Announcing the 2023 Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition Winners

A group of smiling people holding a winning certificate that reads Lumilin Therapeutics
The team behind Lumilin Therapeutics poses with Michael Goldberg following their 1st place win in the Venture Track at the 2023 Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition

The 2023 Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition may be over, but the excitement of the evening is still lingering. While every finalist brought their A-game to their pitches and impressed us all, only a few could be awarded prize money.

Congratulations to this year's winners!

Research Track Winners

FIRST PLACE (TIE)

Hyperion Therapeutics: $3,000 awarded to Jennings Luu

Bladder Patch for Treatment of Obstetric Fistula: $3,000 awarded to Ilaha Isali

SECOND PLACE

Voice Analytics for Pathology Tracking: $1,000 awarded to Millan Patel

Social Impact Track Winners

FIRST PLACE

Cocoa Potash: $5,000 awarded to Ibrahim Quagraine

SECOND PLACE

Sonali Bags: $1,000 awarded to Tanvir Hasan

Idea Track Winners

FIRST PLACE (TIE)
 
Retflix: $3,500 awarded to Kevin Arndt, Amy Budzichowski, Maya Kapur, Sonia Kim, Bhavya Krishna, Parshva Sanghvi
 
Anti-asporin Antibody: $3,500 awarded to Ila Mishra

Venture Track Winners

FIRST PLACE

Lumilin Therapeutics: $15,000 awarded to David Suh (CWR '22), Grayson Derossi, Aahana Kanyal, Kerry McConnaughay, Kendall RogoffAna Salas

SECOND PLACE (TIE)

Asclepii: $5,000 awarded to Franco Kraiselburd

Lighthanded Enterprises: $5,000 awarded to Steven Burns (CWR '11, MEM ’11) and Matthew McPheeters (CWR ’12, GRS ’13, PHD ’21)

 

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