Business Innovation Teams

Academic Assistant, United Kingdom 

Education

Pitch Video

El Moudden (Adult Advisor), Mia Thompson, Phoebe Bonner, and Polina Ivanushkina

Academic Assistant is an academic app/website that allows you to increase results through flashcards and test tracking.

 

Agronic Culture, India 

Energy & the Environment

Pitch Video

Arryan Chitkara, Arushi Deo (Adult Advisor), Divyana Garg, Osheen Mahajan, and Vansh Sharma

Agronic Culture is an innovative bin farming project which provides maximum rewards in minimum space.

 

Bamnoo, USA (Delaware)

Consumer Goods

Pitch Video

Michael Kiersznowski (Adult Advisor), Nicholas Kulda, Owen Freeman, and Walter Schroeder

Bamnoo is a bamboo product company that offers environmentally friendly replacements to everyday items.

 

Carbon Emissions, Singapore & Turkey

Energy & the Environment

Pitch Video

Demir Alp, Melis Asiyo, Okan Üzelli (Adult Advisor), Selin Dönmez, and Serra Çelik

We are decreasing carbon emissions through graduated diet alteration to develop greener eating habits.

 

CAVES, USA (Virginia)

Business-to-Business

Pitch Video

Anirudh Bansal, Darius Kianersi, Sunil Uppalapati (Adult Advisor), and Suraj Uppalapati

CAVES is the first cybersecurity solution leveraging blockchain to effectively, efficiently, and scalably prevent cyber attacks on autonomous vehicles.

 

Diamond Realty Services, USA (Delaware)

Construction & Real Estate

Pitch Video

Axel Trejo-Ugalde, Edwin Smith (Adult Advisor), Juan Perez, and Sarah Qasim

Diamond Realty Services is a provider of wholesale real estate.

 

E-Tire, USA (Delaware)

Energy & The Environment

Pitch Video

Aadi Varshney, Ishaan Tayal, Laxmikanth Pathak (Adult Advisor), Neehal Pathak, and Om Patel

The E-Tire is a vehicle tire that generates electricity for an electric vehicle while driving, improving its range and efficiency.

 

EVAC, USA (Pennsylvania)

Life Sciences 

Pitch Video

Beibei Zhao (Adult Advisor), Emily Zhang, and Peter Liu

Extraoral Aerosol Vacuum Cup is an affordable, compact, and effective device to reduce bacteria and virus infection in dental offices.

 

getTogether, Thailand & USA (Hawaii & Virginia)

Sports, Recreation & Hospitality

Pitch Video

Aaron Joy, Ning Zhou (Adult Advisor), Zachariah Teagarden, and Zander Chearavanont

getTogether revolutionizes the leisurely events industry, streamlining bookings for consumers and empowering venues by reducing costs and increasing revenue.

 

Hermes Pointe Shoes, USA (California)

Sports, Recreation & Hospitality 

Pitch Video

Alicia Gan, Fay Salmon (Adult Advisor), Michel Jung, Oliver Sohn, and Sahana Raj

The Hermes Pointe Shoe utilizes modern technologies to bring ballet footwear up to today’s standards of safety, accessibility, and inclusivity.

 

Home Green, China

Consumer Goods

Pitch Video

Haofang Yang, Linhao Chen, Yifan QiDiao, and Yujie Bai (Adult Advisor)

We aim to make cities through innovative smart gardening models focused on convenience and functionality.

 

Ignite, USA (Texas)

Sports, Recreation & Hospitality

Pitch Video

Eric Wang, Harry Wang, and Irene Yang (Adult Advisor)

Ignite is an equitable platform that allows high schoolers to compete for scholarships in mobile esports while strengthening relationships between students.

 

Infratect, Republic of Korea 

Life Sciences

Pitch Video

Andy Hong, Doohyun Hong (Adult Advisor), Eric Oh, and Will Hong

Infratect utilizes infrared spectroscopy to accurately and quickly measure BAC levels, all with the touch of a finger.

