A big congrats to the Illinois Impact Pitch & Venture Showcase finalists Bear Hunt, Camp Monarch, Erthling Kids, Racaan and Saluting Jobs, and the prize winners TeleLact, LunaWave and Heart Strong Meal Kits sponsored by the Origin Ventures Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership at UIUC! 🏆
Thank you Valeri Werpetinski for your partnership, Julia Turnbull, Katelyn Bourgoin, Kari Heistad, Elaine Chen, Jose Martins, Yaquta Fatehi and Kunal Paymaster for your guest lectures and mentorship, and the judges Marissa Siero, Thomas Parkinson, Deepak Somaya, Ken Taylor and Reilly Connell for your thoughtful comments and advice to the teams. 🙌🏻
Inverkids provides financial education for school students in Mexico with a digital platform that is integrated with the school curriculum.
Freight Tiger is India's largest digital freight network aiming to dramatically reduce carbon emissions, strengthen and formalize SMEs, and improve the livelihoods of drivers.
TeleLact provides on-demand 24/7 virtual lactation support, connecting mothers to
breastfeeding experts when and where they need it most.
LunaWave provides menstruation empowerment kits and education to school girls.
Heart Strong Meal Kits provides healthy meal kits to food insecure communities in Illinois.
Bear Hunt is an AI-based app offering personalized musical stories to school students.
Camp Monarch helps students with dyslexia gain access to teaching in reading, math and writing in ways they can optimally learn.
Erthling Kids offers sustainable lip balm products for children.
Racaan is a blockchain-based solution for small projects to generate and trade carbon credits.
Saluting Jobs provides veterans with training and resources to place them in their best-fit jobs.
Jeevatva is a waste management company that tackles the problem of waste in North India in an environmentally sustainable manner.
ESGO offers an engaging TV game show focused on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives that helps companies recruit ESG professionals in China.
Music to my ears is reducing stress levels at hospitals with live classical music performances.
Shush offers an AI-based solution to help communities manage bullying behavior in online discussions.