceramide antibody that selectively targets and disrupts endothelial cell injury.
Founder(s):
Charles Dimmler (Executive Chairman): Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School; Julia Busik (CSO): PhD, Graduate University for Advanced Studies
Verticals: Life Sciences, Therapeutic Biologic (Immunotherapy), Opthalmology
Presentation Block: Tissue-specific Therapeutic Approaches
CLIKA
CLIKA unlocks Edge AI deployment by accelerating and compressing AI models using a secure platform that enables 87% compression and 12x inference speed with minimal accuracy loss.
Founder(s):
Nayul Kim (Co-founder and CEO): MBA, ICEX-CECO; Ben Asaf (Co-founder and CTO): BS, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Verticals: Digital Tech, AI, IoT Device Optimization, Mobile AI Applications
Presentation Block: AI Tools + Infrastructure
Cloverleaf Bio
Cloverleaf Bio is improving patient outcomes in oncology by leveraging the power of synthetic lethality to specifically kill cancer cells.
Founder(s):
Austin Draycott (CEO): PhD, Yale University; Cole Lewis (CSO): PhD, Yale University; Wendy Gilbert (Co-founder and SAB Chair): PhD, UC San Francisco
Verticals: Life Sciences, Therapeutic Biologic (Immunotherapy), Oncology
Presentation Block: Oncology Platforms
Coastar Therapeutics
Coastar Therapeutics looks to improve drug delivery for cancer immunotherapies and gene therapies through their proprietary Erythrocyte Derived Membrane (EDM) platform.
Founder(s):
Eddie Chung (CEO): MS, UC San Diego; Han Liang Lim (CSO): PhD, UC San Diego
Verticals: Life Sciences, Drug Delivery, Cell & Gene Therapy
Presentation Block: Cell and Gene Therapy
CTGT
CTGT mitigates hallucinations and bias in deep learning models by making AI systems more transparent using a platform that reduces compute needs and supports deployment in regulated sectors.
Founder(s):
Cyril Gorlla (Co-founder and CEO): MS, University of California San Diego; Trevor Tuttle (Co-founder and CTO): MS, University of California San Diego
Verticals: Digital Tech, AI, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management in AI
Presentation Block: AI Tools + Infrastructure
Cyanotype Bio
Cyanotype Bio is developing an AI-driven discovery and biomanufacturing platform, powered by proprietary plant cell agriculture technology, to unlock the 97% of bioactives and their countless combinations yet to be discovered in the Plant Kingdom.
Founder(s):
Elisabeth Evans (Co-founder and CEO): PhD, Brown University; Paula Elbl (Co-founder and CSO): PhD, University of São Paulo
Verticals: Deep Tech, AgTech, Platform
Presentation Block: Nature Inspired New Materials
DataHive
DataHive empowers individuals and organizations to control and benefit from their data by enabling user-owned AI using user-owned digital footprints.
Founder(s):
Ray Gill (Founder and CEO): BA Network Engineering, SAIT
Verticals: Digital Tech, Digital Identity, Digital Asset Management, Data Ownership Solutions
Presentation Block: AI Enterprise Applications
dataspan.ai
dataspan.ai automates visual product inspection for manufacturers by training AI models with minimal data using a self-serve GenAI platform.
Founder(s):
Ofer Lavi (CEO): MS, Tel Aviv University; Elad Shaked (CTO): MS, Tel Aviv University
Verticals: Digital Tech, AI, Computer Vision, Quality Control, Manufacturing Automation, Supply Chain
Presentation Block: Industrial Automation
DoriNano
DoriNano's innovative nanodelivery platform leverages DNA origami nanoparticles to enhance drug stability, targeting, and efficacy while reducing toxicity, capable of delivering a diverse array of biological cargos for treating a broad spectrum of conditions.
Founder(s):
Yang Claire Zeng (CEO and CTO): MD, Xi'an Jiatong University Medical School / PhD, Tsinghua University and Peking Union Medical College; Jessica Flechtner (COO and CSO): PhD, Cornell University
Verticals: Life Sciences, Therapeutic Vaccine, Oncology
Presentation Block: Oncology Platforms
Elm AI
Elm AI helps companies measure and improve their supply chains' social and environmental impact by providing a platform that calculates risk and compliance faster, cheaper, and more accurately.