 

Innovative Solar, USA (California)

Energy & The Environment

Pitch Video

Aadi Kale, Aanya Gupta, Anthony Raffetto (Adult Advisor), and Mark Vernik

Innovative Solar uses convex lenses to concentrate light onto solar cells, thus increasing the energy output.

 

KeepItFresh, USA (California)

Business-to-Business

Pitch Video

Ayush Raj, Divya Subbanna (Adult Advisor), and Tanvi Deshpande 

KeepItFresh provides software powered by AI to grocery stores to reduce food waste by forecasting demand and optimizing store decisions.

 

Kutsuya, Hong Kong & United Kingdom 

Consumer Goods

Pitch Video

Eddie Adams, Fung Ting Chiu, Gabriel Riordan, and Sam Cleary (Adult Advisor)

Kutsuya is a website-based program which utilizes camera scanning technology to find the consumer's fitting shoe size and suggests purchases for them.

 

Let's Vegan, China

Consumer Goods

Pitch Video

Jihyun Mun, June Lee, and Shwetangna Chakrabarty (Adult Advisor)

Our business is an app that brings health and sustainability to every life on the planet.

 

ListenIn Inc., USA (Texas)

Life Sciences

Pitch Video

Govardhan Poondi, John Rho, Jungmoo Rho (Adult Advisor), Kaustubh Sonawane, and Shivam Siddaiya 

ListenIn Inc. provides an affordable, AI-powered hearing aid that distinguishes and amplifies the primary speaker in a noisy environment.

 

Log It, USA (California)

Life Sciences

Pitch Video

Carolyn Beer (Adult Advisor), Daniel Kim, Jillian Beer, Riana Mistry, and Saivee Ahuja

Log It is an app that allows consumers or patients to select settings specific to their personal discomforts to track.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social Innovation Teams

 

AHI - Affordable Housing for the Impoverished, USA (Delaware)

Construction & Real Estate

Pitch Video

Alex Esenyan, Christine Orzechowski (Adult Advisor), John Qian, Jonas Ho, and Taran Venkatesh

A venture that provides Affordable Housing for the Impoverished by buying and renting out properties through Section 8 housing. 

 

AUesome – Autism Therapy Play Kits, USA (California)

Consumer Goods

Pitch Video

Andrew Kim, Anshul Gupta, Arnav Gurudatt, Isabella He, and Ritesh Gupta (Adult Advisor)

Auesome provides virtual and physical therapy for children with autism through custom therapy kits. 

 

Blue Sailboat Adolescent Mental Health Services, China

Non-Profit

Pitch Video

Ruifan Shi, Tingting Wei (Adult Advisor), Yawen Cui, and Yuanze Gao

Our concept provides an effective way to mediate the psychological problems of adolescents incurred by tensions with parents and school.

 

Clean Mask, USA (New Jersey)

Life Sciences

Pitch Video

Daniel Zeng, Sameer Surapaneni, and Sekhar Surapaneni (Adult Advisor)

Cleanmask is a product that is able to sterilize and recharge N95 masks for multiple time use.

 

CollegeConnect, China

Education

Pitch Video

Guan Rong Tan, Jaime Pannone (Adult Advisor), Jeffrey Weng, Jerry He, and Megan Wang

CollegeConnect is the Khan Academy of College Pathways.  

 

Doughkeeper, USA (California)

Education

Pitch Video

Nitya Ayyagari and Venkata Ayyagari (Adult Advisor)

Doughkeeper is a kid-friendly app that leverages AI, gamifies expense-tracking, and teaches generosity to promote long-lasting money-management skills among students.

 

DyslexiaGenius, China & USA (New Jersey)

Education

Pitch Video

Aitong Li, Jaime Pannone (Adult Advisor), Jay Fu, and Xuanchen Li

DyslexiaGenius aims to raise international awareness and provide quality resources for dyslexic people from all around the world.

