2008 Ventures
Division I
Orchid King
Thammasat University
Our OKlone micropropagation technology cultivates market dominating
Phalaenopsis, growing these highly demanded orchids at 5,120% greater
yield, while practically eliminating labor in this $1.5 billion segment.
Tanapum Jongboonwattana, Ekachai Buranathai, Surasak Lhueng-U-Sakul,
Kassiri Tanapatcharasiri, Tospol Puttiteerachote
Faculty Adviser: Bill Randall
iShoe
Harvard University and MIT
iShoe has a patent pending insole that rehabilitates the wearer’s
ability to balance, reduces falls and automatically notifies caregivers
and loved ones if a fall occurs.
Erez Lieberman, Theresa Tribble, Katherine Forth
Faculty Adviser: Laurence Young
Klymit
Brigham Young University
Klymit's product: “The Holy Grail of Insulation”, is revolutionizing the
outdoor gear and apparel industry. Klymit's vision: becoming the world
leader in noble gas technology.
Nate Alder, Ben Maughan
Faculty Adviser: Nile Hatch
Romanov Caviar
Queen’s University
Romanov Caviar wants to become the premiere domestic producer, supplier
and distributor of the most luxurious product in the food industry,
caviar, to the biggest and most under supplied market in the world.
Michele Romanow, Anatoliy Melnichuk, Ryan Marien
Faculty Adviser: Elspeth Murray
eGuide Costa Rica
INCAE Business School
eGuide Costa Rica is a GPS-triggered and location-based tool that
provides superior tourist information and facilitates GPS navigation
through a hand-held device.
Minu Chawla, Sebastian Sager
Faculty Adviser: Arnoldo Camacho
Division II
Bollywood International
University of San Francisco
Bollywood International is a movie rental service bringing thousands of
Indian movies in over 10 different regional languages to the vast Indian
Diaspora, initially within the United States and eventually worldwide.
Jeremiah Porten, Carin Smit
Faculty Adviser: Mark Cannice
CityShopHits
WHU
Local is coming to the Internet! We're your local retailers' shop window
online. CityShopHits makes offerings of offline retailers searchable for
Internet users.
Florian Richter, Just Willem Beyer, Jannis Koehn
Faculty Adviser: Ronny Baierl
ShellSwitching
London Business School
ShellSwitching is an online community that helps vacation home owners
find trusted guests by filtering potential guests based on personal
relationships, shared group affiliations and owner reviews.
Andrew Bate, Francisca Grol
Faculty Adviser: John Mullins
VMiner
Chinese University of Hong Kong
VMiner gives instant advice to retail stock investors based on
artificial intelligence. VMiner analyzes real-time, textual news-feeds
to give investors buy and sell recommendations.
Di Wu, Wenting Hou, Qi Pan, Shuk Yee Li, Ying Yee Ng
Faculty Adviser: Hugh Thomas
Division III
Partum Group
University of Louisville
Partum Group LLC is a medical device company whose first product is
MaternaTRAC, a diagnostic instrument for monitoring changes in a woman's
cervix during labor.
Divya Cantor, MD, Katie Dawson, James Mudd
Faculty Adviser: Van Clouse
NeuroBank
Carnegie Mellon University
NeuroBank is an early-stage life science company focused on the storage
of adult neural stem cells for individuals with and without neurologic
disease.
Raymond Sekula, Sasha Bakhru
Faculty Adviser: Tom Emerson
MicroTransponder
University of Texas at Dallas
MicroTransponder is a medical device company commercializing wireless
interfaces for the repair or enhancement of the nervous system.
Will Rosellini, Ali Abbasi, Evelyn Xinfeng Hu
Faculty Adviser: Joseph Picken
Bunnova
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
The Trygin Stapler is a new obstetrical device that cuts, clamps, binds
and takes sample cells of umbilical cords.
