Eleven teams have been selected for Horn Entrepreneurship’s 2026 Summer Founders pre-accelerator program. This intensive 11-week experience gives University of Delaware students and recent graduates the opportunity to build their ventures full time with the support of resources, equity-free stipend funding, and venture-specific mentorship.
This year’s cohort of 15 innovators represents four colleges, Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, Arts and Sciences, Education & Human Development, and Engineering. These driven teams are tackling complex challenges across high-impact networks, driving innovation in cybersecurity, healthcare accessibility, artificial intelligence, and specialized digital media.
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Suvil Kaushik, BS in Computer Science, class of 2026
Rushil Kaushik , BS in Computer Science, class of 2026
This venture invests in targeted real estate properties and uses a forced appreciation strategy to increase property value through intentional improvements and operational efficiencies. By raising the value of each property, the business aims to generate a modest return on investment while building long-term asset value.
Hardbat Adaptive Fitness Program
Owen Mathias, BS in Entrepreneurship, class of 2028
The Hardbat Adaptive Fitness Program delivers personalized, supervised workout routines and 90-day milestone goal reviews to empower individuals with physical and mental disabilities. The business is fully operational and executing weekly training sessions, focused heavily on continuous sales outreach and ongoing customer discovery to scale its client base.
Healing Ivy
Sophia Small, BS in Human Services, class of 2026
Healing Ivy aims to improve the at-home infusion experience by redesigning clinical IV poles into thoughtful, design-forward lifestyle objects that blend seamlessly into a residential environment. The project is currently in the customer discovery phase, conducting problem interviews with patients, caregivers, and home-health workers.
Insuvo
Rachel Tran, BBE in Biomedical Engineering, class of 2027
Somin Park, BBE in Biomedical Engineering, class of 2028
Insuvo is developing a continuous glucose monitor that closes the loop on diabetes management by automatically delivering precise bolus and basal insulin doses via a piston-driven device mechanism. The concept is in the computer-aided design and technology benchmarking stage, with plans to sync data to a companion smartphone app via Bluetooth.
Kitin
Varsha Danduri, BS in Computer Science, class of 2028
Kitin is an agentic command-line interface tool that helps developers identify and address code security vulnerabilities before deployment, reducing the risk of compliance issues and costly legal consequences. It works within existing repositories, supports scheduled scans, and sends tailored reports to team communication channels such as email, Slack, Discord, and Microsoft Teams.
Monitoring Automated Passive Security
Juan Sanchez, BS in Cybersecurity Engineering, class of 2026
Abraham Misere, BS in Computer Engineering, class of 2026
MAPS is an AWS-hosted, vulnerability-scanning service that transforms uploaded customer Nessus and OpenVAS files into an interactive dashboard featuring AI-assisted remediation solutions, severity ratings, and custom fix keys. The venture is currently in the research and development phase, focusing on perfecting the dashboard interface and refining its AI-generated responses.
OkSpend
Rahul Chauhan, MS in Business Analytics, class of 2026
OkSpend is a pre-purchase decision support platform that combines personal finance data with psychological profiling to deliver a contextual, upfront "yes or no" validation before a transaction occurs. The venture is actively engaged in customer discovery, having completed initial in-depth interviews and launched a waitlist landing page to map out the psychological budgeting layer.
Parker Media
Parker Stille, BS in Entrepreneurship, class of 2028
Parker Media is a full-service social media marketing agency that scripts, films, edits, and manages digital content specifically for real estate agents looking to grow their online presence. Founded a year and a half ago, the business is currently in the active execution and selling stage, focused on expanding its services and driving revenue growth.
Prediction Wizard - Automated Social Betting
Jacob Wyngaard, PhD in Applied Mathematics, class of 2029
Kyle Wyngaard, BS in Economics, class of 2027 (Washington College)
Prediction Wizard is a peer-to-peer mobile platform that automates informal social betting by algorithmically generating fair bets from user-submitted probabilities and stakes and seamlessly tracking group balances. Backed by extensive customer interviews, the project is currently building an early-access prototype to refine product features and validate a scalable sales strategy.
Safe Sip
Mackenzie Frank, BS in Entrepreneurship, class of 2027
Safe Sip is a business-to-business safety venture developing a discreet, color-changing straw designed to detect common drink-spiking substances such as GHB, ketamine, and Rohypnol. After conducting nearly 300 customer interviews, the founder is working with a technical advisor to finalize a prototyping plan and begin lab-based testing, with a focus on selling to bars and college campuses. Safe Sip aims to provide resources and innovative solutions to reduce drink spiking.
SpoonAble
Micah Stoogenke, BBE in Biomedical Engineering, class of 2028
Aubrey Winslow, BBE in Biomedical Engineering, class of 2028
SpoonAble is an adaptable meal service concept designed to help individuals with physical disabilities, limited mobility, chronic fatigue, or other conditions that make cooking difficult. The team is developing pre-prepped recipe kits and a user-friendly app that allows customers to filter meals by functional needs, food allergies, and personal preferences, with future plans to explore food delivery.
About Horn Entrepreneurship
Horn Entrepreneurship serves as the creative engine for entrepreneurship education and advancement at the University of Delaware. Currently ranked among the best entrepreneurship programs in the US, Horn Entrepreneurship was built and is actively supported by successful entrepreneurs, empowering aspiring innovators as they pursue new ideas for a better world.