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Nearly 90 teams applied to participate in the 6th annual Summer Launchpad, representing 16 NYU schools & colleges. Ventures came from a diverse array of sectors in SaaS, hardware, healthcare/life sciences, & numerous others. Most notable this year, however, was the overwhelming focus on social innovation in women's health, education, civic action, diversity initiatives & others.
Come meet the following teams at the NYU Summer Launchpad Demo Day!
Aduri
"Aduri was started to not only introduce more people to mindfulness & meditation, but to help them build a consistent practice. Consistency is the only way to achieve meaningful, lasting benefits from meditation. Once you establish a practice, the possibilities are limitless. We want to make our world happier, healthier & more mindful."
Founders: Jesal Trivedi (Tisch '18), Jahde Eve (Stern 11)
Ballotbox
"Ballotbox is essentially Eventbrite for politics. We create an all-in-one community/event management platform for political campaigns, activists, & grassroots organizers.
Our mission is to use the internet to connect people in the real world where they can build meaningful communities to influence their societies."
Founders: Sebastian Jimenez (Stern '18), Vanessa Chesnut (CAS '18), Tomasz Bachosz (Abu Dhabi '18)
Food Period
"Food Period helps women have great periods, naturally. We design functional food products, grounded in ancient practices, that support women's menstrual cycles using a monthly subscription box model."
Founders: Britt Martin (GSAS '18), Jenn Kim
Govern for America
"Our mission is to build the next generation of American civil servants & leaders to create more effective & responsive government. We recruit, train, develop, & connect exceptional recent graduates to key roles in state governments across the nation through a two-year fellowship program. Govern for America helps these talented & service-minded individuals find a pathway into high-impact roles in states & equips them with a toolkit to create a culture of effective government."
Founders: Kyleigh Russ (Wagner '19), Octavia Abell
HealthHuddle
"HealthHuddle is a mobile- & web-centric digital platform for hospitals. We provide critical patient information from EHRs at the bedside for nurses during handoffs,
unit-wide activity summaries for charge nurses, & long-term workflow analytics for quality managers. We aim to eradicate hospital-acquired conditions by equipping care delivery teams with tools to manage their patients' data."
Founders: Sabina Braverman (Wagner '18), Andrew Dempsey (Tandon '19), Danny Silk (Wagner '18), Sushant Thomas (CAS '19)
motivote
"motivote is a peer-to-peer digital platform that harnesses behavioral science to help young voters hold themselves & their friends accountable for voting. In doing so, we seek to create an informed & inspired voting bloc that affects meaningful & lasting change."
Founders: Jessica Riegel (Wagner '18), Emily Graham (Wagner '18), Rachel Konowitz (Wagner '18)
NextGen Bootcamp
"NextGen is a computer science summer bootcamp tailored to high school & college students. During the summer, students will learn the equivalent of 2-4 courses of university level computer science & place into high level internships after the program that we provide."
Founders: Zach Cohen (Gallatin '20)
Peblio
"Peblio is an instructional tool & lesson sharing platform for middle & high school
computer science teachers. It leverages a mixed media development environment & social platform to provide engaging, active learning experiences to CS students."
Founders: Esther Hersh (Tisch '17), Mathura Govindarajan (Tisch '17), Regina Vetka (Tisch '17)
The Diversity Org
The Diversity Org's mission is to combat social issues by uniting people through education, media content & impacting communities. Our diverse team of millennials host high school events, partner with YouTube to create media content & unite people through impact events.
Founders: Joshua Pierce (Tisch '18), Daniel Rodriguez (CAS '18), Claire Laugeois
We are the new Farmers
The next-gen urban farm growing sustainable produce for specialty markets lacking year-round local supply. With an integrated algae production system, we grow cost competitive produce consistently throughout the year, regardless of season, providing hyper-local food to NYC.
Founders: Jonas Guenther (Tandon '18), Michael Udovich (Tandon '18), Daniel Bernstein
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