Lily Devices is developing medical devices to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy.

Profitboss makes online ordering and marketing software for independent restaurants, helping restaurant owners increase sales and maximize profitability while keeping their customer data safe from third party delivery companies.

Nohbo aims to eliminate single-use plastic bottles in the hospitality industry by manufacturing water soluble drops containing shampoo, soap, and other personal care items.

Brinc Drones designs and manufactures advanced aerial robots that help tactical teams respond to barricade, hostage, and active shooter situations.

Dreambound provides low-income Americans with planning tools and financing for workforce training courses, starting with a certified nursing assistant (CNA) program.

Dark Forest is the world's first decentralized real-time strategy game, built on Ethereum with zkSNARKs.

Saturn is an app that builds community through the calendar, focusing on helping high schoolers make plans and share schedules with friends.

Palitronica builds software that protect critical infrastructure and military systems, by detecting compromised parts in the supply chain and monitoring for cyber attacks and tampering.

Ignacio Belieres Montero: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Epic Aerospace is building a last-mile delivery service for rockets and satellites.

When she’s not working on Copysmith, a service that uses AI to turn keywords into written copy, Jasmine is writing a speculative fiction novel.

Vitable offers its members primary and urgent care medical coverage, utilizing virtual and in-home visits, with no copays.

Hyperia is the first decentralized virtual power plant that traces, analyzes, and distributes energy to households and enterprises from renewable energy sources.

LayerCI’s cloud-based SaaS provides software developers with efficient CI/CD + staging environments so they can build full-stack web apps faster.

Margaret Nyawira Karaba: Nairobi, Kenya

Nurture and Reset sells highly nutritious moringa teas and powder, sourced from partner farmers in Kenya who receive fair wages and benefits.

Perch helps users instantly boost their credit scores by using recurring expenses such as streaming subscriptions and rent payments.

Michael Chime: Broadview Heights, OH

Prepared makes software that provides comprehensive support for educators and law enforcement during emergencies at school.

Pareto is a human API for business operations, helping entrepreneurs to outsource repetitive tasks.

Immutable develops software that powers the world's most popular blockchain games.

AirGarage has developed a suite of technical solutions for parking lot management: enforcement, payment collection, visitor registration, customer support, and more.

Evervault is building a data protection solution that helps developers encrypt sensitive data as soon as it leaves a user’s device.

Sheridan Clayborne: San Francisco, CA

LendTable provides cash advances to people to help them enroll in and take advantage of their employer’s 401(k) match program.

CodeGem integrates with existing workflows to analyze a software team's productivity, collaboration, and engagement.

Teleportal is a spatial computing company building a 3D operating system that will empower users to connect to shared mixed reality experiences in realtime.

Dandy is a business-in-a-box for dentists, and aims to become the operating system for dentistry in America as the dental industry digitizes.

Adam Pollack: Oyster Bay, NY/Denver, CO

BoardRE is a new type of mortgage company that upgrades any offer to a cash offer, giving every buyer who can afford a mortgage a better shot at winning their dream home.

Andrei Serban: Mississauga, Ontario/San Francisco, CA

Fuzzbuzz is an automated software testing platform that generates and runs thousands of tests per second to help developers find bugs and security vulnerabilities in their code.

Andrew Ninh: Fountain Valley, CA/San Francisco, CA

Docbot has developed better computer vision software to save people from colon and stomach cancers by helping colonoscopists identify more precancerous polyps.

Claire Coder: Toledo, OH/Columbus, OH & New York City, NY

Aunt Flow supplies free-vend dispensers and 100% organic cotton menstrual products to businesses and schools to ensure that everyone has access to healthy, sustainable wellness products wherever they are.

Davis Foster: Boston, MA/Boulder, CO

Scythe Robotics is building industrial-scale, computer vision-driven autonomous lawn mowers for commercial landscaping contexts.

Emily Wang: New Haven, CT/New York, NY

Canairy’s software platform tracks and monitors chronic respiratory diseases by using signal processing and machine learning to evaluate qualities and changes in a person’s cough or voice.

