Meet Our 2022 Fellows!

  • Karen Lee Founder of Glou Beauty TCNFellow

    Karen Lee

    Founder, Glou Beauty

    Glou Beauty is on a mission to reimagine e-commerce for beauty lovers in an age of conscious consumerism. Join our sustainable shopping community today!

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  • Rachel Cossar Virtual Sapiens TCNFellow

    Rachel Cossar

    Founder, Virtual Sapiens

    Conversational AI for Nonverbal Communication Insights on Video.

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  • Wendy Slone Btech TCNFellow

    Wendy Slone

    Founder, bTECH

    Innovating in the biotechnology sphere to advance wound care products.

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  • Vanessa Royle Jasper Cocktails TCNFellow

    Vanessa Royle

    Founder, Jasper Cocktails

    A sophisticated line of zero-proof cocktails for drinkers and non-drinkers alike.

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  • Lacy Garcia Willow TCNFellow

    Lacy Garcia

    Founder, Willow

    An embedded FinTech platform helping financial services serve women

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  • Royal Lee Shimon Mocart TCNFellow

    Royal Lee Shimon

    Founder, Mocart

    A VR platform in the grocery industry. MOCART utilizes VR technology to allow end consumer remote supermarket purchase.

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  • Rachel King Editmate TCNFellow

    Rachel King

    Founder, Editmate

    A streamlined platform to help businesses of every size — from entrepreneurs to global brands — produce video content.

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  • Keeana Saxon Kidogo

    Keeana S. Saxon, Esq.

    Founder, Kidogo Productions

    Black-centered multimedia content for young children

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  • Jamie Gagnier Engayge TCNFellow

    Jamie Gagnier

    Founder, Engayge

    Community for LGBTQ+ friendly businesses, organizations, service providers, support groups and events

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  • Beverly Klau Verbina TCNFellow

    Beverly Klau

    Founder, Verbina

    Verbina makes it easy to share messages of support to loved ones living with an illness.

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  • Wenjun Zhang SalivaTek TCNFellow

    Wenjun Zhang Ph.D., MBA

    Founder, SalivaTek

    Medical device startup for non-invasive disease detection and monitoring.

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  • Holly Arbuckle Singing Pastures TCNFellow

    Holly Arbuckle

    Founder, Singing Pastures

    Family regenerative farm creating charcuterie from pasture-raised pork.

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  • Laura Vitale founder Mitta TCNFellow

    Laura Vitale

    Founder, Mitta

    Training leaders in world-class & custom-fit mental health counseling

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  • Maggie Bachenberg Pointz Mobility TCNFellow

    Maggie Bachenberg

    Founder, Pointz Mobility

    “Waze” for micro-mobility: navigating riders through safe urban routes.

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  • Insa Cespedes Elliott Market 2Day TCNFellow

    Insa Cespedes Elliott

    Founder, Market 2Day

    eCommerce platform for finding and buying local food

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  • Sarah Ortins Nimbly Wise TCNFellow

    Sarah Ortins

    Founder, NimblyWise

    Building and Communicating Soft Skills for Career Success

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Meet Our Past Fellows

2021 Fellows

  • Jess Podgajny

    Co-Founder, LLUNA

    A B2B platform that enables companies to design, manage, and analyze personalized employment arrangements.

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  • CL Tian

    Founder, Phiex Technologies Inc

    Broad-spectrum self-sterilizing packaging and fabrics for healthcare, food, and beyond.

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  • Chrissy Glover

    Founder, Imago Rehab

    Digital health and wearable robotics for physical rehab.

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  • Charmain Jackman

    Founder, InnoPsych

    Dedicated to eradicating the negative stigma around therapy and opening doors for people of color.

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  • Pauline Roteta

    Co-Founder, Pasito

    Pasito is on a mission to equalize access to financial planning for families through technology.

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  • Lindsay Kuhn

    Founder, Wingspans

    A career platform that helps diverse youth see themselves in different fields through rich, personal stories.

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  • Kerlyne Jean-Baptiste

    Founder, Kerly Girl

    An organic 100% plant-based hair care venture uniquely formulated for the needs of curly, and coily textures.

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  • Elsa Chi Abruzzo

    Founder, Anuncia Inc

    Focus on developing better solutions for patients with Hydrocephalus and Peace-of-Mind.

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  • Loewen Cavill

    Founder, Aurablue

    The first smart mattress topper that helps maintain your ideal sleeping temperature.

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  • Aarabi Balasubramanian

    Founder, EmTech Care Labs Inc

    Care Technologies for Independent Living and Aging In Place.

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  • France Crespin

    Founder, Môme Care

    A wellness brand for children, pre-teens, and teens that creates products good for the body, the mind, and the planet.

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  • Baiyun Tao

    Founder, MyFlexLearning

    A software that allows K-12 schools to easily manage their flex blocks, RTI time, WIN time, or enrichment time.

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  • Stefania Di Bartolomeo

    Founder, Physis Investment

    An Investment platform that provides investors with sustainable investing opportunities.

