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Startup Challenge Semifinalist: AgGrow
Team Leader: Wei-Yin Ko, GEN’18 Team Members: George Bumgardner Ben Rhodes Elevator pitch: AgGrow seeks to become the premier marketplace for structured data in agriculture by providing free yield estimation through technology already used by farmers. Where did the idea for your venture come from? The idea came through an…Read More
Startup Challenge Semifinalist: RevoLOOtion
Nidhi Shah, WG' 17 Team Member: Swathi Sadagopan elevator pitch: RevoLOOtion provides rapid-drying, composting toilets to lower middle class urban families in high density informal settlements that currently rely on unhygienic and poorly lit shared latrines. Where did the idea for your venture come from? Both the founders have had bad…Read More How Neuroflow Is Using Data & Wearables to Fight PTSD
Chris Molaro, WG’17, founder of Neuroflow, talks about using data & wearables to fight PTSD with Karl Ulrich, Wharton Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship & Innovation. A Veteran Entrepreneur If you can lead soldiers into battle, you can cold call 140 investors. Neuroflow founder Chris Molaro, WG’17, is a veteran,…Read More HOW FOUR COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE CHANGING THE WAY THE WORLD LOOKS AT TRASH
Think back to your junior year of college. What were you doing? Were you pulling books from the library shelf and scholarly articles online as you considered your upcoming senior year, your looming thesis? Were you running drills for your next track meet or soccer game? Grappling with the realization…Read More Ian Brown – UGFA
New Endowed Professorships
Philadelphia, PA, January 31, 2018 — Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen has been named the inaugural Luddy Family President’s Distinguished Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Thomas M. Luddy, WG’76 and Janice Hotra Luddy, WG’77 generously endowed the Luddy Family President’s Distinguished Professorship for faculty appointments at the…Read More Startup Challenge Semifinalist: CitySense
Team Leader: Mitch Gainer, WG’18 Team Members: Marc Giesener, WG’18 Christophe Williams, WG’18 elevator pitch: Water utilities lose $14 billion every year from leaks, faulty meters, and water theft. CitySense provides analytics services to identify and capture this lost revenue. Where did the idea for your venture come from? Before…Read More Breakthroughs in Food, News, and Loos
From a life-saving app to a food delivery service with nearly a half billion in VC backing, keep an eye on these recent ventures with Wharton roots. AlphaSense Illustrations by Cynthia Kittler It began with a conversation in a Wharton classroom about a particular problem—the endless hours financial analysts spend…Read More How WCAI Bridged Academia and Industry to Deliver Experiential Learning and Customized Analytics Solutions
WCAI ANALYTICS ACCELERATOR CHALLENGE WRAP-UP In just one month, the Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative delivered experiential learning opportunities to students and customized data solutions to businesses through the pilot Analytics Accelerator Challenge. Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative’s mission has always been to bridge the gap between academia and industry. This fall,…Read More