2025 Entrepreneurs

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In the face of record-high staffing shortages and unprecedented overcrowding in ERs nationwide, patient care and clinical efficiency are compromised right from entry. These challenges lead to critical information gaps, stemming from rushed, inadequate triage processes, prolonged wait times during which patients remain unmonitored and unattended, and discharge delays. Vita Innovations provides an integrated care automation platform for ERs, delivering operational intelligence to streamline patient data intake at triage, reduce discharge delays, and enhance clinical efficiency through seamless care coordination.
Achievements:
*Signed beta pilot agreements with NYP's Emergency Department for a 385-patient trial as well as another clinic.
*Created a unique agent-based architecture and benchmarking metrics specific to emergency care/clinical reasoning, to ensure the model performs best-in-class on every emergency-care related task
*Attracted interest from hospitals in different countries, including Canada, Europe, Australia, and Singapore.
*Built a strong network and pipeline of emergency department leaders/hospitals.
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SignUp is a media-accessibility tool providing sign language interpretation for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing on streaming and educational platforms. Developed with the Deaf community, it enhances accessibility for an underserved group. With 432 million people (5%) worldwide identifying as Deaf or Hard of Hearing, SignUp gained 20,000 website visitors at launch and now serves 25,000 weekly active users across the US, UK, India, and Canada on platforms like Disney+ and Netflix. To support scalability, we are developing a cutting-edge AI model trained on SignUp’s proprietary database—the largest collection of sign language interpretations in the world—enabling high-accuracy, real-time interpretation across multiple sign languages.
Achievements:
*25K weekly active users.
*Forbes 30U30.
*Received the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) ‘Accessible Media Award for Outstanding Efforts in Media Accessibility.
*7M+ interactions in the first 48 hours upon launching SignUp in India.
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Penguin Health is developing workflow automation and care coordination tools for under-resourced FQHCs, CBOs, and CCBHCs that serve the nation's most vulnerable patients. The platform streamlines administrative tasks, improves patient engagement, and helps unlock funding and reimbursement. Penguin Health aims to enable these organizations to operate at higher efficiency, deliver better outcomes, and scale their impact.
Achievements:
*Validated, prototyped, and launched a patient engagement app with 3 community-based organizations in NYC.
*Achieved >85% weekly engagement and 100% reported satisfaction from ~30 live clients during pilot implementation.
*Won the NIH-administered SUD Startup Challenge, securing mentorship and national visibility.
*Secured verbal commitments for broader rollout, but strategically pivoted to provider-focused workflow and efficiency tools based on pilot feedback and market need.

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NutriLink is an AI-powered platform transforming how healthcare addresses food insecurity, a critical social determinant of health. Seamlessly integrating with electronic medical records (EMRs), NutriLink identifies at-risk patients and connects them with localized food resources and assistance programs in real time through a closed-loop referral process. By bridging the gap between clinical care and vital community resources, NutriLink improves patient outcomes, reduces healthcare costs, and advances health equity at scale, it improves patient outcomes, reduces healthcare costs, and advances health equity at scale.
Achievements:
*Revised business plan/ pitch deck with updated numbers, target audience, and problem modification from only the patient to both the patient and providers.
*Secured a tech coder to start MVP for summer 2025.
*Developed new contacts for industry knowledge, including potential health system partners!
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Equipoise is a smartphone app that improves how you walk through real-time monitoring, feedback and personalized exercise prescription c) Gait stability declines after age 50, contributing to falls in 30% of adults over 65, resulting in $80 billion in healthcare costs. Traditional physical therapy can be inconvenient and inaccessible, but Equipoise, a smartphone app, measures gait asymmetries and offers real-time audio and visual feedback as well as personalized exercise prescription. Users can improve walking stability and confidence through training sessions, progress tracking, and goal-setting from home, promoting healthier aging.
Achievements:
*Completed feasibility pilot study.
*Built a cross-functional team.
*Secured pilot sites and research collaborators.
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DART-Met is creating a revolutionary platform for early liver disease diagnostics, focusing on metabolic dysfunction-associated conditions and GLP-1 therapy monitoring. Our solution integrates advanced biosensing with AI-driven analysis to provide a non-invasive, rapid, and affordable point-of-care diagnostic tool. DART-Met aims to empower healthcare providers with actionable insights for timely interventions across various liver conditions. By addressing under-diagnosis and limited access to comprehensive screening, DART-Met has the potential to transform liver disease management.

