McGinnis Venture Competition Final Round Celebration
The McGinnis Venture Competition, a platform exclusively for Carnegie Mellon University's community of student entrepreneurs, brings together Carnegie Mellon's best and brightest student entrepreneurs to compete for $60K in investments.
Congratulations to our 2023 winners
Graduate Track
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First Place: D.Sole is an accesible and affordable wearable device that utilizes early intervention technology to reduce the risk of peripheral neuropathy-induced amputation by 95% and significantly enhance the quality of life for diabetic patients. Team members include Saisri Akondi, Zilin Zhang, Aman Sinha, Je-han Yang and Dina Kaganer. |
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Second Place: Edulis Therapeutics is pioneering a breakthrough drug-delivery system to manage inflammation in the gut. Team members include Spencer Matonis and Vladimir Lamm. |
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Third Place: ReRoad Robotics is a pavement maintenance company leveraging robotics technology to slash road repair costs. They are addressing the root cause of road degradation with unprecedented efficiency and simultaneously revolutionizing worker safety. Team members include John Harrington, Ryan Lee, Alex Pletta and Russell Wong. |
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Third Place: Right One is an automated candidate sourcing using generative AI. Team members include Thomas Park and Erika Chao. |
Undergraduate Track
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First Place: Clutch Car Management is the new age of roadside. Team members include Isaiah Rodgers and Zamir Rodgers. |
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Second Place: ScOAPe is looking to solve the issue of endoscopes becoming dirty and visualization being blocked mid-surgery due to accumulation of debris by creating an attachment that allows for on-demand clearing of the lens, eliminating the need for the surgeon to remove the endoscope, clean it and reinsert it every time the lens is occluded. Team members include Rohit Mantena, Brandon Lee, Kamil Nowicki, MD, PhD, Adi Mittal and Michael McDowell, MD. |
Help cheer the final round teams to victory by attending our in person event.
The McGinnis Venture Competition is made possible by a generous endowment from Gerald E. McGinnis, founder of Respironics.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Final Round Team Presentations
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Award Ceremony & Networking Reception
Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship
Carnegie Mellon University
Tepper Quad
, 3rd Level
4765 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Visitor parking available at the East Campus Garage
Schedule of Events
Undergraduate Team Pitches
Undergraduate Teams: 5 min pitch and 5 min Q&A
2 min break between presentationPossibilities
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1:00 - 1:10 p.m. |
Aris |
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1:12 - 1:22 p.m. |
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1:24 - 1:34 p.m. |
Possibilities |
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1:36 - 1:46 p.m. |
ScOAPe |
Graduate Team Pitches
Graduate Teams: 6 min pitch and 5 min Q&A
2 min break between presentations
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2:30 - 2:41 p.m. |
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2:43 - 2:54 p.m. |
Auntie.AI |
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2:56 – 3:07 p.m. |
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3:09 - 3:20 p.m. |
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3:30 - 3:41 p.m. |
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3:43 – 3:54 p.m. |
MitoAI |
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3:56 - 4:07 p.m. |
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4:09 - 4:20 p.m. |
HyPer AI |
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4:22 - 4:33 p.m. |
ReRoad Robotics |
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4:35 - 4:46 p.m. |
Right One |
Networking Reception + Awards Ceremony
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. EST
Join us as we announce the winners of the 2023 McGinnis Venture Competition.
Awards to be announced between 6:10 - 6:30 p.m. EST.
2023 Final Round Teams
Agni
Graduate Track
Chirag Mehta, Manish Agnihotri and Aditya Rathod
Mitigate Contracts Risks. Consistently.
Aris
Undergraduate Track
Anna Li, Amanda Jin, Arshin Jain and Clair Sun
The investing app that learns with you.
Auntie.AI
Graduate Track
Ashleigh Riehl, Ellen Lee and Shilpa Jais-Stewart
Provides holistic and intentional care for mothers and their partners during the postpartum period, which includes providing resources for mental, emotional, physical and social health.
D.Sole
Graduate Track
Saisri Akondi, Zilin Zhang, Je-han Yang and Dina Kaganer
An accesible and affordable wearable device that utilizes early intervention technology to reduce the risk of peripheral neuropathy-induced amputation by 95% and significantly enhance the quality of life for diabetic patients.
Edulis Therapeutics
Graduate Track
Spencer Matonis and Vladimir Lamm
Pioneering a breakthrough drug-delivery system to manage inflammation in the gut.
HiredHome
Graduate Track
James Bucki, Kelsey Orndorf, Kevin Orndorf and Derek Luke
Your Home. Your Time. Our Priority
HyPer AI
Graduate Track
Ranadeep Singh, Ilyas Bankole-Hameed and Alex Li
AI Generated Sales, Outreach and Communication
MitoAI
Graduate Track
Bingda Li and Xinyu Wang
AI Manipulated Robotic System for Automated Cell Culture
Parkor
Graduate Track
Adam Knapp and Simon Knapp
The alternative to traditional parking: A parking management company that strives to enable hosts to dynamically manage their lots and rent parking spots on a marketplace to drivers.
Possibilities
Undergraduate Track
Avalon Sueiro
Possibilities provides specific accessibility information for restaurants in Pittsburgh to decrease the time and hassle needed for differently abled customers to find a venue where their resources and needs are met.
ReRoad Robotics
Graduate Track
John Harrington, Ryan Lee, Alex Pletta and Russell Wong
America’s crucial highway infrastructure is crumbling while facing extreme repair costs made worse by severe maintenance inefficiencies and deadly labor conditions. ReRoad Robotics is a pavement maintenance company leveraging robotics technology to slash road repair costs. They are addressing the root cause of road degradation with unprecedented efficiency and simultaneously revolutionizing worker safety.
Right One
Graduate Track
Thomas Park and Erika Chao
Automated candidate sourcing using generative AI
ScOAPe
Undergraduate Track
Rohit Mantena, Brandon Lee, Kamil Nowicki, MD, PhD, Adi Mittal and Michael McDowell, MD
The problem of endoscopes becoming dirty and visualization being blocked mid-surgery due to accumulation of debris causes thousands of dollars to be wasted each operation. ScOAPe is looking to solve this issue by creating an attachment that allows for on-demand clearing of the lens, eliminating the need for the surgeon to remove the endoscope, clean it and reinsert it every time the lens is occluded.
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