 

Earthlips - Sustainable Beauty, Greece

Consumer Goods

Pitch Video

Ariadni Anthi Papouli, Michael Theodosopoulos (Adult Advisor), and Stefania Vasileiadou

"Earthlips" is a sustainable business that produces zero-waste refillable lipsticks made with all-natural ingredients.

 

Eldo.ai, USA (Maryland)

Consumer Goods

Pitch Video

John Michaels, Maijo Michaels (Adult Advisor), and Rayan Overcast

Eldo.ai is a mobile application that detects false media and scams to protect the vulnerable elderly population from online threats.

 

Elevate the Future, USA (California)

Non-Profit

Pitch Video

Arjun Gupta, Ellen Xu, Rayan Garg, and Sanjiv Gupta (Adult Advisor)

Elevate the Future is a global nonprofit aimed at increasing access to computer science and business education across the world.

 

EnviroFleet, USA (Oregon)

Business-to-Business

Pitch Video

Daniel Gu, Parthiv Nair, and Suresh Nair (Adult Advisor)

EnviroFleet utilizes a fleet of autonomous drones to map natural disasters, providing invaluable geospatial data to emergency responders.

 

Eutropod, USA (Illinois)

Energy & The Environment

Pitch Video

Dhiraj Tiwari (Adult Advisor), Jasmine Liu, Philip Yi, and Siddharth Tiwari

Eutropod is an eco-friendly, inexpensive, easily implementable enzymatic solution designed to prevent the occurrence of eutrophication.

 

Evolution, USA (Texas)

Energy & The Environment

Pitch Video

Jaden Verrico, Sasank Aduri, Skanda Nagaraja, Sukanya Chandramouli (Adult Advisor), and Vedant Asatkar

Evolution is a browser add-on that helps users find and purchase eco-friendly alternatives to any online shopping product search.

 

Extinguish, USA (Delaware)

Non-Profit

Pitch Video

Alaina Mcgonigle, Claire Binkley, Erin McNichol (Adult Advisor), and Madison Kerley

Extinguish is a streamlined, technology-based platform that connects firefighters and their families with crucial mental health resources in a timely manner.

 

First2College, USA (Delaware) & Uzbekistan

Education

Pitch Video

Caelin Foley, Jalin Carter (Adult Advisor), and Nazira Davroni

First2College is a college preparation app and community created for first-generation, low-income students, by first-generation, low-income students.

 

ForestGuard, USA (Oregon)

Energy & The Environment

Pitch Video

Alan Ma, Dev Rishi Udata, Rishabh Sharma, Samyak Shrimali, and Satyavathi Chinni (Adult Advisor)

ForestGuard is a service to track and regulate deforestation, lessening the contact between humans and carriers of zoonotic diseases.

 

Free Yourself, Republic of Georgia

Life Sciences

Pitch Video

Giorgi Tsulaia, Luka Kvantaliani, Nikolozi Khukhunaishvili, and Tamta Tsutsunava (Adult Advisor)

Free Yourself is an application which will help people with addictions. 

 

Hello Oasis, Canada

Energy & The Environment

Pitch Video

Cara Yu, Colin Cotton (Adult Advisor), Jocelyn Liu, Sarina Cheng, and Zachary Liu

Our concept is the creation of a widespread food oasis through community fridges, farm-to-table rescue of food waste, and exchanging microgreens with foodservice businesses.

 

High School Students for Discussion, USA (Delaware)

Non-Profit

Pitch Video

Bruce Fox (Adult Advisor), Kanmani Duraikkannan, and Rushi Ketkar

High School Students for Discussion is a program that lets high school students talk about politics in a way that focuses on policy instead of party.

Lucrative Compost Inc., Liberia

Energy & The Environment

Pitch Video

Abraham Koomson, Lovetee B. Kotee, Pewu Mulchar Willie (Adult Advisor), and Samuel Kessely

We exist to turn organic waste into fertilizers and sell it to farmers, to boost agricultural productivity.