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DropSense closes the nitrogen management gap to secure cleaner water. DropSense's innovative platform simultaneously detects key nitrogen pollutants (ammonium, nitrate, and nitrous oxide), and transforms the data into proactive, actionable insights for ensuring water pollution and emission compliance, while delivering unmatched accuracy with minimal labor input. Hydrosun Technologies is combining the power of voluntary carbon markets (VCM) with purpose-built renewable technologies to serve clean water to millions in need.
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LacTrax is a subcutaneous sensor that monitors lactate levels in the interstitial fluid of postoperative pediatric patients, a key biomarker for low cardiac output syndrome (LCOS). LCOS, a common complication following heart surgery, can lead to severe health issues such as organ failure if undiagnosed. By providing real-time data, LacTrax supports early diagnosis and management, aiming to improve outcomes and reduce complications in vulnerable pediatric populations.
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Fill Health brings board-certified wellness coaching to K–12 students to tackle the youth mental health crisis at scale. c) Founded by former educators and happiness researchers turned Stanford MBAs, Fill Health delivers research-backed, stigma-free coaching that empowers students to meet their wellbeing goals. Our AI-powered telehealth platform ensures every student—regardless of location or income—can access tailored support rooted in the science of happiness, health, and habits.

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Journify Learning is the AI assistant for special education that maximizes the efficiency and effectiveness of every special educator. It saves teachers time, drives student outcomes through evidence-based practices, and strengthens district compliance with centralized data tracking and reporting.
Started by a team from the Stanford Graduate School of Education, Journify is now used by districts across California, Colorado, Washington, and Wisconsin—supporting over 7,000 IEP goals for 1,600+ students. Teachers report saving 50% of their time and rate the quality of instructional supports at 9.5/10.
Certified by Digital Promise as a Responsibly Designed AI solution, Journify supports the full special education lifecycle across three key dimensions: compliance, student outcomes through evidence-based practices, and staff efficiency & satisfaction.
Achievements:
*District Adoption Across 4 States: Secured pilot partnerships with large public school districts across California, Colorado, Washington, and Wisconsin, supporting over 1,600 students and 7,000+ IEP goals.
*Teacher Time Savings & Satisfaction: Teachers report saving 50% of time on IEPs and rated the quality of evidence-based instructional supports at 9.5/10.
*Award-Winning Innovation: Named a winner of the 2026 Tools Competition (K-12 track) out of 1,000+ edtech businesses globally, validating our impact and innovation in AI-powered special education.
*Launch of Real-Time Admin Dashboard: Rolled out a new Leader Dashboard for districts to track SPED progress data and collaboration across staff in real time.

2024 Entrepreneurs

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We combine proven clinical models with group-based care, AI-supported tools, and moderated digital communities to drive better outcomes at lower cost for LGBTQ+ people who are often overlooked by traditional systems. Our platform is designed to meet people where they are, expanding access through Medicaid as well as commercial plans and creating a trusted destination for holistic healthcare.
Achievements:
*Built a PC/MSO structure that enables us to deliver and eventually scale care to all 50 states.
*Launched in Maryland with in-network coverage through Medicaid and UnitedHealthcare, and successfully processed first insurance reimbursements.
*Completed a clinical pilot in California, where 90% of participants showed reduced depression symptoms.
*Developed our end-to-end care platform, including patient and provider portals, insurance infrastructure, and AI-supported tools to reinforce therapy and build community between sessions.
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Avanza Education is a tech-enabled social impact venture that transforms college access for undocumented students. Undocumented individuals face unique financial, legal, and sociocultural barriers to higher education, resulting in only five percent of undocumented students graduating from college. Avanza tackles this problem by delivering a virtual, cohort-based college-access advising curriculum that is family-focused, research-backed, and specifically tailored to the needs of undocumented students. Our holistic approach equips students to pursue affordable higher education and break intergenerational cycles of poverty and precarity.
Achievements:
*Determined legal structure.
*Expanded network tenfold.
*Developed one of Avanza's products, a curriculum for college financial literacy.
*Developed website.
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Beaker provides a SaaS platform that uses brands’ data to produce transparent and compliant sustainability reporting on the company or product level. Beaker’s platform helps brands create digital product passports, which show individual products’ footprints and are being mandated in the EU by 2030, as well as impact reports or marketing materials for public consumption or certification applications (like B Corp). Beaker began as a popular consumer tool to help shoppers identify brand sustainability but has since found the most value in providing its rating/footprinting services to businesses.
Achievements:
*In launching our original consumer sustainability tool, we have received over 80 thousand searches (with >30% MoM growth) in about 3 months.
*Our consumer tool’s organic popularity brought us an inbound LOI for using our brand/product rating services.
*After pivoting to a B2B business model, we were able to close 4 LOIs within 1 month.
*Participated in Cardinal Ventures Accelerator, StartX Student-in-Residence Fellowship.