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  • Kaitlin Maier

    Founder, Reia LLC

    Reia is focused on improving the treatment experience for people with pelvic organ prolapse.

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  • Heather Fraser

    Founder, Synthera Health

    Developing a digital health & novel therapy solution for iron deficiency anemia leveraging synthetic biology and AI/ML.

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2020 Fellows

  • Anne Kim

    Co-Founder, Secure AI Labs

    Secure AI Labs (SAIL) makes sharing critical business data safe and easy by protecting it during analysis.

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  • Kelly Wannier

    Co- Founder, Little Pickins

    Freshly made, organic kids’ food delivered monthly.

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  • Adjoa Edzie

    Founder, GRUUVV

    GRUUVV is an online booking system designed for customers to search and hire DJ services.

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  • Lynne Becker

    Founder, Power of Patients

    A traumatic brain injury support and awareness organization that offers services designed to empower TBI patients and caregivers.

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  • Jungah Lee

    Founder, Aura Intelligent Systems

    A stealth-mode company developing mmWave imaging system.

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  • Robyn Parets

    Founder, Pretzel Kids

    Pretzel Kids offers a subscription program allowing members to teach our branded kids yoga classes in their communities.

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  • Ida Pavlichenko

    Co-Founder, PionEar Technologies

    A medical device revolutionizing the biomaterial design of conduit-like implants for drainage and drug delivery.

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  • Allison Byers

    Founder, Scroobious

    A video-based platform for investors to efficiently source the diverse deal flow and a humanized way for underrepresented founders to establish investor relationships.

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  • Mai Le

    Founder, Haystack Diagnostics

    Haystack Diagnostics has developed a full diagnostic solution that improves the diagnosis, monitoring, and therapeutic treatment of patients with nerve and muscle disorders.

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  • Victoria Prete

    Co-Founder, Thistle Medical Technologies

    Creating innovative instruments for tissue banks so their recovery technicians can recover high-quality tissue that surgeons and their patients deserve.

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  • Alejandra Tejada

    Founder, Enlingos

    Helping parents raise bilingual readers through a discovery service for Spanish and bilingual books.

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  • Sherina McKinley

    Director, The Runway Project

    A financial innovation firm that builds emergent financial practices that closes the racial wealth gap for good.

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  • Liat Racin

    Founder, Tamim Teas

    We’re the nation’s first tea company dedicated to organic medicinal mushrooms, 100% caffeine-free with no artificial/processed powders.

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  • Becky Pleat

    Founder, Protein Power Ball

    Plant-based snacks that fuel you–real ingredients, no preservatives, delicious taste.

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2019 Fellows

  • Shiri Dori-Hacohen

    Founder, AuCoDe

    An AI-based Fintech startup that detects controversies and misinformation online and turns them into actionable intelligence.

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  • Afreen Allam

    Founder, SiNON Therapeutics

    Patented Carbon NanoDots are a drug delivery system with a novel release mechanism that allows for targeted treatment for brain tumors & other neurological diseases.

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  • Claudia Zayfert

    Co-Founder, EverMind Digital Health

    Our interactive digital therapist uses NASA technology to make expert mental health treatment accessible to everyone.

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  • Bianca Harris

    Founder, Skinary

    A digital health company to help you understand your habits and skin.

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  • Sonal Singh

    Co-Founder, Spatio Metrics

    Provides the design analytics software you need to scale a consistent, evidence-based workflow across your firm.

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  • Julie Moir Messervy

    Founder, Home Outside

    Home Outside simplifies landscape design with digital tools and a network of remote design experts.

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  • Jayme Coates

    COO, Lactation Innovations

    Develops technologies to encourage optimal breastfeeding experiences for infants and mothers.

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  • Unique Hodge

    Co-Founder, Oak Systems

    One of a kind hair. One of a kind system. Using AI to unlock the science hair behind your natural hair.

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  • Minmin Yen

    Co-Founder, PhagePro

    An early-stage biotechnology therapeutics company that develops bacteriophage-based products to help the world’s most vulnerable communities.

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  • Kerry Gould

    Founder, Hello HealthyBox

    Hello Healthy Box is an effective weight loss program for today’s on-the-go lifestyle.

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  • Kruti Kanojia

    Co-Founder, Healthy Gamer

    Healthy Gamer provides mental health support for the internet generation through coaching, content, and community.

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  • Roya Khosravi-Far

    Co-Founder, InnoTech Precision Medicine

    Pioneering a precision diagnostics technology to aid in the early detection of diseases, such as COVID-19.

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  • Evelyn Chan

    Founder, Smileyscope

    Improving needle experiences through innovative virtual reality technology.

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  • Catherine Smart

    Co-Founder, Not Just Co.

    Modern, multi-purpose pantry staples and online cooking content to help busy people cook better at home.

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  • Zainab Sumu

    Founder, Zainab Sumu Primitive Modern

    Zainab explores the diverse culture of Africa, capturing the wonders of the places she travels and turning them into textile art.

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  • Maureen Fidler

    Founder, FilingMate, Inc.