Iddris is a designer and engineer focused on creating a resource hub to empower African youth through sustainable design and technology.

Ilayda Buyukdogan: Istanbul, Turkey/Copenhagen, Denmark

Compocket is disrupting traditional electronics measurement device manufacturers by creating pocket-sized and mobile-based smart devices, starting with a mini oscilloscope.

Jake Hillard: Salt Lake City, UT/Palo Alto, CA

Red Leader is building a software-defined Lidar system that uses a fundamentally new architecture and modern digital signal processing to dramatically improve point density.

Jamie Marshall: Providence, RI/Berkeley, CA

Snackpass is an app that lets college students order takeout, earn rewards, and share discounts with friends.

Joanne Peng: Regina, Saskatchewan/Victoria, British Columbia

Joanne is a longevity researcher working with blood-based biomarkers to better understand how people age.

John Andrew Entwistle: Katonah, NY/Austin, TX

Coder eliminates the limitations of the local machine for software engineers by moving software development to the cloud.

Biofire is building smart guns that use advanced biometric technology to enable radically safer ownership of firearms.

Matthew DiMarcantonio: Williamsburg, VA/Reston, VA

Marble makes elegant self-ordering kiosks for cashier-free checkout at restaurants. The company has processed 250,000 orders and will soon launch with several national chains.

Ramp USA is expanding mobility for wheelchair users by developing a conversion kit that turns a normal wheelchair into an easy-to-use, off-road capable electric vehicle.

Neiman Mathew: Portland, OR/Palo Alto, CA

Hex is a scientific research company working on quantum computing, supercapacitors, and superconductivity.

Paige Brown: Bangor, ME/Palo Alto, CA

WindBorne’s high-altitude weather balloon system flies up to 60x longer than existing offerings, allowing it to provide high-resolution atmospheric data and superior weather prediction services to clients in agriculture, transportation, and disaster preparedness settings.

Phillip Chao: Shanghai, China/San Francisco, CA

Doppler is a modern configuration and secrets management tool that helps teams and businesses secure, store and manage API keys, tokens, database credentials, and other sensitive information.

Rohit Kalyanpur: Sammamish, WA/Chicago, IL

Optivolt Labs develops remarkably efficient solar arrays that easily integrate to power existing devices like drones, scooters, and robotics.

STORD provides networked, flexible, and on-demand warehousing, freight, and software solutions that cut transit times and optimize supply chains.

Tieshun Roquerre: Boston, MA/San Francisco, CA

Namebase is a domain registrar and exchange for the Handshake blockchain; Handshake is a decentralized, permissionless naming protocol.

Will Manidis: West Chester, PA/Boston, MA

Cascade is rethinking how biomedical researchers find and share technical information in order to accelerate therapeutic and clinical workflows.

André is CEO of HelpWear, a company creating a 24/7 at-home, clinical-grade ECG monitor worn on a patient's wrist or arm.

Andrew is a co-founder and CEO of Rainway, a web-based game-streaming platform that lets users play their favorite PC games anywhere, across a variety of different devices.

Aparna Krishnan (Chennai, India / Muscat, Oman / Berkeley, CA)

Aparna is a co-founder and CEO of Mechanism Labs, the world's first open source research lab. It tackles pressing problems in blockchain through cryptoeconomics, currently focusing on incentive design and alternative consensus.

Axel Ericsson (San Francisco, CA / Stockholm, Sweden)

Axel is a co-founder of Vest, a company building software for Ethereum and other blockchains that enables users to earn interest on their cryptocurrency.

Daniel is the CTO of MyCrypto, and is helping to facilitate the transition to a decentralized society by bringing accessibility to Ethereum and other blockchains.

Divyaditya (Divy) Shrivastava (Madhya Pradesh, India / Lewis Center, OH)

Divy is creating technology that helps firefighters respond faster and more accurately to the exact location of an emergency.