Boris Mejia Upegui, Javier Arciniegas Trujillo, Edgar Cabrera, Fabio
Rodriguez
Faculty Adviser: Rafael Augusto Vesga
HeartSounds
University of Illinois at Chicago
HeartSounds is a start-up medical device company that utilizes patented
signal extraction technologies to provide modern solutions for an array
of diagnostic applications.
Michael McCoy, Matthew Norris, Amir Bastawrous
Faculty Adviser: Rod Shrader
Division IV
AmWell
University of Utah
AmWell provides innovative vaginal drug delivery technologies to the
pharmaceutical industry; products that empower women to protect
themselves against sexually transmitted diseases.
Julie Jay, Sean Bunker
Faculty Adviser: Shirlayne Quayle
ProactiCare
University of Wisconsin - Madison
ProactiCare provides a preventative solution for bed sores and falls in
nursing homes and hospitals through a monitoring system that insures
patients receive proper care.
Tyler Leeper
Faculty Adviser: Phil Greenwood
TakeShape
University of Oregon
TakeShape will license a patented, 3D body scanner to sell to
institutional sports teams and high-end fitness clubs. The scanner
allows athletes to monitor important physical information and track
progress towards fitness goals.
Bill Sedlak, Cody Stavig, Andrew Earle, Peter Vomocil
Faculty Adviser: Don Upson
Remedium Technologies
University of Maryland
Remedium Technologies is a platform technology company that focuses on
the development of biomaterials for treatment of moderate-to-severe
bleeding injuries.
Matthew Dowling, Peter Thomas, Oluwatosin Ogunsola
Faculty Adviser: Srinivasa Raghavan
Tropical Health Systems
Carnegie Mellon University
Tropical Health Systems strives to cure malaria with a medical device
that cleans infected blood using a magnetic filter.
Alberto Gandini, Salman Mukhtar
Faculty Adviser: Tom Emerson
Division V
CiviTech
University of Manitoba
CiviTech will commercialize a platform structure monitoring technology
with a lead product that can detect and monitor moisture intrusion in
the outer envelope of commercial buildings.
Erin Yanchycki, Daniel Kozier, Stephen Chamaa
Faculty Adviser: Robert Warren
ePack
University of Michigan
ePack utilizes state of the art micromachining technology to provide a
cost effective and high volume packaging service for MEMS and
semiconductor manufacturing/design companies.
Jay Mitchell, Akshai Rao
Faculty Adviser: Paul Kirsch
OvaGuard
Thammasat University
OvaGuard is a patented natural egg coating technology. Disease outbreaks
require the $177B egg industry to implement the washing and coating of
eggs. OvaGuard offers breakthroughs in safety and performance.
Monrudee Yudhanaraweesak, Kanyaporn Skutalakul, Jitlada Singkum, Athip
Boonyanakij
Faculty Adviser: Bill Randall
Cleanspray
Bond University, Australia
Cleanspray is a wholesale and distribution company that has developed a
proprietary vending machine enabling hand sanitizers to be sold where
they are needed most: at the point of use.
Richard Brimblecombe, Craig Duncan, Alexander Healy
Faculty Adviser: Baden U'Ren
PhotonWave Technologies
Indian School of Business
PhotonWave Technologies offers a Silicon Photonics &
Nanotechnology-based patented innovation that will revolutionize
fiber-optic communications through high performance, cost effective
optic interconnects for FTTx/last-mile and high-performance computing
markets.
Sanjna Rao, Pradeep Machineni, Sasikanth Manipatruni
Faculty Adviser: Subramonia Sarma
Division VI
AccelerEyes
Georgia Institute of Technology
AccelerEyes' solutions deliver up to 100x speed improvements for
existing technical computing software by optimizing the software's use
of desktop and laptop hardware.
David Silver, John Melonakos, Tauseef Rehman, Matt Nesbitt, Chris Meeks
Faculty Adviser: Kathleen Kurre
RLH Technologies
Boise State University
MotiFleet is a Fleet Information Management System combining operational
functionality with GPS features. Its low cost and advanced features make
it ideal for small businesses.