    A regulatory compliance platform for property and casualty insurance carriers.

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  • Elizabeth Wu

    Co-Founder, Scismic

    The talent matching platform for the sciences. Get the career you deserve, make the impact that you desire.

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  • Marlena Carter-Diaz

    Founder, Care Management Temporary Staffing Agency

    Care Management Temporary Staffing Agency, Inc. serves as a vital link between the Health Homecare employers and Health Homecare job seekers.

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  • Johae Song

    Co-Founder, Lulu

    A hands-free smart assistant app for people with communication challenges.

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  • Ahfeeyah Thomas

    Founder, The Workroom

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2018 Fellows

  • Michelle Dalzon

    Founder, The BOM (Black-Owned Market)

    A curated shopping destination that makes buying black convenient.

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  • Leena Pradhan-Nabzdyk

    Co-Founder, Canomiks

    Genomics, bioinformatics, and AI-based product superiority platform that enables companies within the functional food and beverage, dietary supplement, and skin care industries to create safe and efficacious products.

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  • Lauren Abda

    Founder, Branchfood

    Branchfood seeks to cultivate community, inspire innovation, and support food entrepreneurs with space, events, and capital.

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  • Kate Westervelt

    Founder, Mombox

    On a mission to democratize postnatal care in America.

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  • Kate Terry

    Co-Founder, Surround Insurance

    Helping consumers navigate the uncertainty of life with smarter insurance, offered through independent agents and brokers.

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  • Chloe Hill

    Co-Founder, Hypnap

    Hypnap has a mission to create elegant, high-quality products that facilitate comfort, relaxation and well-being.

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  • Lu Valena

    Co-Founder, Raveler

    A platform for small-batch food businesses to get clarity and boost efficiency in their operations.

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  • Shironda White

    Founder, CauseEDU

    On a mission to democratize the college financial planning process.

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  • Carol Fassino

    Founder, Fair Trade Caravans

    Making a world of difference through fundraising.

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  • Shiva Kashalkar

    Founder, Green Pinata

    An online toy rental subscription service offering young children a new way to learn and play.

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  • Beth Porter

    Co-Founder, Riff Analytics

    Helping teams collaborate more effectively by surfacing insights on individual behaviors through AI-enabled tools.

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  • Michele Courton Brown

    Co-Founder, Quality Interactions

    Quality Interactions offers a complete suite of online courses to meet the continuing education needs of the healthcare community.

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  • Amanda Drobnis

    Founder, Hilltop Biosciences

    We are helping our animals heal faster and stronger by Reimagining Regenerative Therapies.

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  • Stacy Chin

    Co-Founder, HydroGlyde Coatings

    By providing uninterrupted superior lubrication that becomes activated with water, HydroGlide effectively eliminates the need for supplemental personal condom lubricants.

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  • Adriana Mallozzi

    Founder, Puffin Innovations

    A portable product that utilizes bluetooth technology, and is self-powered with a lithium battery to help people with physical disabilities access computers.

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  • Courtney Wilson

    Founder, DropZoneForVeterans

    Connecting our veterans with the private businesses and organizations that support them.

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  • Grace Li

    Co-Founder, Tactile Medical

    A leading developer of therapy devices, such as the Flexitouch system, for at-home treatment of lymphedema.

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  • Karthy Chandra

    Founder, Goalden Hour

    A goal-driven productivity tool that empowers people to bring their goals and good habits to the forefront of their planning process.

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  • Rachel King

    Co-Founder, EditMate

    Crowdsource user-generated video and create authentic marketing content with Editmate’s software and video editing service.

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  • Karolina Starczak

    Founder, Nutrimedy

    We are defining telenutrition through our novel online wellness platform based on the integration of leading-edge science, technology, and behavioral health.

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2017 Fellows

  • Abiche Dewilde

    Co-Founder, InVitroMetrix

    We develop and manufacture a multi-well whole-cell quartz crystal microbalance biosensor for the pharmaceutical and research industry.

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  • Amanda Curtis

    Co-Founder, N.A.bld & Nineteenth Amendment

    A production management software helping brands launch products sustainably and manufacture quick turn. Nineteenth Amendment is an independent designer direct, inventory-free marketplace for ethically made fashion.

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  • Tish Scolnik

    Founder, GRIT

    We design and sell adaptive equipment that allows every person, regardless of their physical ability, to get beyond the pavement and back to enjoying outdoor adventures.

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  • Rajia Abdelaziz

    Co-Founder, Invisawear

    Designs, manufactures, and markets wearable technology and mobile application software for applications such as fashion and safety.

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  • Sandhya Murali

    Co-Founder, Solstice

    Solstice connects businesses and households to local clean energy sources with guaranteed annual savings.

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  • Kimberly Smith

    Founder, Learning Beautiful

    Learning Beautiful creates hands-on toys for young children to learn the basics of computer science, without computers.

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  • Wafaa Arbash

    Co-Founder, WorkAround

    The simple way to label data: scalable solution for adding human input to your data.

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