This year, we have 50 startups founded by alumni entrepreneurs who hail from 9 of Columbia’s undergraduate and graduate schools, including Barnard.
Get to know the ventures below.
4Wall AI
Viswajit Nair, Engineering
Virtual worlds to hang out with friends and AI characters
Arata AI
Apoorv Agarwal, Engineering
Arth – Art of Health
Ritika Patni, CBS
Arth is the world’s first personalized longevity platform based on clinically validated plant bio-actives with over 5000 years of proven use.
Bucephalus
Nicholas DeGiacomo, Engineering
The Supply Chain OS for a Greener Future
Cadenova
Derrick Chien Huang, CBS
Cadenova uses data analytics to help fashion brands predict demand, optimize inventory, and reduce overproduction.
Chorrie
Chris Schlaepfer, CBS
AI Automation for Medical Coding Tasks
Coffee Elf
Helen Zhang, Engineering
At Coffee Elf, we use green chemistry technologies to upcycle spent coffee grounds into value-added biomaterials for the cosmetic and textile industry.
Crosstalk Connections
Chris Chin, Mailman School of Public Health
Crosstalk Connections is a patent-pending telephony platform combating the Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation.
Daps
Jake Klores, Columbia College
A social platform for professional and collegiate athletes to monetize exclusive content and experiences directly to fans.
DegoDego
Hemant Yadav, CBS
A unique AI-driven shopping platform that brings online and local SMB stores together to give best pricing, deals, real-time product availability and personalized notification to customers.
Deka
Hangqi Zheng, Engineering
Earnest RCM
Luke Xue, Columbia College | Rohan Kulkarni, Columbia College
Automated revenue cycle for health systems.
Gamsa Foods
Sarah Hwang, CBS
Gamsa is a Korean American food brand making instant, delicious, and savory oatmeal inspired by rice porridge (juk), designed for busy mornings.
Grove
Austin Fountain, CBS
Grove is a dating app that combines the scale and convenience of matching online with the authenticity of meeting in person, letting users meet up the same day through our unique “Meet Now” feature and strategic partnerships with F&B providers.
Groverton
Dustin Martelo, SIPA
Financing and managing single family homes on behalf of nonprofits and low-income families.
IVY Engineering Group
Samira Ayati, Engineering
IVY Engineering Group, a WBE, DBE, and SBE-certified firm in New York, specializes in construction management and engineering services for both private and government projects, delivering precision and excellence.
Kaari Design
Siddharth Singi, Engineering
Design and budget your interior design projects in minutes
KanduPay, Inc.
David Roosevelt, Engineering
KanduPay, Inc. is a start-up dynamic cryptocurrency exchange, e-Wallet, and remittance solution that facilitates and eases the exchange of fiat & digital currencies, financial transactions, and wallet services across market channels for its platform users
Kathedra
David Faes, General Studies
Revolutionizing furniture manufacturing with the first upholstery robot
Legislative Llama
Marielle Villar Martiney, SIPA
Legislative Llama is an AI-powered digital platform that activates Gen Z & Millennials’ political participation and advocacy for social & environmental justice.
LEMON JUICE
Rafat Nigar, Barnard College
LemonJuice is a review-powered platform that helps small businesses get discovered and grow through conversion-optimized profiles and video testimonials
Local Civics
Beverly Leon, CBS
Local Civics streamlines civics, college, and career education for K-12 schools.
LogTrack
Hidayat Hamidov, CBS
AI COPILOT for Logistics
Lynk
Alfonso Velasco, Engineering | Sid Vijay, Engineering
A personalized and proactive shopping companion powered by community.
Meadow
Ani Ammula, Columbia College | Alfredo Brillembourg, Columbia College | Jonathan Rich, Engineering
The first fintech platform for higher education.
Mushroom Packaging
Thomas van Haren, CBS
Mushroom Packaging is a compostable protective packaging made with mycelium and agricultural waste to replace EPS/styrofoam.
My Guided Space
Daniele Prevedello, GSAS
Consumer and small business supplier search engine
nMonica
Lewis Clements, CBS
A wearable device for perfect memory
OneRange
Steve Gilman, CBS | Houtan Fanisalek, Engineering
Range is a personalized lifelong learning technology platform
Onesto
Ben Silluzio, CBS
Innovative employee benefits platform focused on revolutionizing how employees access and use their Healthcare Savings Accounts.
PanImpact Ventures, Inc.
William Baek, CBS
Our startup is a mental health service that aims to facilitate access to culturally diverse therapists and resources for internationals and immigrants in the U.S., lowering barriers and providing guidance through the search process.
Pelican
Alexandra Bono, CBS
Pelican offers a digital platform designed to help your loved ones reach their savings goals.
Portfolio Agent
Victor Xiao, CBS
Portfolio Agent is an innovative, agent-based AI platform that aggregates real-time market data across multiple asset classes to deliver unified, actionable investment insights for both institutional and retail investors.
Prana Health
Kosha Rakholia, Mailman School of Public Health
AI-powered recommendation engine for clinicians to design well-being plans personalized for women.
Product CoPilot
Angie Hanna-Bugueiro, CBS
ProductCopilot is your AI co-founder for product strategy—helping early-stage startups find product-market fit before they run out of runway.
Quaderer Media Group
Joseph Quaderer, Journalism
StorySavor is a biography writing services company.
Reason Technologies
Digvijay Makwana, CBS
AI-Powered Market Intelligence
Rockhopper
Sebastian Perez Lawrence, CBS
Rockhopper is an enterprise planning management cloud solution for collaborative business case modeling.
Rud-co
Sam Ruddock, CBS
Distribution aggregation and payment network.
Shaker
Rafael Canario, CBS
MatchEd is a Lifelong Lifewide Learning Management System that links EdTechs in one platform.
Sharp Performance
Benjamin Curley, CBS
Mental training and wellness platform for professionals in high-risk occupations.
Spacely
Thomas Cerio, CBS
We are a marketplace and inventory management system for print and offline media.
Sumly
Maggi Heneghan, CBS
Sumly is the one-stop-shop for the self-employed to manage their business and personal finances with AI-enabled expense tracking, tax filing, and financial advising.
Terra
Raymond Heimann Columbia College | Tom Higgins Columbia College
Revolutionizing ‘minimulti’ real estate to bring authentic workforce housing back to the heart of America at scale.
Tesoro
Sara Gomez Horta , SIPA
Wealth management platform designed for young Latinas
Toothdoc
Zoe Mattana, CBS
ToothDoc is a digital health platform that digitizes, streamlines, and tracks referrals between dental professionals, boosting practice revenue while enhancing patient engagement and treatment follow-through.
Vega
Madeline Park, Engineering | Benjamin Lee, Engineering
AI-powered people search (so you always have the inside scoop on who matters).
Verteel
Brian Monga, CBS | Brian Ross, CBS
Verteel empowers businesses to deliver high-value goods faster using unmanned aerial systems.
Vitruvius
Anshul Singhania, CBS
Startup focused on mass-customisation, generative design & additive manufacturing of luxury products.
Wifi Shark
Joshua Gerson, CBS
Wifi Shark helps unhappy Spectrum and Xfinity internet customers switch providers and save money on home internet.