Startup Yale 2023 Finalists
Meet the student venture teams who will be pitching for the Startup Yale 2023 prizes — and register to watch them pitch live on March 30-31st!
Black Venture Summit Prize
Halo Braid: We reduce hair braiding time from 6 hours to minutes, empowering hair stylists to double their business
InDeHealth: A smart patient healthcare data and resource aggregator that enables equitable access to care through its one-stop-shop solution
Lots of Berries: An environmental design company based in NY minimizing textile waste
PTH - Path: A design tool built for engineers to manage, share, and collaborate on large and complex engineering projects
Webquity: Empowering students with visual dyslexia and minor visual impairments by providing accessibility tools for equitable online education
Manolo Sanchez Prize
Fines & Fees Freedom Fund: We combat poverty-based incarceration through strategic payment of fines and fees, legal support, advocacy, and movement building
NAOS: NAOS will enable the 100M+ existing Latin American crypto users to have simple access to investments for products for seeking alpha
Sillable: A platform where customers can find, browse, and buy from local businesses online while enjoying the benefits of shopping locally
WealthMeUp: A platform to provide cost-effective financial services via financial coaches and advisors
Miller Prize
Banofi Leather: Disrupting the leather industry by making Banofi (banana fibre leather), a vegan plant-based leather from crop waste
Cache DNA: Rebuilding the backbone of precision medicine, starting at the most fundamental level: storing and accessing the biomolecules of life
Friday AI: Friday is every student’s personal academic assistant
Patient Controlled Dispenser & Deactivator: A liquid oral medication dispenser that empowers patients to control their pain management and prevents abuse and diversion
New Haven Civic Innovation Prize
Corridor: An app that allows users to track the legislation they care about in English and Spanish
Mindful Kala: Helps teens foster cultural dialogue & well-being through evidence-based Indian Classical Dance & mindfulness practices
The Key Bookstore: An immersive technology platform for book lovers to connect, curate & engage beyond the singular trip to the bookstore
YEP!: A free entrepreneurship program for New Haven public school students that aims to create the next generation of changemakers
Rita Wilson Prize in Support of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Health Technology
Ensight-AI: AI technology to transform cardiovascular disease diagnosis
Equolity Bio: We use bacteria to create equol, a molecule which can mimic estrogen in the body and treat symptoms of menopause
Patient Controlled Dispenser & Deactivator: A liquid oral medication dispenser that empowers patients to control their pain management and prevents abuse and diversion
Relievum: Offers a headache relief device that applies localized pressure to the suboccipital muscles to release tension and relieve pain
Sustainable Venture Prize
Carbon Loop: Creates a circular economy by cheaply sequestering carbon at low-temperatures from industry and produces high-value byproducts
General Biological: Makes mass-market chemicals from sugar instead of oil
Karuna Foods: We make the world's first microbial protein-based dog food with least carbon footprint, offering nourishment without any adverse effects
Tyree Tech: Convert CO2 from major emitters to high-value, carbon-negative products using microalgal fixation, AI, and synthetic biology technologies
Thorne Prize for Social Innovation in Health or Education
BUILD Nigeria: Provide free college counseling & financial resources to low-income and first-generation Nigerian youth
Carys Care: The award-winning social enterprise committed to stopping the pity party, and embracing our Down Syndrome community
MakeDeathsCount: Aim to empower local partners worldwide to develop mortality surveillance systems in hopes of addressing preventable causes of death
Mindful Kala: Helps teens foster cultural dialogue & well-being through evidence-based Indian Classical Dance & mindfulness practices
Yale Innovators Prize
Catala: Our technology employs a novel catalyst to completely destroy contaminants in wastewater with unparalleled efficiency
Clall: Transform textile waste into high-performance construction materials through the hydro press using agri byproducts as natural binders
Floe: A Yale & MIT cleantech startup that has built a smart, cost-effective, and eco-friendly solution for the $11.1B US ice dam market
Phigitals: Extends a fashion brand's existing e-commerce site into a resale marketplace, incentivizing sustainability with resale royalties