On April 28, 2017, we showcased the best student startups from across the University of Pennsylvania
Eight finalist teams competed in the Startup Challenge
CitySense: Mitch Gainer, WG’18, Marc Giesener, WG’18 and Christophe Williams, WG’18
Coursalytics: Ilya Breyman, GED’17, Alex Dolinskiy, Vasily Shmelev, Kostas Kolomeetz, and Valeria Zimina
Harper Wilde: Jenna Kerner, WG’17 and Jane Fisher, WG’17
Neuroflow: Chris Molaro, WG’17, Adam Pardes, GR’19, Sam DeLuccia, GEN’17, Jenny Wang, GNu’17, Taylor Concannon, ENG’17, GEN’18, and Matt Roll
Ride Health: Sumun Khetpal, C’17, W’17, Imran Cronk, C’16 and Vedant Thyagaraj, C’19, W’19
RightAir: Thomas Uhler, C’19, W’19, Jacob Brenner, Marek Swoboda, Perry Dubin, and Michal Swoboda
Splaced: Emily Smith, WG'17, Ruchi Banka, WG’17, Jake Kramer, WG’17, Dan Norelli, WG’17, Matt Panas, WG’17, Trang Pham, WG’18
Twine: Joseph Quan, WG’17 and Nikhil Srivastava, WG’17
The judges asked tough questions
In the Forum, over 30 student startups demoed to an enthusiastic crowd
Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett made sure we knew how much he supports entrepreneurship
And Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship awarded all the Startup Challenge prizes!
Twine won the $30,000 Perlman Grand Prize
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