Founder(s):
Advait Raykar (CEO and Co-founder): MEng Computer Science, Cornell University; Aparajita Thakker (Co-founder and COO): MBA, Cornell University; Ken He (Co-founder and CPO): MS Info Science, Cornell University; Eesha Khanna ( Chief AI Officer): MS Info Science, Cornell University
Verticals: Digital Tech, SaaS, Supply Chain, Sustainability Reporting
Presentation Block: Sustainable Solutions for Industry
Enigma Aerospace
Enigma Aerospace is set to revolutionize military and B2B logistics with long-range, heavy-lift, autonomous aircraft that operate independently of runways.
Founder(s):
Reese Mozer (CEO): MS, Carnegie Mellon University; Vijay Somandepalli (CTO): PhD, Standford University; Andrew Sousa (Co-founder and Director of Engineering): MS, UMass Amherst
Verticals: Deep Tech, Aerospace, Transportation
Presentation Block: Dual-use Deep Tech
ExoDiscovery
ExoDiscovery enables doctors to monitor lung cancer patient therapy response in real-time with a unique exosome approach that delivers ultra-sensitive results in a single day.
Founder(s):
Kyu Lee (Co-founder and CEO): PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Yoon Cho (Co-founder and Chief Science Advisor): PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; David Lee (CTO): PhD, Pohang University of Science and Technology; Minchan Kim (Director of Corporate Development): BS, NYU Stern School of Business
Verticals: Digital Health, Diagnostics, Oncology
Presentation Block: Medical Devices
Fenix Commerce
Fenix Commerce optimizes last-mile delivery and returns for eCommerce retailers by improving customer experience and conversion rates using a predictive fulfillment platform.
Founder(s):
Akhilesh Srivastava (CEOÂ and Founder): BS, MNNIT INDIA
Verticals: Digital Tech, SaaS, E-commerce Optimization, Logistics Management
Presentation Block: FinTech + eCommerce Infrastructure
Fermbox Bio
Fermbox Bio is a biomaterials company focused on disrupting traditional supply chains reliant on plant, animal, and harsh chemical processes. We harness advanced biotechnology and precision fermentation to produce sustainable materials essential to everyday life.
Founder(s):
Subramani Ramachandrappa (Co-founder): MBA, Indian School of Business; Preeti Dharmagoudar (Co-founder): MBA, Indian School of Business
Verticals: Deep Tech, Advance Materials, Biotech
Presentation Block: Nature Inspired New Materials
Free Form Fibers
Free Form Fibers produces high purity, and therefore high performance, fiber materials using chemical vapor deposition technology for next generation composites used in a range of critical high tech industries, including aviation, defense, energy, and semiconductors.
Founder(s):
Shay Harrison (CEO): PhD, University of Connecticut
Verticals: Deep Tech, Advance Materials, Manufacturing
Presentation Block: Dual-use Deep Tech
Frost Methane
Frost Methane partners with livestock farmers to keep waste methane from the atmosphere and turn it into significant recurring revenues. This reduces the warming effects caused directly by methane and premature deaths and crop failures caused by methane's contribution to smog
Founder(s):
Olya Irzak (CEO): MS, University of Toronto
Verticals: Deep Tech, Climate Tech, CleanTech
Presentation Block: Sustainable Solutions for Industry
geCKo Materials
geCKo Materials offers a bio-inspired dry adhesive that is ultra-strong, reusable, and residue-free, detaching without force. This technology lowers costs and energy consumption while enabling new applications in industrial automation, robotic gripping, space, and defense.
Founder(s):
Capella Kerst (CEO): PhD, Stanford University
Verticals: Deep Tech, Advance Materials, Manufacturing
Presentation Block: Nature Inspired New Materials
Godot
Godot helps organizations understand user behavior, enabling early detection of illness and effective health promotion through its AI-powered behavioral simulation platform.
