On April 8, the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship hosted the 2025 Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition at the Sears think[box]. As usual, this year's finalists were quite an impressive group. Thank you to all of our judges and participants, and to all of our attendees and cheerleaders. We were so grateful to have your support and community this year.
Congratulations to all of our finalists on a fantastic job preparing and pitching for the big event!
2025 Awardees
Idea Track
First Place (Tie)
- Diffy: $3,500 awarded to Andrew Shereshevsky (biomedical engineering, class of 2025) and Jonathan Burton (computer science, class of 2026)
- Data AI: $3,500 awarded to Nandini Rajaram Siva, MD (PhD molecular medicine, class of 2026) and Mark Orland, MD (PhD molecular medicine, class of 2026)
Research Track
Third Place
- Mandibular Fracture Repair System: $500 awarded to David Suh (CWR '22), biomedical engineering
Second Place (Tie)
- HODA: $1,750 awarded to Zoe Sekyonda (PhD, biomedical engineering, class of 2025) and William Wulftange (PhD biomedical engineering, class of 2025)
- InstaGTx: $1,750 awarded to Lauren Switala (biomedical engineering, class of 2026)
First Place
- PhotoSorb: $3,000 awarded to Yang Yang (biomedical engineering, class of 2027)
Social Impact Track
Second Place
- Paramarsh: $2,000 awarded to Raghvendra Omprakash Yadav (economics and finance, class of 2027) and Binayek Tiwari (applied mathematics, class of 2027)
First Place
- eLEXir: $4,000 awarded to Krupa Venkatesan (biomedical engineering and computer science, class of 2027) and Menaka Wijeratne (biomedical engineering and computer science, class of 2027)
Venture Track
Second Place
- SellAnalytix: $10,000 awarded to Ryan Hurley (accounting and business management with concentration in entrepreneurship & innovation, class of 2025)
First Place
- Asclepii: $15,000 awarded to Franco Kraiselburd (CWR '24), biomedical engineering