2024 Participants
LeafyGoods: Hamzah Azzam `27 (First Prize Winner)
LeafyGoods turns fallen leaves into biodegradable tableware, as kind to the earth as a falling leaf.
BISO: Lea Komba `28 (Best Social Venture)
Bridging knowledge and building futures.
Socrates: Mohamed Radalla `25, Kate Khylinskaya `25, and Zack Novak `25 (Second Prize Winner)
Socrates is an institution-specific AI tool that instantly answers common questions and simplifies meeting bookings, dramatically reducing the time students, advisors, and administrators spend searching for information.
Roseville Tennis Camps: Cathal Mee ’27 (Third Prize Winner)
Roseville Tennis Camps is a community-based tennis program located in Roseville, Minnesota that offers fresh and affordable lessons for athletes of all ages and abilities.
BloomMates: Andrea Hanson ’25, Rain Hartos ’25, Victory Ma ’26, and Rasmey Eav ’27 (People’s Choice Award Winner)
BloomMates reimagines digital connections by blending daily journaling, virtual gardening, and thoughtful floral gifting—rewarding users with real coupons to use at local florists, supporting emotional well-being, and creating community.
Perla di Karibe: Vanesca Antoine `25
Perla di Karibe is a Haitian-Curaçaoan fusion food startup bringing bold Caribbean flavor to the world through handcrafted hot pepper and seasoning pastes made with fresh, locally sourced ingredients and rooted in cultural connection, community impact, and global storytelling.
QuoteFlow: Ben Luscko `25, Jonathan Young `25, and Thomas Lalonde `25
The ultimate tracking tool for book lovers and quote enthusiasts!
Scriptr: Miri Yang-Stevens `27 and Mustafa Al-Bayati `25
Scriptr is a book-exchange app that facilitates in-person book trades to provide access to affordable books and connect like-minded readers.
Sen Sir’s Contemporary Art Gallery: Tinashe Mabaso ’26
Sen Sir’s is a socially driven contemporary art gallery and studio based in South Africa, that empowers emerging African artists by providing creative support, exhibition opportunities, and equitable access to markets, while connecting corporations and designers to meaningful, culturally rich art that inspires impact and inclusion.
True Companion Technologies: Adrian Dang `27 and Camden Cook `27
Meet Companion+ — the app that detects stress through your wearable, playing personalized music when stress strikes, turning your playlist into your peace of mind and your music into your medicine
Judges
Mike Harvath P’27
President and CEO, Revenue Rocket Consulting Group
Barry Nordstrand ’84, P’07, P’12
CEO, Entrepreneur and Advisor
Mita Rakotomahenina ’19
Independent Game Developer, Studio Koy
Sarah Pellicci Salveson ’18
Co-Founder, Wishing Well