Jonathan Hill, Jenna Strong, Craig Johnson
Faculty Adviser: Kent Neupert
qcue
University of Texas at Austin
qcue is a dynamic pricing solution for concert promoters, sports teams
and venues. Its software application transforms existing box offices
into electronic markets.
Barry Kahn, Jitendra Dalvi, Andrew Mills
Faculty Adviser: Rob Adams
ReTel Technologies
University of Chicago
ReTel's patent-pending solutions bring powerful online shopper analytics
and dynamic pricing capabilities to offline retail environments.
George Aspland, Adam Rodnitzky, Scott Roberts, Ulrika Haug
Faculty Adviser: Linda Darragh
X
University of Oxford
X is community-based sharing of Internet bandwidth via wireless medium.
Jitin Dhanani, Ruby Alex, Rajkumar Sathiyamoorthy, Pranav Garga, Vikas
Tyagi
Faculty Adviser: Stephan Chambers
Division VII
Potentia
University of Michigan
Potentia brings to market a battery replacement product that uses
breakthrough energy scavenging technology to extend the lifetime of
wireless sensors.
Ruba Borno, Tzeno Galchev, Rishiraj Das
Faculty Adviser: Paul Kirsch
HydroCoal™ Technologies
Kennesaw University
HydroCoal™ Technologies will commercialize HydroCoal™ fuels, synfuels
and hydrocarbon feedstocks through the sale of HCT front-end equipment,
systems and process licenses to coal mine operators, industrial energy
users, oil and gas refiners and electrical utilities.
Randy Taylor, Tony W. London, Aaron Meredith
Faculty Adviser: Charles Hofer
Wind for Life
Fundação Getulio Vargas
Wind for Life manufactures and sells wind powered generators based on a
revolutionary, environment-friendly, patented technology which yields
significant cost and time advantages over competitors.
Severiano Macedo Jr., Bruna Suzanne Aiello Tsu, Jean Carlos Almeida
Teixeira, Marcos Pulino, Aleandro Macedo
Faculty Adviser: Tales Andreassi
AluDemag
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
AluDemag's technology removes magnesium and other alloys from aluminum
melt without generating waste products. The method makes aluminum
recycling more environmentally friendly and cost efficient.
Kjersti Aass, Katrine Høiback
Faculty Adviser: Lars Øystein Widding
Division VIII
InLeTech
EM LYON
Innovative Learning Technology (InLeTechTM) S.A. offers an innovative
suite of products and tools that adapt and customize the contents of
eTextbooks to the different learning styles of students.
Olivier Lise, Maria Elena Garcia, Ling Dou, Damien Partensky, Tina
Bakhtamian-Kirstein, Anas Moath Falatah
Faculty Adviser: Rickie Moore
Figaro
Universidad de San Andrés
Figaro is a web based system that streamlines and makes it easy to
connect students, teachers and parents to their educational community.
Figaro is a new kind of system that bridges the gap between home and
school.
Sebastian J. Noya, Rolando Marinelli, Claus Schmetkamp, Denise Enright
Faculty Adviser: Sergio Postigo
Momentum
University of Oregon
Momentum creates stronger, healthier communities by matching experienced
retiring professionals with the skills to execute effective, sustainable
solutions to nonprofits serving vital community needs.
Natasha MacDonald, Emily McGrath, Bradley Russell, Kevin Synder
Faculty Adviser: Don Upson
eDoctr
San Diego State University
eDoctr is a web-based collaborative platform created to enhance the way
health professionals share information.
Andrew Powers, Ray Amador, Gianluca Roma
Faculty Adviser: Alex DeNoble
SchoolTipline
Brigham Young University
SchoolTipline's flagship product, SafeTalk, provides proprietary
communication solutions to help education institutions prevent violence,
harassment, vandalism and other safety issues at the earliest stages.
Justin Bergener, Barrett Edgington, Rob McMillen
Faculty Adviser: Nile Hatch