Founder(s):
Ken Moriyama (Co-founder and Global CEO): MPP, University of Oxford; Megumi Ichimiya (Co-founder and US CEO): PhD, George Washington University; Go Suzui (Co-Founder and CAIO): MS, Georgia Institute of Technology
Verticals: Digital Health, SaaS Platform, Patient Engagement
Presentation Block: Precision Diagnostics and Prevention
GrayMatters Health
GrayMatters Health has developed a first-in-class self-neuromodulation platform that utilizes brain area specific digital biomarkers to help patients learn to control brain activity associated with mental health disorders, starting with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Founder(s):
Oded Kraft (Co-founder and CEO): MBA, Technion Israel Institute of Technology; Rani Cohen (Co-founder and Executive Chairman): MBA, Yale University; Shai Attia (Co-founder and VP of R&D): MBA, Technion Israel Institute of Technology; Kirk Thelander (CCO): BS, Ball State University
Verticals: Digital Health, Medical Device, Mental Health & Wellness
Presentation Block: Medical Devices
Helix Earth
Helix Earth is revolutionizing air conditioning with non-invasive retrofit devices that boost commercial AC efficiency by up to 50%.
Founder(s):
Rawand Rasheed (CEO): PhD, Rice University; Brad Husick (CBO): MBA, Columbia University
Verticals: Deep Tech, Energy, HVAC Consumption
Presentation Block: Sustainable Solutions for Industry
Hoox
Hoox boosts customer engagement for banks and card issuers by delivering real-time personalized incentives using embedded offers within purchase journeys.
Founder(s):
Oz Azaria (CEO): BS, Tel Aviv University; Roee Peled (CRO): MBA, MIT; Guy Freedman (CTO): MBA, Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Verticals: Digital Tech, Fintech, SaaS, Marketing Automation, Cardholder Analytics
Presentation Block: FinTech + eCommerce Infrastructure
IDP Pharma
IDP Pharma is developing cancer therapies that target intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), a novel class of disease drivers, by modulating intra-protein interactions, and leads the field with a clinical-stage asset that degrades cMyc, a key oncogene in 70% of cancers.
Founder(s):
Santiago Esteban (CEO): PhD, University of Valencia; Laura Nevola (CSO): PhD, University of Rome
Verticals: Life Sciences, Small Molecule, Oncology
Presentation Block: Oncology Platforms
Koi Biotherapeutics
Koi Biotherapeutics' CAR-Enhancer platform uses a novel protein therapeutic that selectively binds to any CAR T-cell therapy to enhance activity, prevent exhaustion, and promote development into memory cells.
Founder(s):
Hamid Mahini (Co-founder and CEO): PhD, Sharif University of Technology; Mohammad Rashidian (Scientific Founder): PhD, University of Minnesota
Verticals: Life Sciences, Therapeutic Biologic (Immunotherapy), Oncology
Presentation Block: Cell and Gene Therapy
Lore Machine
Lore Machine transforms storytelling into immersive multimedia experiences by converting written narratives into visual and audio content using an AI-native creative platform.
Founder(s):
Thobey Campion (CEO): MS, McGill University
Verticals: Digital Tech, AI, SaaS, Multimedia Storytelling
Presentation Block: AI Enterprise Applications
LUCID
LUCID has developed evidence-based digital therapeutics that leverage deep learning to deliver music optimized and individualized to lower anxiety & agitation and improve cognition for older adults with behavioral and psychiatric symptoms of dementia (BPSD).
Founder(s):
Zachary McMahon (Co-founder and CEO): MBA, University of Toronto ; Aaron Labbe (Co-founder and CTO): BS, SUNY Fredonia; Frank Russo (CSO): PhD, Queen's University
Verticals: Digital Health, Software as a Medical Device, Mental Health & Wellness
Presentation Block: Medical Devices
Luxsonic
Luxsonic is solving critical radiology workflow challenges with virtual reality and artificial intelligence, delivering a more streamlined, efficient, and productive user experience for radiologists.
