Agot.ai

Cashier-less (e.g. Amazon Go) checkout for fast casual food service chains.

Team Members:
Evan DeSantola, Entrepreneurial Lead, SCS
Stephan Thomas-Dorin, SCS
Alexander Litzenberger, SCS
Ting Yen, Business Adviser
Dave Mawhinney, Business Mentor
I-Corps Mentor: Elijah Mayfield
 

BioBind

We create biotechnology with an initial focus in chelation therapy and graphene-based biodegradable bone regenerative scaffolds.

Team Members:
Stephen Schmidt, Entrepreneurial Lead, MCS
Stefanie Sydlik, Faculty Lead, MCS
Brian Holt, Inventor, MCS
Anne Arnold, Inventor, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Cato Laurencin, Inventor, University of Connecticut
Leila Daneshmandi, University of Connecticut
I-Corps Mentor, MaryDel Brady

cVAD

Soft robotic muscle-powered cardiac compression ventricular assist device (cVAD)  

Team Members:
Jooli Han, Entrepreneurial Lead, CIT/BME
Dennis Trumble, Faculty Lead, CIT/BME
I-Corps Mentor, MaryDel Brady
Innovation Fellows Mentor, Lynne Porter

Dadel

We want to be the single platform for ethical use of data, allowing individuals to manage and update their information across all chosen organizations and brands. 

Team Members:
Kyle Schriver, Entrepreneurial Lead, Dietrich and Heinz
Dave Feldmann, Tepper
Chris Niessel, SCS
I-Corps Mentor, Elijah Mayfield

Flexterity

Flexible and dexterous robot hands for safely manipulating objects in the agricultural, manufacturing, picking and packing, and prosthetic spaces. 

Team Members:
Jonathan King, SCS/RI
Nancy Pollard, SCS/RI
Dominik Bauer, SCS/RI
Cornelia Bauer, SCS/RI
Reed McManigle, Business Mentor
I-Corps Mentor, Dawn Rucker

Komodo

Komodo is a financial data service that provides standardized municipal government financial statements.

Team Members:
Joel Perdzock, Entrepreneurial Lead, Tepper
I-Corps Mentor, Elijah Mayfield

Maison

An intuitive and scalable ML powered knowledge base that supports employees and minimizes disruptions to company workflow.

Team Members:
Yifei (Jacky) Sun, Co-founder/CEO, Tepper
Andrea Topacio, VP of Design, Marketing, and Growth, MCS
Revanth Gumpu, Machine Learning Engineer, SCS
Christopher Young, Research and Operations, Dietrich
Jeff Xu, Front End Engineer, Dietrich
Dave Mawhinney, Business Mentor
SunKee Lee, Adviser
Jason Smith, Adviser
Mark Stehlik, Adviser
Steve Pajewski, Adviser
I-Corps Mentor, Elijah Mayfield

Marine Oasis

Marine Oasis is formulating fish-free sustainable feeds for the aquaculture (fish farming) industry to help reduce overfishing worldwide. 

Team Members:
Iker Enecoiz Gomez de Tuddo, Entrepreneurial Lead, Tepper
Lucia Alvarez, Tech Adviser, CIT/ESTP
Eric Beltz, Co-founder, Tepper
I-Corps Mentor, Dawn Rucker

Pairi

Pairi is an application for beauty service freelancers to manage their businesses (bookings, schedules, payments, etc.). 

Team Members:
Paris Mielke, Entrepreneurial Lead, Dietrich
Aaron Liebel, Co-founder, Dietrich
Dave Mawhinney, Business Mentor
Robb Myer, Business Mentor
Kit Needham, Business Mentor
I-Corps Mentor, MaryDel Brady

Sealed Ionics

A platform providing services for reuse and recycling of lithium-ion batteries. In particular, we will provide portable energy storage solution with used battery cells and leverage direct recycling method to recycle those cells after storage applications.

Team Members:
Bruce Wu, Entrepreneurial Lead, CIT/MSE and Tepper
Jay Whitacre, Faculty Lead, CIT/MSE
Han Wang, Team Member, CIT/MSE
Guannan He, Team Member, MIT
I-Corps Mentor, Dawn Rucker
Innovation Fellows Mentor, Randy Eager

Sparkline

Sparkline is a Proptech startup which utilizes patentable camera hardware and advanced analytics to unlock new revenue streams for building owners.

Team Members:
Vai Viswanathan, SCS/RI
Rogerio Bonatti, SCS/RI
Max Henkart, Tepper
I-Corps Mentor, Dawn Rucker

Tarseer

Portable, 30% quicker, and objective headset to help detect and monitor glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world. 

Team Members:
Jorge Anton Garcia, Entrepreneurial Lead, SCS/RI
Michael Tatum, Team Member, SCS/RI
Alfonso Antón, Adviser, ICR Barcelona
Andre Newland, CTO
Erika Marmol, CDO
Julian Frost, Mechanical Lead
Justin Shaka, Technical Adviser
Ron Lasser, Technical Adviser
Dr. Pamela Gallin, Technical Adviser
I-Corps Mentor, MaryDel Brady