Meet Our 2025 Cohort Founders

  • Kimberly Small

    Snap2Case Founder Kimberly Small

    Real-time error triage and resolution platform for software environments, powered by AI
    AN AI image recognition platform using screenshots to garner immediate solutions or it ticketing for dynamic or lean teams

    Saas | Ai

  • Sophia Vazquez

    PilotPair Founder Sophia Vazquez

    A flight sharing platform connecting pilots and planes.
    Makes hour-building more affordable by sharing rentals, fuel, and other flight expenses by connecting you with nearby pilots, and a vibrant aviation community.

    Marketplace

  • Lisa Francouer and Nina Blankenship

    Crypto Tutors Presenting Defi All Odds Founders Nina Blankenship & Lisa Francoeur

    DeFi All Odds is an educational tech platform that helps people identify and launch careers in the blockchain/Web3 ecosystem through assessments and learning opportunities.

    Web3 | Jobs & Workforce

  • Brando Caveiro

    Got Game Founder Brando Caveiro

    GotGame is a hybrid sports and video challenge app—enabling athletes of all levels to showcase skills, compete for prizes, form teams, and track progress, all within an engaging, referee‑verified gamified environment.

    Gaming | Sports

  • Kelly Shea

    Innovation Station Founder Kelly Shea

    Innovation Station Kits is an EdTech startup offering immersive, kit-based learning tools that guide children through the full cycle of invention—from identifying a challenge to pitching a prototype—fostering creative problem-solving and real-world skills.

    STEM | EdTech

  • Daniel Tapia

    XR Library Founder Daniel Tapia

    XR Community Library is like a public library for extended‑reality apps—an all‑in‑one web tool for finding, saving, and exploring XR experiences across devices, with a mission to make immersive tech more accessible to the wider XR community.

    XR | Mixed Reality

  • Jena Mehlberg

    Beyond the CRM Founder Jena Mehlberg

    Through Catalyst Beauty Group and Jena’s programs, beauty professionals gain business acumen, practical systems, and strategic guidance to scale their salons toward six‑figure success.

    CRM | Beauty

  • Vanessa Saunders

    Let's Vent Founder Vanessa Saunders

    A web-based, AI-powered, CBT-inspired chatbot built with Rust and React, aimed at helping users emotionally unload in a structured, non-clinical way—highlighting how empathetic tech and secure platforms can support mental wellness.

    Wellness | Ai

  • Andrea Bardales

    Pured Founder Andrea Bardales

    A health‑tech (MedTech) venture combining chemistry, portable diagnostics, and public safety—offering fast pathogen detection to help communities and professionals ensure clean water.

    BioTech

  • Contracts Are Us Founder April Young

    An intelligent contract & procurement management platform for vendor fulfillments.

    Simplifying and combining contract and vendor management into one solution using AI-based contracting using for the non-legal professional

    SaaS | Ai