Founder(s):
Mike Wesolowski (Founder and CEO): PhD, University of Waterloo; John Huffman (CSO): BSc, University of Chicago; Mackenzie Power (Head of Software Development): BSc, University of Saskatchewan
Verticals: Digital Health, SaaS Platform, Clinician Workflow
Presentation Block: Clinician Support Platforms
Manifest Technologies (formerly Vitro3D)
Manifest’s Parallax Volumetric Additive Manufacturing (P-VAM) uses a proprietary light engine and algorithms to cure resin in 3D simultaneously—enabling complete objects in one step with no layers, supports, or print farms.
Founder(s):
Camila Uzcategui (Co-CEO): PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder; Johnny Hergert (Co-CEO): PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder
Verticals: Deep Tech, Hardware, Manufacturing
Presentation Block: Industrial Automation
MiCare Path
MiCare Path provides virtual care as a service line, extending care beyond office visits to close gaps, enhance specialty clinic quality scores, and improve patient outcomes with real-time data.
Founder(s):
Scott Laster (Co-founder and CEO): BA, University of Memphis; Corey Patrick (Co-founder and COO): MBA, Union University; Brian Childress (Co-founder and CCO): BS, University of Tennessee
Verticals: Digital Health, Medical Device, Remote Patient Monitoring
Presentation Block: Clinician Support Platforms
Modulate Bio
Modulate Bio is advancing a new generation of high-precision neuro-medicines to treat tremors, epilepsy and more.
Founder(s):
Andrew Thomson (Co-founder and CEO): MBA, Harvard Business School; Dario Doller (Co-founder and CTO): PhD, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Verticals: Life Sciences, Small Molecule, Neurology
Presentation Block: Tissue-specific Therapeutic Approaches
Navaflex
NavaFlex boosts energy resilience with smart clothing powered by flexible, washable batteries, while advancing superconducting materials for next-gen electrical infrastructure.
Founder(s):
Suvankar Sengupta (CEO): PhD, University of NotreDame; Ramachandra R Revur (COO): PhD, Osmania University; Amul Tevar (CTO): PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
Verticals: Deep Tech, Energy, Battery Materials
Presentation Block: Dual-use Deep Tech
Nest Genomics
Nest Genomics is bringing genetic information to the point of care with the automated infrastructure that organizations need to implement and scale longitudinal genomic programs.
Founder(s):
Moran Snir (Co-founder and CEO): MBA, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Business School; Guy Snir (Co-founder and COO): MBA, Tel Aviv University and Duke - Fuqua Business School
Verticals: Digital Health, SaaS Platform, Genetics
Presentation Block: Precision Diagnostics and Prevention
NightVision Security
NightVision streamlines security testing in development by providing frictionless software that integrates security earlier into the DevOps process, reducing time to market.
Founder(s):
George Prince (CEO): BS, Yale University; Kinnaird McQuade (CTO): MS, Marymount University
Verticals: Digital Tech, Cybersecurity, DevSecOps Integration, Compliance Auditing
Presentation Block: AI for Security + Defense Applications
nSight Surgical
nSight Surgical is the first AI platform to objectively document surgical operational information, transforming data across cost containment, enhancing operational efficiency, and improving quality for health systems.
Founder(s):
Nathaniel C. R Smith (Co-founder and CEO): BS, California College of Art; Derek Amanatullah (Co-founder and CMO): MD, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Alex Vorobiev (CPO): MBA, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Business School; Alison Rivas (COO): MSOM, Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College Berkeley
Verticals: Digital Health, AI Sensing, Surgery
Presentation Block: Hospital Operations Optimization
Olfera
Olfera harnesses the olfactory pathway to enable targeted treatment of brain diseases.
Founder(s):
Parnian Lak (CEO): PhD, University of Alberta
Verticals: Life Sciences, Drug Delivery, Neurology
Presentation Block: Tissue-specific Therapeutic Approaches
Page Technologies
PAGE Technologies enables more efficient water and fertilizer management for agriculture by delivering affordable, distributed IoT sensor networks and advanced analytics.