 

MADS, USA (Virginia)

Business-to-Business

Pitch Video

Nimesh Rudra, Sashvad Satish Kumar, Shweta Munjal (Adult Advisor), Sumanth Kalluru, and Tanish Jain

MADS is the next generation lie detector that accurately detects deception by analyzing facial microexpressions and vocal sentiments.

 

Paar, USA (Virginia)

Consumer Goods

Pitch Video

Amy Xiao (Adult Advisor), Ananya Sai, and Grace Lin

Paar is an exterior attachment and app combination specifically designed to provide locked-in users with timely emergency assistance.

 

Papook, Armenia

Consumer Goods

Pitch Video

Aren Hakhverdian, Hike Sahakian, and Vazgen Ananian (Adult Advisor)

Papook is a youth company that lovingly supplies local and foreign customers with environmentally clean furniture made of garbage.

 

Passionet, Egypt

Media & Entertainment

Pitch Video

Lamees Shousha (Adult Advisor), Yousef Ahmed Elbrolosy, and Youssef Adel Atef Youssef

Passionet is a recreational software application where users can easily discover new avocations and participate in multiple engaging activities.

 

PillCura, USA (California & New Jersey)

Life Sciences

Pitch Video

Anil Vecham (Adult Advisor), Drake Som, Indeever Madireddy, and Siddharth Vecham

PillCura produces the PillSafe, an innovative pill dispenser that prevents misuse of medication through its security features and data collection. 

 

Powerful Block, Haiti

Energy & The Environment

Pitch Video

Coretta Jean Joseph, Jonathan Prosper Marie Marcelin, Kichemy Dorcéna, Petit-Frere Lessey Derbusson (Adult Advisor), and Shevchenko Michel

Powerful Block is a company that will transform plastics waste into strong blocks to construct houses, roads, pavements and more.

 

Project Aeolus, USA (Maryland)

Business-to-Business

Pitch Video

Cy Keener (Adult Advisor), Jack Woods, and Ryan Wans

Project Aeolus is a platform to allow for drones to charge wirelessly to advance autonomous package deliveries and minimize human interaction.

 

PTIME, Republic of Korea & USA (Massachusetts)

Education

Pitch Video

Eugene Kim (Adult Advisor), Hyuk Joong Kim, and Steve Nam

PTIME is an app that makes users "earn" the time to use their phone for entertainment by using beneficial, educational apps and websites.

 

Queens' foris labs, Nigeria

Education

Pitch Video

Amara Okechukwu, Chidimma Okoye, Chisom Iwunor, John Onuigbo (Adult Advisor), and Mmesoma Nnaji

Queens' foris labs is a virtual learning space that allows students to conduct science experiments individually and in groups interactively via their mobile phones.

 

R3, Spain

Energy & The Environment

Pitch Video

Ani García, Candela Gómez, Lorea Barron (Adult Advisor), Marina Blazquez, and Olivia Iglesias

Our product is a box which contains products that can be easily recycled, reduced and reused at home.

 

Rent2Neighbor, USA (Indiana & New York)

Consumer Goods

Pitch Video

Jashun Paluru, Rama Malla (Adult Advisor), and Sravanth Malla

Rent2Neighbor - Why buy when you can rent from neighbors.

 

Respira Kit, Egypt

Life Sciences

Pitch Video

Mohamed Allak (Adult Advisor), Mohamed Mostafa, Mohammad Mohammad, and Youssef Abd El-Satar

It is a kit used mainly by respiratory disease patients that may experience a respiratory failure resulting in cardiac failure.

 

Shift, USA (California)

Life Sciences

Pitch Video

Hazim Ansari (Adult Advisor), Kamran Ansari, and Nadia Ansari

Shift is the first wearable Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation device that delivers users comfortable, affordable, accessible, and effective therapy.

