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Jump to a company: [Bashpole Group] [Bionée] [Campus Escapes] [ChronoWake] [Coup de Taco] [CouponKong] [Gamma Basics] [Hydros Bottle] [Innovation For All, Inc] [Juncanoo] [KnolSoft] [LineBreeze.com] [MG Legal Solutions, LLC] [MVD Consulting] [myGreek.org, Inc. ] [ONE VISION] [PayDivvy] [Philadelphia’s Old Original Walking Tours] [Planet Sujo] [Portfolio Art Management] [PowerFlower Solar] [StorageByMail LLC] [Textaurant] [TutorChatLive.org] [YourCampus360]

Bashpole Group

Pedro Correa

Yulia Barnakova

Bashpole Group is an invention house comprising engineers and business persons who strive to solve commonplace problems through surprisingly low-tech products, bringing ideas from conception to market. The first product will be the world's most compact foldable grill, reducible to pocket size. Appropriately, we call it the Pocket Grill.


Bionée

Georges Asmar (Wharton Graduate 05/2010)

Ewa Asmar

Nature's Maternity Skin Care Solution formulated with 100% natural and organic ingredients.


Campus Escapes

Eduardo Orozco Sanchez (Penn UG: SAS/ Urban Studies, 05/2009)

Campus Escapes is a company that focuses on satisfying the travel needs of college students and young people. Our group manages a variety of websites that provide a spectrum of travel options for our customers. We are a customer centered organization focused on providing unforgettable travel experiences.


ChronoWake

Rob Goldstein

Ryan Goldstein (SEAS/BSE '09)

ChronoWake is a product that utilizes advanced physiological signal analysis and processing in order to wake the user at an ideal time, within preference metrics, to significantly reduce grogginess in the morning.


Coup de Taco

Jeffrey Henretig (Wharton Graduate 05/2009)

Peter Berman

Coup de Taco is a revolution in food service. Our goal is to provide the Penn community and eventually the nation with a fast food dining option that is healthy, high quality, international and served hot in the form of tacos, burritos and other convenient formats. Coming soon to 40th St between Locust and Spruce St will be our first location, a food truck operating from 11am - 8pm, Monday through Saturday.


CouponKong

Ari Friedman (WG'11)

CouponKong is a revenue-enhancement tool for retailers and restaurants that lets customers design their own custom coupons.


Gamma Basics

Mike Kijewski (Penn Grad: LPS / Master of Medical Physics 05/2010)

Gamma Basics is dedicated to the development of next-generation software tools for the medical physics market. Our premiere product, GrayCAD, enables iterative radiation shielding calculations, combining the user's own computation algorithms and a patent-pending graphical user interface. Founded in 2008, the Gamma Basics team consists of experts in the fields of therapeutic radiation physics and computer science.


Hydros Bottle

Aakash Mathur (Wharton Undergraduate 05/2009)

Jay Parekh

Through developing the Hydros reusable water bottle with modular filter, our mission is to address the global water crisis by increasing consumer awareness and providing safe drinking water to the ever more mobile and urban world.


Innovation For All, Inc

Sarah Russell (Wharton Graduate 06/2011)

IFA provides a self-management tool for patients with chronic disease based on SMS technology; this "low-tech" application, based on patient interactions, is a unique offering in the health care IT space.


Juncanoo

Ayokunle Omojola (Wharton Graduate 05/2011)

Juncanoo provides an application which allows tourist institutions such as museums, distribute audioguides onto mobile devices.


KnolSoft

Atish Davda (W'08, SEAS'08)

Erol Toker (Wharton Undergraduate 05/2010)

Sourcerer offers a big step in the evolution of the process of conducting research, increasing information sharing and accessibility while bring together academics, graduate students, and professionals.


LineBreeze.com

Adriano Blanaru

Pierson Corey (Wharton Graduate 05/2010)

Mobile-phone ordering for food and concessions at sports stadiums and theme parks.


MG Legal Solutions, LLC

Kevin Matthews

Michael Crossey (Penn Grad: SEAS/Wharton - EMTM 05/2012)

Online SaaS (software as a service) legal/compliance tools, products, and services


MVD Consulting

Kevin Mathews

Sina Djali (Penn Grad: School of Engineering/EMTM 05/2010)

The consulting group provides state of the art text and data mining services to pharmaceuticl and health care related companies


myGreek.org, Inc.

Andrew Dudum (Wharton Undergraduate 05/2011)

The one-stop organizational and social utility for fraternity and sorority chapters.


ONE VISION

Jeffrey Raider (WG'10)

Transformational designer, marketer, and retailer of fashionable eyewear sold online at one fifth the price of traditional glasses.


PayDivvy

Michael Melby (WG'10)

PayDivvy is a financial technology company providing collective payment and finance services for roommates.


Philadelphia’s Old Original Walking Tours

Libby Newnam (Penn UG: Annenberg/Communication 05/2009)

Philadelphia’s Old Original Walking Tours offers insightful, engaging walking tours in the city of Philadelphia to give tourists memories that will last for years.


Planet Sujo

Dlaila Pereira (Wharton Graduate 05/2009)

Sumeet Solanki

Planet Sujo connects clean energy businesses. An online marketplace where sellers of renewables (such as solar panels and wind turbines) list their products, and buyers (such as solar installers and wind developers) find the best product and business matching their needs.


Portfolio Art Management

Mayra Ceja (Wharton Graduate 05/2010)

Wealth management firm focused on advising clients on art portfolios.


PowerFlower Solar

Jason Halpern (WG'09/E'09)

PowerFlower Solar uses need based innovative designs to make solar power a reality today.


StorageByMail LLC

Daniel Hughes (Penn Grad: EMTM/MSE 2011)

StorageByMail.com is a unique alternative to traditional self-storage that offers downloadable prepaid shipping labels, centralized storage and online tracking.


Textaurant

Brendan McCorkle (Penn Grad: SEAS/EMTM 07/2011)

Textaurant is a waiting list management application for businesses whose patrons experience waits of longer than 45 minutes, which allows those patrons to wait anywhere and be alerted via mobile phone or text message.


TutorChatLive.org

Diana Kattan (W'12)

Matthew Capeletti (Wharton Undergraduate 05/2012)

TutorChatLive.org is a nonprofit free, online, live tutoring service that aims to help struggling students around the world while fostering an online academic community.


YourCampus360

Abi Mandelbaum (Wharton Graduate 05/2010)

YourCampus360 creates virtual campus tours for colleges that give prospective students the ability to experience what it is truly like to live on campus and become a member of the college’s community. For more details, please visit our website at www.YourCampus360.com


 

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