Founder(s):
Elliot Strand (CEO): PhD, University of Colorado Boulder; Payton Goodrich (CTO): PhD, University of California Berkeley
Verticals: Deep Tech, AgTech, Platform
Presentation Block: Sustainable Solutions for Industry
PathKeeper Surgical
PathKeeper Surgical has developed a surgical planning and navigation platform that combines AI and IR camera technology to track surgical tools and patient anatomy to guide accurate device positioning and implantation for safer and more accurate clinical outcomes.
Founder(s):
Erez Lampert (Founder and CEO): MBA, Israel Institute of Technology; Ryan Leblanc (CCO): DPT, Massachusetts General Hospital - Institute for Health Professions; Opher Kinrot (CTO): PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science
Verticals: Digital Health, AI Sensing, Orthopedics
Presentation Block: Clinician Support Platforms
Picture Health
Picture Health advances precision oncology by creating AI imaging biomarkers to inform oncologist treatment selection and accelerate clinical development.
Founder(s):
Trishan Arul (Co-founder and CEO): MS, University of Waterloo; Anant Madabhushi (Co-founder and CSO): PhD, University of Pennsylvania; Nathaniel Braman (Head of AI): PhD, Case Western Reserve University
Verticals: Digital Health, Diagnostics, Oncology
Presentation Block: Oncology Platforms
Plantibodies
Plantibodies is developing a novel, plant-based oral encapsulation method for targeted delivery of biologics into the gastrointestinal tract for the treatment of GI diseases such as inflammations, rare diseases, infections, cancers.
Founder(s):
Pierre Bauër (CEO): PhD, Sorbonne University; Bilal Mazhar (CSO): PhD, College de France
Verticals: Life Sciences, Drug Delivery, Immunology / Oncology
Presentation Block: Nature Inspired New Materials
PLATMA
PLATMA simplifies software development by digitizing business processes using a no-code AI platform that turns simple English into functional applications.
Founder(s):
Max Prokhorov (Co-founder and CEO): MD, Taras Shevchenko National University; Yaroslav Kologryvov (Co-founder): PhD, National Technical University of Ukraine, Kyiv Polytechnic Institute; Max Kolyada (Co-founder and CTO): MBA, Kyiv National Economic University; Sergiy Kozlov (Co-founder and Head of Product): BS, Odessa State University. Ð.Ð. Mechnikov
Verticals: Digital Tech, AI, Business Process Automation, App Development
Presentation Block: AI Tools + Infrastructure
Propitious Technologies
Propitious turns heavy vehicles into energy-efficient, data-smart assets with an AI-powered IoT platform and bolt-on energy-harvesting system—cutting fuel use, reducing downtime, and increasing profits.
Founder(s):
Elsbeth Hurry (Founding CEO and COO): MBA, Indiana University; Johan de Nysschen (CEO): MBA, University of Pretoria South Africa; Jon Hurry (CTO): BS, Western Michigan University
Verticals: Deep Tech, Energy, Transportation
Presentation Block: Sustainable Solutions for Industry
Rasayana Therapeutics
Rasayana Therapeutics is utilizing the gut-organ axis to develop gut-targeted treatments for chronic diseases. Their lead candidate is a first-in-class, gut-restricted biologic that inhibits inflammation and intestinal permeability in ulcerative colitis.
Founder(s):
Vidisha Mohad (Founder and CEO): PhD, UW Madison / Postdoc, Harvard
Verticals: Life Sciences, Therapeutic Biologic (Immunotherapy), Immunology
Presentation Block: Tissue-specific Therapeutic Approaches
RealNose.ai
RealNose.ai is turning scent into a powerful diagnostic tool with its machine olfaction platform powered by AI and trained to match the unparalleled olfactory capabilities of canine dogs for a range of diagnostic applications, starting with prostate cancer.
Founder(s):
Nikolas Stefanou (Co-founder and CEO): MBA, University of Chicago; Andreas Mershin (Co-founder and CSO): PhD, Texas A&M University
Verticals: Digital Health, AI Sensing, Oncology
Presentation Block: Medical Devices
REEV
REEV is revolutionizing mobility for millions with walking disorders through AI-powered exoskeletons.
