Katie Lefkowitz (MBA 2016), Founder
Harken Sweets – Indulgence, Reimagined

Daniel Jayeoba (MBA 2023), Co-Founder
Guidel – AI powered guide for immigration and visa applications.

Juno – Sam Bokher (MBA 2022), Co-Founder/CEO

Ultra High Materials – Jonathan Cool (MBA 1985), Co-Founder/CEO

Onsite Kids – Carmi Medoff (MBA 2020), Founder/CEO

(Photos by Julia Discenza Photography)

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• 2023
  • M7 Health, Ilana Springer Borkenstein (’22), Eric Gruskin (’22) – (went on to win Global Finals)
  • Banter, Taro Tomiya (’22) & Sam Blumenthal (’22)
• 2022
  • Favarr, Anil Taneja, ’20
  • Oceancycle – Robert Goodwin ’07
  • IDYLL – John Vielot ’21

• 2021

  • Steep’d Cocktails Inc., Chloe Aucoin, ’20, Alison Nathanson, ’20
  • Quoll Intelligence, Benjamin Cohen ’17

• 2020

  • gablex.ai, Alex Sambvani ’17
  • Smarty, Denzil Eden ’18
  • Special Mention Ventoux Partnerships/Public Prep, Ian Rowe ’93

• 2019

  • Blueland, Gina Pak ’15 (went on to win Global Finals & appear on Shark Tank!)
  • PeopleJoy, Emeka Oguh ’11
  • Augean Robotics, Charles Andersen ’14

•  2018

  • Magma Trading, George Hessler ’85 (Runner Up at the Global Finals)
  • Mindprint Learning, Nancy Weinstein ’00
  • FitSkin,Inc., Sergio Rattner ’01

•  2017

  • Werk, Anna Auerbach ’10

• 2016

  • 1 Atelier, Stephanie Sarka ’90

• 2015

  • BollyX Fitness, Minal Mehta ’11 (which went on to win the $25,000 national award for Most Innovative)

• 2014

  • Aromaflage, Melissa Fensterstock ‘12

• 2013

  • Bookalokal (now SixPlus), Evelyne White ‘10

• 2012

  • EnergyGridIQ, Reena Russell ‘03

• 2011

  • PhytoTEK, Sahil A. Patel ‘05

• 2010

  • TwoChop, Mo Lam ‘05