On Friday, April 28, the Center for Leadership Education hosted the 23rd annual HopStart: Hopkins New Venture Challenge on the Homewood Campus. Student teams pitched their startup ideas to judges over two rounds of competition, and the first, second, and third place winners walked away with over $47,000 in prizes across four categories.
The concepts pitched include a financial literacy program for teenagers, a mobile application that can assess concussion risk in patients with head injuries, and a venture aimed at improving the resilience of municipal water infrastructure through predictive analytics, among many others.
Whiting teams walked away with the top prizes in all four categories:
Tastee Tape, an edible tape designed to hold burritos and wraps together, allowing for a mess-free eating experience. The tape is clear with no noticeable taste or texture, so that it blends seamlessly into a meal. Team members: Marie Eric and Tyler Guarino.
Dwell, a platform aiming to connect renters and landlords to establish medium-term rentals of one month to one year. Team members: Sahnya Abdulla, Sara Chopra, Hanusha Durisety, Oluwakayode Jasanya, Niles Pierson, Niles Pierson, and Jenny Zwerling.
SomnOSA, a novel neurostimulation therapy for a highly prevalent, untreated phenotype of obstructive sleep apnea. Team members: Phoebe Dijour, Shri Prabha Shivram, Anders Sideris, and Mitchell Turley.
OnPoint Ventilation, which aims to revolutionize cardiothoracic surgery with its device, the Bronchosleeve. Team members: Sneha Batheja, Alexandra Gorham, Ria Jha, Nina Nair, Arijit Nukala, and Krisha Thakur.
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