Founder(s):
Amaury Ciurana (Co-founder and CEO): MS, Ecole Polytechnique; Robin Temporelli (Co-founder and CTO): PhD, University of Sherbrooke
Verticals: Deep Tech, Hardware, Mobility
Presentation Block: Medical Devices
Rejuvenation Technologies
Rejuvenation Technologies looks to improve quality of life and the human lifespan by treating chronic pulmonary, hepatic, and hematopoietic diseases through telomere extension using its mRNA delivery technology.
Founder(s):
John Ramunas (CEO): PhD, Stanford University
Verticals: Life Sciences, Cell & Gene Therapy, Regenerative Medicine
Presentation Block: Cell and Gene Therapy
Revolv3
Revolv3 increases revenue and reduces churn for card-on-file merchants by delivering a payment optimization platform that uses AI and ML for higher approval rates at lower costs.
Founder(s):
Frank Arellano (Founder and CEO): BS, California State University, Long Beach; Robert Podlesni (Co-founder and CPO): BA, Azusa Pacific University
Verticals: Digital Tech, Fintech, Financial Performance Optimization, Customer Retention Strategies
Presentation Block: FinTech + eCommerce Infrastructure
Robochef
Robochef develops and implements robotic food automation solutions to address labor challenges in the food service industry.
Founder(s):
Aravind Durai (CEO): MBA, Kellogg University
Verticals: Deep Tech, Hardware, FoodTech
Presentation Block: Industrial Automation
Safe YOU | Impact Innovations Institute
Safe YOU empowers women and disrupts violence by providing a comprehensive tech solution with a mobile app and AI analytics to support safety and inform policymakers.
Founder(s):
Mariam Torosyan (CEO): MS, Yerevan State University; Lilit Shakhulyan (COO): MS, French University Armenia
Verticals: Digital Tech, SaaS, Personal Safety, Policy Advocacy
Presentation Block: AI for Security + Defense Applications
Sama Therapeutics
Sama Therapeutics is developing an AI-powered precision medicine platform that synthesizes life science foundation models, conversational AI avatars and generative AI agents into biomarker discovery engines to optimize clinical trial efficiency and outcomes.
Founder(s):
Shobi Ahmed (Co-founder and CEO): MD, Yale School of Medicine; PhD, Harvard University; Adam Teed (Co-founder and COO): PhD, The University of Texas at Dallas; Franz Hell (Co-founder and Chief AI Officer): PhD, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; Aurina Arnatkeviciute (Co-founder and Chief Data Scientist): PhD, Monash University
Verticals: Digital Health, Software as a Medical Device, Neurology
Presentation Block: Tissue-specific Therapeutic Approaches
Script Biosciences
Script Biosciences is developing treatments for neurodegenerative disorders using proprietary brain-targeted engineered lipid nanoparticle carriers to deliver therapeutic RNAs and CRISPR-based gene editing components.
Founder(s):
Gbenga Odegbami (CEO): PhD, PSB Paris School of Business; Famous Ehichioya (CTO): BS, Federal University of Technology Minna; Simi Opayemi (COO): JD, Northwestern University
Verticals: Life Sciences, Drug Delivery, Neurology
Presentation Block: Cell and Gene Therapy
SEED Therapeutics
SEED Therapeutics is developing novel "molecular glue" modalities using its unique RITE3 targeted protein degradation (TPD) platform, designed to target 80% of disease-driving proteins previously considered undruggable in cancer, neurodegenerative disease, and more.
Founder(s):
Lan Huang (CEO): PhD, UC Berkeley; James Tonra (President and CSO): PhD, SUNY Stony Brook
Verticals: Life Sciences, Small Molecule, Oncology
Presentation Block: Oncology Platforms
Sensible Biotechnologies
Sensible Biotechnologies is developing a platform to improve upon production, quality, and efficacy of diverse mRNA therapeutics using its unique, cost-effective, and scalable cell-based production pipeline.
Founder(s):
Miroslav Gasparek (CEO): MS, Imperial College London; Marian Kupculak (CSO): PhD, University of Oxford
Verticals: Life Sciences, Drug Discovery, Immunology
Presentation Block: AI Drug Discovery
Siftwell Analytics
Siftwell has developed a predictive analytics platform that leverages advanced AI/ML models to provide health plans insights into the future of their membership, enabling them to improve member health outcomes, reduce care costs, and improve quality scores.
