Launch Pad

We’re proud to announce this year’s Semifinalists for the 2019-2020 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge. Teams consist of students from The Wharton School, The College of Arts and Sciences and The School of Engineering and Applied Science. The Startup Challenge and Showcase attracts the best and brightest entrepreneurial minds from across the Penn community as they compete for a chance to win $135,000 in cash and prizes.

• BIO: Mobility seeks to mobilize the large population of economically-restricted individuals in South Africa to complete deliveries of chronic medicines from pharmacies to individual households in order to tackle the medical last-mile challenge.
• TEAM MEMBERS: YIWEN LI (C’21, W’21); JACOB CHIDAWAYA (ENG’23); ARIS SAXENA (W’21); SONIA SHAH (C’22); EASH AGGARWAL (C’21)
• ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE

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We’re proud to announce this year’s Semifinalists for the 2019-2020 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge. Teams consist of students from The Wharton School, The College of Arts and Sciences and The School of Engineering and Applied Science. The Startup Challenge and Showcase attracts the best and brightest entrepreneurial minds from across the Penn community as they compete for a chance to win $135,000 in cash and prizes.

• BIO: ConnectED Mobile works with the nation’s largest 4G LTE mobile provider to offer family plan pricing directly to individuals. We primarily serve international students, who arrive in the US without families with whom to access a family plan, nor the social security numbers and US credit history required for postpaid plans. Plans start at $22.99/month and include unlimited 3G data in the US and 2G data abroad. Since launching in 2019, ConnectED Mobile now serves students at over 20+ leading universities.
• TEAM MEMBERS: ANDIE KAPLAN (WG’20); COLBY COX (C’20)
• ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE | LINKEDIN

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We’re proud to announce this year’s Semifinalists for the 2019-2020 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge. Teams consist of students from The Wharton School, The College of Arts and Sciences and The School of Engineering and Applied Science. The Startup Challenge and Showcase attracts the best and brightest entrepreneurial minds from across the Penn community as they compete for a chance to win $135,000 in cash and prizes.

• BIO: SilkBlu Technologies LLC is a software innovation company aspiring to democratize information and empower companies in emerging markets through WiFi-enabled analytics.
• TEAM MEMBERS: ELIZA CULP(C’20); JOSEPH IWASYK (ENG’20); RANSFORD ANTWI (ENG’20); KYLER MINTAH (ENG’20), JOSEPH KIRAN
• ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE

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We’re proud to announce this year’s Semifinalists for the 2019-2020 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge. Teams consist of students from The Wharton School, The College of Arts and Sciences and The School of Engineering and Applied Science. The Startup Challenge and Showcase attracts the best and brightest entrepreneurial minds from across the Penn community as they compete for a chance to win $135,000 in cash and prizes.

• BIO: MAR Designs has developed a patient responsive wrist orthotic for the treatment of spasticity in children with cerebral palsy. This device improves wrist function while ensuring patient comfort by dynamically stretching the joint as the child is falling asleep using a specialized motorized system.
• TEAM MEMBERS: REBECCA LI (GRE’23); ARIELLA MANSFIELD (GRE’23); MICHAEL SOBREPERA (GRE’21)
• ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE

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We’re proud to announce this year’s Semifinalists for the 2019-2020 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge. Teams consist of students from The Wharton School, The College of Arts and Sciences and The School of Engineering and Applied Science. The Startup Challenge and Showcase attracts the best and brightest entrepreneurial minds from across the Penn community as they compete for a chance to win $135,000 in cash and prizes.

• BIO: SHOWCASE vending machines are a platform for brands to trade products for feedback. Consumers get free items, in exchange for a quick survey, and brands get targeted, quality, in-moment data.
• TEAM MEMBERS: DANA KIM (WG’20)
• ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE

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We’re proud to announce this year’s Semifinalists for the 2019-2020 Penn Wharton Startup Challenge. Teams consist of students from The Wharton School, The College of Arts and Sciences and The School of Engineering and Applied Science. The Startup Challenge and Showcase attracts the best and brightest entrepreneurial minds from across the Penn community as they compete for a chance to win $135,000 in cash and prizes.

• BIO: Frutero is a premium quality, tropical fruit ice cream company with flavors including Mango, Guava, Passion Fruit Guanabana, and Coconut. Frutero is made from 100% real fruits grown in Colombia and Thailand, and the best dairy from Pennsylvania.
• TEAM MEMBERS: MICHAEL WEBER (WG’20), VEDANT SABOO (WG’20)
• ADDITIONAL LINKS: WEBSITE

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