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Frontdoor is an end-to-end application and recertification tool for SNAP (i.e. food stamps). We make it simple and easy for low-income families to access food assistance and unlock billions in unclaimed revenue for grocers and EBT retailers.
Achievements:
*Awarded the Stanford Impact Founder Fellowship (SIF), which provides $110,000 in funding along with advising support to Fellows who are starting a high-impact for-profit or nonprofit venture to address a pressing social or environmental need.
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MedHug is making medications more affordable and accessible by helping healthcare providers easily navigate prescription coverage. MedHug's innovative approach assists healthcare professionals in swiftly identifying and prescribing the most cost-effective medication options. The MedHug platform ensures that patients receive optimal care without the burden of high medication costs.
Achievements:
*Adopted as a daily practice tool in ~50 clinics nationwide, including major medical centers such as Johns Hopkins, Ohio State University, and Stanford.
*Successfully deployed across a diverse range of settings, from leading institutions to rural clinics spanning Maine to Hawaii.
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FoundHer is a digital marketplace that connects unemployed women in India to workplaces where they will thrive. FoundHer incorporates the overlooked and sidelined skills and work needs of women into the match process, and using AI & ML, facilitates efficient job search and talent acquisition using exclusive data points.

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BloomBox Design Labs is dedicated to improving access to high quality education and sustainable energy for the next generations of scientists, innovators, and creative problem solvers, no matter who they are or where they come from, by engaging deeply with seemingly impossible challenges, and relentlessly innovating across disciplines to solve them.
Achievements:
*Full patent status of retractable solar roof system in 4 countries.
*Built and launched SuperBloom global knowledge network app.
*Invited to become official Starlink partner.
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Magnefy is a Stanford spin-out pioneering an edge AI-powered, high-frequency magnetic sensing platform for real-time predictive maintenance of critical power assets like transformers, switchgear, and generators. Our $500 non-invasive IoT solution captures 250× more low-noise, high-frequency data—accurately detecting failures like partial discharge and higher harmonics weeks to months in advance, at one-tenth the cost of legacy systems. We help mission-critical facilities—data centers, IPPs, utilities, and manufacturers—avoid outages, boost reliability, and maximize power efficiency.
Achievements:
*Signed 2 MOUs with transformer OEMs (Prolec GE & AYR Energy) for joint development.
*Signed 8 LOIs with companies including Meta, Siemens Energy, Key Capture Energy, etc.
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Flex Therapeutics: Flex Therapeutics is a Stanford spin-out leveraging advanced computational technologies to develop safer, more accessible medicines for blockbuster indications. Our innovative platform designs highly precise and selective small molecules targeting cryptic pockets and specific protein states, aimed at reducing side effects or providing alternatives to costly antibody therapies. Our lead program targets chronic pain and migraine, building on a cryptic pocket and lead molecule discovered by our team at Stanford and recently published in Nature.
Achievements:
*Recent discoveries by our team highlighted in Nature publication (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08618-7): covered by numerous news articles including upcoming article from National Geographic and by Stanford News (https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/03/a-new-molecule-that-targets-a-cryptic-pocket-on-the-body-s-cannabinoid-receptors-could-lead-to-safer-drugs-for-chronic-pain)
*Raised $200k from angles and competition awards.
*Winner of NFX FAST Startup Competition at Stanford.