Founder(s):
Trey Sutten (Co-founder and CEO): MBA, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business; Chuck Hollowell (Co-founder and President): JD, University of Virginia School of Law; Eben Esterhuizen (Co-founder and CTO): BS, University of Pretoria
Verticals: Digital Health, Data Analytics, Preventive Care
Presentation Block: Precision Diagnostics and Prevention
Simulacra SDS
Simulacra Synthetic Data Studio enhances consumer and market research by generating predictive real-time synthetic data and causal scenario modeling through advanced AI techniques.
Founder(s):
Jason Cohen (Founder and CEO): BS, Penn State University
Verticals: Digital Tech, SaaS, Predictive Analytics, Market Research
Presentation Block: AI Tools + Infrastructure
Smabbler
Smabbler improves LLM performance by reducing memory issues and hallucinations using a knowledge and memory graph framework.
Founder(s):
Luke Pytel (CEO): MSc, Wrocław University of Science and Technology; Aga Kopytko (CTO): University of Wrocław
Verticals: Digital Tech, AI, SaaS, AI Model Training, Contextual Data Enrichment
Presentation Block: AI Tools + Infrastructure
Solvuu
Solvuu is transforming precision medicine by bringing molecular labs into the future with its first-in-class digital infrastructure, built with a radically new architecture to enable AI systems with true scientific reasoning abilities.
Founder(s):
Ashish Agarwal (Founder and CEO): PhD, Carnegie Mellon; Raj Sasidharan (CSO): PhD, University of Cambridge
Verticals: Digital Health, Data Analytics, Genomics
Presentation Block: Precision Diagnostics and Prevention
Spectronn
Spectronn enhances maritime decision-making by delivering predictive intelligence using a proprietary generative and explainable AI platform.
Founder(s):
Rajarathnam Chandramouli (CEO): PhD, University of South Florida; Vidya Sagar (CTO): PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anish Kumar (COO): MBA, Cornell Tech
Verticals: Digital Tech, AI, Urban Planning, Environmental Monitoring
Presentation Block: AI for Security + Defense Applications
SpruceID
SpruceID empowers users to control their data by securely issuing digital identity and credentials, allowing platforms to request access to usersâ data vaults.
Founder(s):
Wayne Chang (Founder and CEO): BS, Rutgers University; Greg Rocco (Founder Emeritus): MS, CUNY
Verticals: Digital Tech, Digital Identity, User Authentication, Data Access Control
Presentation Block: AI for Security + Defense Applications
Stimvia
Stimvia has developed a first-in-class, clinically validated neuromodulation system that improves patient quality of life by connecting the peroneal nerve in the leg to deep brain structures, enabling non-invasive treatment of overactive bladder and Parkinson's symptoms.
Founder(s):
Lukas Doskocil (Founder and CEO): BS, University College Prague; Jan Vondras (CTO): PhD, Czech Technical University Prague
Verticals: Digital Health, Medical Device, Neuromodulation
Presentation Block: Medical Devices
Sunchem
Sunchem develops and deploys precision nano-leaching and nano-filter technologies for the efficient, eco-friendly separation of critical metals—transforming processes across the critical metal value chain.
Founder(s):
Daniel T. Sun (CEO): PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL); Dana Hernandez (CTO): PhD, UC Berkeley
Verticals: Deep Tech, Climate Tech, CleanTech
Presentation Block: Nature Inspired New Materials
Suyana Climate Insurance
Suyana protects farmers and fishermen from climate risk by embedding affordable weather insurance into bank loans using satellite and sensor data.
Founder(s):
Rodrigo Garcia (Co-founder and CEO): MS, Harvard University; Fernando Yu (Co-founder and CTO): PhD, Harvard University
Verticals: Digital Tech, Fintech, Insurance Underwriting, Climate
Presentation Block: FinTech + eCommerce Infrastructure
syd.life
syd improves life quality outcomes for human-centric industries by delivering predictive, actionable health data using proprietary AI trained on over one million scientific studies and real-world evidence.