 

ShockBand, USA (Illinois)

Consumer Goods

Pitch Video

Jayant Kumar, Rohan Jain, and Sanoj Kumar (Adult Advisor)

ShockBand is a wristband that induces an electric shock, vibration, and alarm to warn a hearing impaired person of a fire.

 

Speak UP, USA (Delaware)

Education

Pitch Video

Erin McNichol (Adult Advisor), Kaitlin Burns, Makenna Mastrota, Maria Kennedy, and Taylor Conkey

Speak UP is an intuitive public speaking app that provides students with reliable feedback on their speaking skills to enforce confident communication. 

 

SwagSwap, USA (New Jersey)

Consumer Goods

Pitch Video

Aairah Koujalgi, Ailish McGrath (Adult Advisor), Bhargavi Karthikeyan, Diya Shah, and Rhea Kamkolkar 

We are SwagSwap, an online clothes trading platform that operates on points, created for the purpose of reducing fashion waste.

 

TimeTek, USA (Virginia)

Education

Pitch Video

Jagadeesh Jammula (Adult Advisor), Sarah Naghmi, and Tanvi Jammula

TimeTek is a one-of-a-kind time management app that acts as a user's personal assistant and digital agenda combined.

 

Triple D - Digital Drug Detector, India

Life Sciences

Pitch Video

Meera Sreekumar (Adult Advisor), Pratibha Pradeep, Sahith Daglur, and Shradha Desai

Triple D is a biometric face scanner that uses supervised machine learning to identify physical symptoms associated with drug and alcohol addiction.

 

UpCycle, USA (New Jersey)

Business-to-Business

Pitch Video

Emily Shaw, Katherine Shaw, and Victoria Shaw (Adult Advisor)

UpCycle is cellulose insulation from recycled corrugated cardboard.

 

 

Intutorly, USA (North Carolina & Virginia)

Education

Pitch Video

Alexander Joel, Benjamin Joel, Marlene Laro (Adult Advisor), and Sophia Toback

Intutorly matches volunteer tutors with elementary school students for free, online one-on-one tutoring in 25 states and 4 other countries.

 

LaunchLytics, USA (California)

Business-to-Business

Pitch Video

Andrew Kuang, Daniel Rasas, and Ken Kuang (Adult Advisor)

LaunchLytics advertises struggling businesses in a cost-effective, analytical manner.

 

Lenti-Terre, China 

Life Sciences

Pitch Video

Aspen Yang, Calliste Poylo, John Kim, Minnie Lo, and Tarra Behr (Adult Advisor)

Lenti-Terre are biodegradable daily contact lenses made from cellulose-based hydrogel. 

 

LymeLyte, USA (Virginia)

Life Sciences

Pitch Video

Edward Zhang, Padmasri Kotha (Adult Advisor), and Teja Koduru 

LymeLyte allows users to diagnose Lyme Disease with the power of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks.

 

Medx, Nigeria

Life Sciences

Pitch Video

John Ayoola (Adult Advisor), Kelvin Ajayi, Oladayo Israel, and Rejoice Adeniran

Medx is a patient management software that manages patient medical information on a web-based platform using smart cards. 

 

M-VOICE, Republic of Moldova

Business-to-Business

Pitch Video

Cristina Budurin-Furculiță (Adult Advisor), Mihai Lesco, and Radu Potînga

M-VOICE is a preinstalled app on a device that contains digital menus for blind people and international tourists.

 

One Step, USA (California)

Education

Pitch Video

Nihira Kalapatapu, Pallavi Kalapatapu (Adult Advisor), and Shragvi Sunil

We provide special needs students with the skills they need to build a successful future and career life.

 

Organic Sprout, Guatemala

Energy & The Environment

Pitch Video

Camila García, Carmen Juárez (Adult Advisor), Erick Illescas, Fatima Farela, and María Borrayo

Organic Sprout is a substrate that contains different fertilizers and also has a hydrogel that helps reduce water use and improve crop development.