Erin founded FacePrint, an AI tool to diagnose and monitor Parkinson's disease and commonly misidentified neurological disorders using video technology and early-stage facial muscle indicators.

Gemma Busoni (San Salvador, El Salvador / Los Angeles, CA)

Gemma is a co-founder of Discovr Labs, which uses VR/AR immersive technology to deliver the most effective education and training experiences.

Greg founded Diluvian, a company that has developed new privacy technologies to help everyone better protect their personal and business information.

Jamie is a co-founder of Flare, which is building technology to turn any internet-connected device into a cloud server and eventually build the infrastructure for a new decentralized internet.

Joey is a co-founder of Amber Agriculture, a company leveraging the latest in analytics and automation to manage, protect and market grain.

Josh is a co-founder of Ephemeral Tattoos, a company developing a suite of semi-permanent tattoo inks—applied by tattoo artists— that disappear completely on their own.

Joshua is the founder and CEO of DoNotPay, the world's first robot lawyer, which aims to make the law free, automated and instant for consumers.

Julián Ríos (Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico)

Julián is a co-founder and CEO of Higia Technologies, a company developing an accessible and non-invasive wearable device for breast cancer risk assessment.

Kimberlie Le (Edmonton, Canada / San Francisco, CA)

Kimberlie is a co-founder and CEO of Terramino Foods, which uses fungi-based protein to replicate the taste, texture, and nutrition of seafood and meat.

Liam is a co-founder and CEO of Nelumbo, a company that has developed a new materials platform that is able to significantly increase the energy efficiency of any refrigeration system.

Meghan is a founder and CEO of ExpressionMed, a company that creates supplemental adhesives for wearable devices in chronic care, allowing people with diabetes to wear their devices longer, more comfortably, and without pain or residue upon removal.

Robert is a co-founder of Polkadot, a project that aims to reshape the existing internet structure into a completely decentralized web.

Shak Lakhani (Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada)

Shak is a co-founder of Avro Life Science, a company developing skin patches for generic drug delivery. Avro's easy-to-use patches are made from a novel polymer and allow multiple medications to work faster and last longer.

Tapa is the founder and CEO of Vathys, a company creating machine learning chips that operate 10x faster than current options.

Ashish founded Bettr, a service that creates a more unified social media management experience.

Daria Evdokimova (Moscow, Russia / San Francisco, CA)

Daria founded VoiceOps, an AI platform for analyzing enterprise voice. The platform analyzes sales and support conversations to maximize successful outcomes.

Dean Travers (London, England / Boston, MA)

Dean is CEO and co-founder of Luminopia, a virtual reality healthcare startup initially focused on treating lazy eye.

Fred Turner (Halifax, UK / Santa Clara, CA)

Fred founded TL Biolabs, a company building a low-cost genotyping platform for farmers to understand an animal’s likely productivity and disease susceptibility at birth, allowing for increased profits and reduced environmental impact.

Helson founded Riley, which provides lead qualification as a service. Riley helps businesses prioritize their sales leads by responding to them within two minutes, 24/7.

Iddo Gino (Haifa, Israel / San Francisco, CA)

Iddo founded RapidAPI, which helps nearly half a million developers find, test, and deploy APIs.

James founded Caffeine, which uses a new Internet protocol to improve the load-speed of mobile apps by up to three times.

Jesper Theil Thomsen (Virum, Denmark / Los Angeles)

Jesper is CEO of SOUNDBOKS. Its first product is the world’s loudest battery-powered speaker.

Jordan founded Sunniva, whose first product, SuperCoffee, blends coffee, protein, and superfoods.

Jorge founded Aragon, a platform for creating and managing effective decentralized organizations using blockchain technology to enhance corporate governance.

Lani founded Simple Sugars, an all-natural skincare line developed especially for sensitive skin. Simple Sugars products are sold online and in over 400 retail locations throughout the US.