Founder(s):
Lorena Puica (Founder and CEO): MBA, Columbia Business School & London Business School; Florane Grimaldi (COO): Business Management, Bayes Business School & City University
Verticals: Digital Tech, SaaS, Organizational Development, HR Analytics
Presentation Block: AI Enterprise Applications
SyntheX
SyntheX invented a novel cell-engineering strategy to target previously inaccessible disease-causing proteins by leveraging protein-protein interaction disruption and protein degradation.
Founder(s):
Maria Soloveychik (CEO): PhD, University of Toronto; Charly Chahwan (CSO): BSc, University of Toronto
Verticals: Life Sciences, Drug Discovery, Oncology
Presentation Block: AI Drug Discovery
Telness Tech
Telness Tech streamlines mobile operator launches and operations by providing fully automated end-to-end software solutions that enhance customer satisfaction and reduce costs.
Founder(s):
Martina Klingvall (CEO): MBA, The Royal institute of Technology; Jonas Cedenwing (COO): MBA, The Royal institute of Technology
Verticals: Digital Tech, SaaS, Network Operations, Customer Service Optimization
Presentation Block: AI Enterprise Applications
Tessel Bio
Tessel Bio's AI-driven drug discovery platform utilizes unique patient-derived tissues to model chronic disease. Their current pipeline aims to target neutrophilic inflammation and tissue remodeling in COPD, IBD, and more.
Founder(s):
Naren Tallapragada (CEO): PhD, Harvard University; Arvind Thiagarajan (CTO): MS, MIT
Verticals: Life Sciences, Drug Discovery, Immunology
Presentation Block: AI Drug Discovery
The Rubic
The Rubic’s AI-powered robotic system autonomously handles case picking, put-away, and replenishment, integrating into existing facilities with no need for upgrades or downtime.
Founder(s):
Masoud Kalantari (CEO): PhD, Concordia University; Tim Johnson (CTO): Technologist, SAIT
Verticals: Deep Tech, Hardware, Warehouse Automation
Presentation Block: Industrial Automation
WORMSENSING
WORMSENSING delivers next-gen vibration sensing with microscopic-level precision, giving manufacturers and asset managers deep insights for Industry 4.0, predictive maintenance, and optimized operations.
Founder(s):
Jean-Sebastien Moulet (CEO): PhD, Grenoble University; Lamine Benaissa (CTO): MS, Grenoble University
Verticals: Deep Tech, Hardware, Electronic Equipment
Presentation Block: Industrial Automation
Wright Electric
Wright Electric aims to transform U.S. aviation by developing sustainable all-electric aircraft, using advanced batteries, efficient propulsion systems, and energy-dense generators to drive clean aviation forward.
Founder(s):
Jeff Engler (CEO): MBA, Harvard Business School
Verticals: Deep Tech, Aerospace, Transportation
Presentation Block: Dual-use Deep Tech
YCare
YCare powers the last mile of healthcare delivery for major providers and payors with a turnkey platform that unifies devices, digital health tools and clinical infrastructure, delivering seamless, integrated care.
Founder(s):
Allan Gobbs (Chairman and CEO): Advanced Corporate Finance, INSEAD; Corporate Board Leadership, Harvard Business School; Vadim Cherdak (Founder and CTO): PhD, Institute of Mathematics of Academy of Science of USSR; Luis Andrade (COO): MBA, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Business School; Clara Johary (Chief Clinical Officer): MBA, Saint Leo University
Verticals: Digital Health, SaaS Platform, Remote Patient Monitoring
Presentation Block: Clinician Support Platforms
Youverify
Youverify fights financial crime and fraud by using machine learning to blend authoritative and public data with explainable AI and real-time monitoring.
Founder(s):
Gbenga Odegbami (CEO): PhD, PSB Paris School of Business; Famous Ehichioya (CTO): BS, Federal University of Technology Minna; Simi Opayemi (COO): JD, Northwestern University
Verticals: Digital Tech, Fintech, Cybersecurity, Financial Crime Prevention, Compliance Monitoring
Presentation Block: AI for Security + Defense Applications