 

Padera, India

Consumer Goods

Pitch Video

Advaith Raghav, Jaya Hota (Adult Advisor), Jigisha Hota, and Shaurya Saxena

Padera is revolutionizing menstrual hygiene by using scarp-fabric to make reusable sanitary pads, ,hence making it both economically feasible and environment friendly.

 

Patient Monitoring System, Kenya

Life Sciences

Pitch Video

Ian Alindi, James Kabaraka (Adult Advisor), Keith Chad, Martin Rachuonyo, and Rodger Tyler

The patient monitoring system is an embedded system which one uses to monitor a patient's condition remotely.

 

PinkIt, USA (Maryland)

Consumer Goods

Pitch Video

Anurag Gowda, Jennifer Zeng (Adult Advisor), Katie Yuan, and Rosemary Yang

PinkIt is a video shopping app striving to expand the nation-wide small business network negatively affected by COVID-19.

 

PoliMatch, USA (Virginia)

Non-Profit

Pitch Video

Helen Yi (Adult Advisor), Jason Yi, and Rushil Umaretiya

PoliTinder is the matchmaker between you and politicians making sure your vote aligns with your views.

 

Production of quality-ensured and low-cost cashew nutshell activated carbon filters, China

Energy & The Environment

Pitch Video

Jingchen Wang, Runqian Wang, and Wei Wang (Adult Advisor)

We offer technical support for the production of low-cost and quality-ensured carbon filters for the drinking water treatment in Cambodia.

 

Serene, India & USA (Washington)

Life Sciences

Pitch Video

Hasini Geddam, Keerthana Kurapati, and Praveen Kumar Kurapati (Adult Advisor)

Serene is an app for teenagers who are struggling with their mental health to prevent millions of teenage suicides globally.

 

Slip Co. ReSlip, USA (Delaware)

Consumer Goods

Pitch Video

Kathy Lin, Marcela Lemos, Michael Kiersznowski (Adult Advisor), and Sreenidhi Banda

A reusable and eco-friendly sanitary pad sold to fight period poverty across the United States.

 

Station Alert, Republic of Korea & USA (New Hampshire)

Non-Profit

Pitch Video

Abigail Kim, David Kim (Adult Advisor), Ji Won Kim, Kyoungwan Woo, and Seojin Lee

Station Alert is an application designed to assist the visually impaired in navigating the subway systems via real-time auditory guidance.

 

Strabi-Cure, India & Saudi Arabia

Life Sciences

Pitch Video

Abdur Rahman Mohammed, Asfia Zubair (Adult Advisor), and Suha Zubair

Strabi-Cure: An eco-friendly device for curing/improving the condition of Strabismus utilizing Neuroplasticity & Green Therapy. 

 

TexTi, USA (Ohio)

Non-Profit

Pitch Video

David Anand, John Anand, and Vijay Anand (Adult Advisor)

TexTi is a low-power, wide-range cell phone companion unit for use in natural disasters with solar charging capability. 

 

Vittles, Republic of Korea

Energy & The Environment

Pitch Video

Aaron Song, Brian Kim, Bryan Park, Kevin Nam, and Munjun Song (Adult Advisor) 

Vittles is an insect based food that aims to fix the worldwide malnutrition with its value of rich nutrition.

 

Volunserv, USA (Delaware)

Non-Profit

Pitch Video

Brendan Lewis, Charles Gordinier, Taquil Foster-Lewis (Adult Advisor), and William Bush

A seamless website for Delaware high school students to find volunteer opportunities conveniently and quickly.

 

WithMe, USA (Texas)

Consumer Goods

Pitch Video

Harish Kolli, Pranavi Kolli, and Subba Madana (Adult Advisor)

WithMe is a powerful, accessible, and versatile mobile application that helps prevent and combat harassment crimes across various levels of escalation.

 

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