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Hydrosun Technologies is combining the power of voluntary carbon markets (VCM) with purpose-built renewable technologies to serve clean water to millions in need.
Achievements:
*Secured Humaniti as a key development partner to scale OASIS Boxes in Balochistan, Pakistan, with a goal to reach 10M people without clean water over 5 years—scaling production to 50 units/month.
*Launched first carbon offset program in Nowshera, Pakistan, projected to generate 250K tonnes over 5 years; initiated collaboration with Carbon Neutral (Australia) to introduce offerings to their client base.
*Established a dual sales and implementation partnership with AKA Partners (Aga Khan Development Network) to scale OASIS Box solutions across East Africa through their regional network.
*Conducted in-market customer discovery in Nairobi, confirming strong regional demand and informing a refined product mix and sales approach for East African expansion.
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PangeAI is the Canva for spatial data—an AI-powered platform that makes spatial land, climate, and nature data accessible to non-technical users through natural language. Today’s geospatial tools are complex, fragmented, and built for experts. PangeAI replaces slow, consultant-led workflows with an intuitive AI interface, enabling sustainability teams, consultants, and climate investors to ask spatial questions and get instant, actionable answers. PangeAI is building the spatial intelligence layer for climate and nature decision-making—starting with land-use, biodiversity, and restoration planning.
Achievements:
*Built first functional prototype that answers plain-language spatial questions using integrated geospatial data and AI workflows.
*Conducted demos with 35+ organizations, including climate consultants, corporate sustainability teams, and project developers.
*Validated 15+ high-frequency use cases across restoration planning, biodiversity risk screening, and deforestation assessments.
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Peachy Day is the first integrative migraine care app to support patients with medical & lifestyle treatments across decades of living with disability—starting with AI-powered headache tracking. According to the WHO, migraines are the second most common disability in the world, affecting 1B+ people worldwide and 1 in 5 American women. Instead of years-long delay in care, Peachy Day fast-tracks patients from first attack to effective treatment, supporting them across decades of disability.
Achievements:
*App is launching in June 2025!
*Ran a pilot for the headache tracker with an 80% monthly retention rate (9x industry average!).
*Accepted to AlphaLab Health with investment from Highmark Health (Blue Cross Blue Shield) and Innovation Works.
*Brought on 2 headache experts as clinical advisors, including the neurologist who founded Stanford Headache Clinic.
*Participated in Techstars Founder Catalyst and won Most Original Idea + Best Speaker.

2023 Entrepreneurs

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Transforming the economic model of fashion to a demand-driven one with a deep data-analytic understanding of consumers and their needs. Vrinda aspires to undertake one of the toughest challenges - change consumer behavior to break the vicious cycle of fashion carbon waste stemming from supply-demand production mismatch due to manual fashion prediction analysis
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At Oleo we transform biomass waste into high quality oil products with applications ranging from personal care ingredients to sustainable aviation fuel. Our technology, developed at Stanford University and patent-pending, is uniquely flexible and efficient, enabling Oleo to compete at price parity in commodity markets unlike many other biosynthetic oils. We have the support of organizations such as the Department of Energy LEEP, Activate, the TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy and have received funding from Alpine Social Ventures, Safar Partners, Collaborative Fund, and G-Force. We are looking to build relationships with objective-aligned investors in preparation for our $5 million seed round launching in January of 2026 and to develop relationships with potential customers in the consumer goods industry and energy sector.
Achievements:
*Producing sustainable oil product at laboratory scale.
*Raised $1.6 million in funding to support growth and R&D.
*Running 5 active waste valorization pilots in collaboration with corporate partners and government agencies.
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Atreides is a digital platform for water management that is powered by blockchain technologies. Water Inefficiencies and waste are the result of mismanagement, which perpetuates at global scale because resource data is neither accurate, transparent, nor accessible. Atreides enables water to be monitored and manipulated with granularity, transparency, and automation.

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Understory’s platform turns aerial imagery into biodiversity intelligence by applying AI to drone and satellite imagery to map plant species, composition, and change over time, c)Understory is building biodiversity intelligence for a changing planet. Our vegetation mapping platform transforms raw imagery into actionable insights about biodiversity down to species level, land cover, and ecosystem change - enabling smarter decisions across conservation, development, and climate resilience. We've launched the platform, demonstrated its value in challenges ranging from mitigation monitoring to wildfire and biodiversity assessment, and are piloting with leading conservation and utility partners.
Achievements:
*Launched Version 1 of User-Facing Platform.
*Deployed Model in 5 unique ecosystems.
*Working with leading environmental consulting firms and utilities provider.
*Raised $1.6M in non-dilutive funding.
*Selected and participated in Google For Startups Accelerator: Climate Change, ESRI Start-up Program, National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I & II Grants.
We believe no family should have to walk alone throughout her baby's first 1000 days. That is why we have built Mi Tribu, a digital platform to support parenthood from fertility, through pregnancy and postpartum into early childhood, by matching groups of 12 women in the same stage of motherhood with the support and guidance of a healthcare specialist through group chat and one-to-one video calls. This enables growing families to access medical and emotional support cheaply whenever and wherever they need it.
Bent is a co-living as a service platform that makes shared living seamless for residents and landlords alike. Economic uncertainty, ever-rising housing costs, and remote work are creating a once in a generation paradigm shift in the way we live. By solving the core frictions that have prevented co-living from scaling in the past, we can lower rents, increase housing supply, and revitalize local community.