Laura Vaughan (Ottawa, Canada / Waterloo, Canada)

Laura is co-founder of Acorn Cryotech, a biotechnology company that conveniently cryopreserves clients’ stem cells.

Mark Prokoudine (Moscow / Toronto / San Francisco)

Mark is CEO of Kickback, a company building the casino of the future. Kickback allows users to bet on video games like CS:GO and DotA.

Micah founded Maidbot, a robotics company that created the first housekeeping robot for hotels.

Nicholas Shekerdemian (London / San Francisco / Hong Kong)

Nicholas co-founded Headstart, which uses machine learning to help companies identify who they should hire.

Peeyush Shirvastava (Kuala Belait, Brunei / Mason, Ohio)

Peeyush is CEO of Genetesis, a medical device company that developed CardioFlux, an imaging platform that leverages next-generation sensors and advanced computing to noninvasively measure and analyze the heart’s natural magnetic fields.

Phat is a founder of Sleeker, which uses unique insights and data to help auto service centers increase revenue via effective scheduling and customer messaging.

Prahasith is CEO of Mimir, which builds a classroom automation tool for computer science and programming courses.

Robert Kirstiuk (New Brunswick, Canada / Vancouver / Seattle)

Robert is CEO and co-founder of Coastline Market, a predictive marketplace that allows commercial seafood harvesters to sell their fish to storefront businesses in advance of boat landings.

Sam is CEO and co-founder of LoftSmart, the first end-to-end marketplace for student rentals. Students across the country use LoftSmart to discover, lease, and pay for local rentals instantly.

Shahed founded Loom, a cloud-based video messaging service used by more than 200,000 employees at companies such as Hubspot, Uber, and Nielsen.

Sol founded Clara, which is building a platform to support patients throughout the clinical trial process, from identification to enrollment and beyond.

Tara founded SmartSweets. SmartSweets innovates confectionary products that kick sugar - naturally.

Zaid Rahman (Dubai, United Arab Emirates/ San Francisco, CA)

Zaid is CEO of Volley, an artificial intelligence company focused on personalizing enterprise learning.

Anthony Zhang (Calgary, Alberta, Canada / Mountain View, CA)

Anthony is CEO and co-founder of EnvoyNow, a last-mile food delivery service focusing on colleges and universities. Through a workforce of students who live on campus, EnvoyNow makes delivery direct-to-dorm room, direct-to-lecture hall, and direct-to-study nook faster and more accurate than mapping software-based delivery services can achieve.

Boyan founded and runs The Ocean Cleanup, a non-profit organization that develops technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. By leveraging the power of ocean currents to concentrate and extract plastic waste, The Ocean Cleanup is orders of magnitude more efficient than traditional approaches that rely on boats and nets.

Brian is CEO and co-founder of HelloToken, a company that enables digital publishers to earn up to 10x more for their content by posing simple market research questions to readers instead of serving ads. In turn, HelloToken has created an engine for real-time contextual research across millions of people.

Christian is the founder and CEO of Paddle.com, which builds infrastructure for software companies to help companies deal with complex issues such as payments, taxes, localization, and analytics.

Cosmo co-founded The Virtual Reality Foundation, a non-profit organization that produces the world’s largest event showcasing virtual reality technology, VRLA Expo, as well as The Proto Awards, the premier celebration for recognizing virtual reality content. He is also the co-founder of Visionary VR, a venture-backed startup building software for creating stories using virtual reality.

Eva is co-founder of Legalist, a legal analytics and alert platform that helps lawyers keep track of new developments in case law so that they can represent their clients more effectively.

Grace Xiao & Raul Jordan (Cambridge, MA)

Grace and Raul are co-founders of Kynplex, a startup that provides communication tools for scientific laboratories. By connecting the fragmented world of scientific research, Kynplex aims to accelerate the pace of discovery.

Henry Hu (Hong Kong / San Francisco)

A native of Beijing, Henry Hu is CEO and co-founder of Cafe X, which designs, manufactures, and operates automated robotic cafés that serve locally roasted coffee in 10 seconds.