Team Chirp Charm, first place winners in General Ventures I, (L to R): Eric Ji, Nidhi Batra, Thaissa Peixoto, Emma Dionne.
The 25th annual HopStart: Hopkins New Venture Challenge took place on Friday, April 25 at the Inn at the Colonnade. Seventy-five teams, 254 students, and 30 judges participated in the event. Undergraduate and graduate students from the Carey School of Business, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, The Peabody Institute, and the Whiting School of Engineering were represented in this year’s competitors and prize winners, who took home HopStart awards totaling $36,000. The Pava Center for Entrepreneurship, A-Level Capital, and HopStone Capital provided additional awards totaling $12,500. Michael Rosenbaum, Founder and CEO of Arena Analytics, delivered the keynote address at the awards ceremony. A full list of winners is below.
General Ventures I
1st Place: Chirp Charm
Nidhi Batra, Emma Dionne, Eric Ji, Thaissa Peixoto, Lauren Phillips
2nd Place: TriageNow
Maria Herne, Meghana Karthic, Micaela Rodriguez Steube, Kamila Wong
3rd Place: RescueReady
Jamie Stelnik, Subhasri Vijay
General Ventures II
1st Place: CodaHx
Yoohyuk Chang, Raam Unadkat, Oren Wei
2nd Place: Electd
Daniel Kuether
3rd Place: PolyGone
Justin Blumenthal, Alex Dong, Katie Hong, Nicolas Poliak, Lucy Wu, Sophia Xu
Medical Technology and Life Science Ventures I
1st Place: Parametric
Ryan Chou, Jack Coursen, Prisha Rathi
2nd Place: FloSync
Eliana Gaitan, Nishtaa Modi, Ai Omae, Alisha Parikh, Himanshi Sharma
3rd Place: B9 Stimulus Technologies
Kyle Cooper, Vaishnavi Pinni, Iralde Sicilia, Jeewoo Yoon
Medical Technology and Life Science Ventures II
1st Place: Veina Vascular
Saardhak Bhrugubanda, Isabella Menendez, Sabine Meurs, Natasha Mody, Antoine Noreau, Sneha Raj
2nd Place: Medsense
Ashwin De Silva, Lydia Fisher, Skyler Thomas
3rd Place: Modelus
Prem Umang Satyavolu, Mantej Singh
The A-Level Capital Award ($500)
FloSync
Eliana Gaitan, Nishtaa Modi, Ai Omae, Alisha Parikh, Himanshi Sharma
The Pava Center for Entrepreneurship Award ($1000)
NΔVI
Sharvi Dadhich, Eldar Mustafayev, Zhonghan Pan, Ana Paula Pérez Aguirre
RescueReady
Jamie Stelnik, Subhasri Vijay
The HopStone Capital Award ($5,000)
Chirp Charm
Nidhi Batra, Emma Dionne, Eric Ji, Thaissa Peixoto, Lauren Phillips
FloSync
Eliana Gaitan, Nishtaa Modi, Ai Omae, Alisha Parikh, Himanshi Sharma