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Spect AI is a web platform that helps the construction industry reduce waste and deliver projects on time by automatically reviewing building products against design documents to ensure they meet requirements before procurement. In the US, new construction produces 60 million tons of material waste each year largely due to inaccurate material/product procurement and rework due to construction mistakes. Spect AI’s platform allows engineers and contractors to catch mistakes before materials are ordered, and therefore reduce waste and money lost to rework.
Achievements:
*We have 1 paying enterprise pilot customer, along with two deposits from two additional enterprise customers waiting to start their pilot. We are working with 9 design partners who are top engineering and contracting firms in the US who are helping us craft the product to their needs.
*Raised $95k.
*Participated in Unusual Ventures Academy, Shadow Partners Incubator.
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Vanilla AI is an AI co-pilot that enables sales and installation for clean-tech OEMs and contractors. Selling and installing clean-tech today is expensive and slow as it requires many non-repeatable activities. Vanilla AI makes selling and installing clean-tech repeatable, increasing sales velocity for businesses, and improving energy efficiency for consumers.
Achievements:
*Interviewed 200+ stakeholders, including businesses, to evaluate challenges.
*Secured several design partnerships with businesses including clean-tech OEMs and contractors to develop and test our product.
*Launched several software MVPs to test our concepts and refine the value proposition.
*Won grant funding from Stanford TomKat Sustainable Innovation, several awards and competitions on campus, and advised by leaders in the clean tech, data, and real estate spaces.
*Raised $230k total ($100k in grants / awards, $130k in VC / angel investment)
*Participated in: StartX Student in Residence, Stanford SPIRE, Stanford TomKat, Cardinal Ventures. VC BASES Social Impact - Climate Winner, VC3 Pitch Competition - 1st place.
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We are Mizu, a climate enterprise software startup, offering next-generation water risk analytics for agricultural banks and asset owners. It integrates water and temperature projections to evaluate risk exposures for agriculture financiers, asset owners, food & ag businesses, inputs suppliers, and farmers. The climate risk analysis platform integrates advanced modeling and simulation technologies across climate, water, crop, and finance, immediately deployable for food company CXOs, ag-focused investors, and farmland owners managing agricultural assets along the food supply chain.m description
Achievements:
*Selected for the prestigious Imagine H2O Accelerator 2025 cohort, chosen among 10 companies out of 400 applicants tackling global water challenges.
*Successfully raised pre-seed funding, built a core engineering team, and launched MVP pilots in California’s Central Valley with American Pistachio Growers.
*Initiated on-the-ground service delivery for farmers, laying the foundation for scalable impact in agricultural water solutions.

About: With Reset’s Earned Wage Access (EWA) solution, financial institutions can launch a next-gen card that combines free daily access to earned wages with auto-budgeting, and address the liquidity needs of the 67% of Americans living paycheck-to-paycheck. Banks and credit unions foster greater financial health, while driving deposit growth, +50-80% more revenue than debit transactions, and 10-20x higher yield on assets than their cost of capital.
Achievements:
*Completed $2.3M Pre-Seed fundraise in H2 2023 (impact and traditional VC capital).
*Signed a 5-year partnership deal with Visa and part of their Fintech Fast Track program.
*Flagship credit union partner: achieved daily average card usage with near 0% loss rates.
*Signed LOI with a community bank to market Reset to their 35K commercial clients.
*Accepted into Curql accelerator (5 out of 250) for fintechs serving credit union market.
*Partnered with a residential services firm that reaches 17 million renters across the U.S.
About: AI Merch, is a computer vision technology revolutionizing the food and retail industry. The company's mission is to reduce waste, promote sustainability, and ensure resource security, particularly in the food sector. AI Merch offers advanced analytics capabilities to consumer goods businesses, providing real-time intelligence to operate more efficiently.