2012 Summer Venture Program Teams
AUDEN (Rebecca Borenstein M'13) - AUDEN offers sophisticated women comfortable, easy fit clothing with a contemporary twist. Versatile separates made of jersey and tech fabrics that transition easily from the boardroom to dinner out on the town.
BEEP (Ramon Salinas M'12) - BEEP (Business Entrepreneurship Extension Packs) is a non profit that creates Extension Packs for popular board games to help teachers and parents teach business concepts and entrepreneurial skills to high school kids.
BYOBeats (Thomas Lavin '12) - BYOBeats offers a unique wireless and portable surround sound system that connects sound from any media device in your home
CAMFormulas.com (Josh Harwell M'12) - CAMFormulas.com is an online retailer of high-quality, pharmaceutical grade health, beauty and nutritional products.
Expressionality (David Blutenthal M'13) - Expressonality is a music app that uses playlist sharing to express musical taste and personality attributes among one's Facebook friend network.
HeSpoke (Njweng (Jojo) Yangni, Wellesley '14 & Stella Odewumi, Wellesley '13) - HeSpoke is an online menswear retailer that curates a diverse assortment of brands for men whose style is a mixture of vintage, street wear and preppy fashion. Launched in 2012 by two friends, HeSpoke simplifies the process of finding one-of-a-kind clothing by curating our apparel to fit to his unique taste. // HeSpoke. We Answered.
MandaSeguro (Matias Sevi '12) - MandaSeguro redefines the remittances business model by enabling the aid sent by Hispanics in the US to their home countries, at no cost to sender nor receiver, in a safe, reliable and innovative way.
Mixcal (Andy Huang '13) - An event search and recommendation engine for college students and administrators.
Ninth Isle (Ronald Diep '15) - Ninth Isle's mission is to spread Hawaii's national and global presence through Hawaiian products.
Nomadico Travel (Nick DiMatteo M'13) - Nomadico Travel is a socially responsible eco-friendly tour operator that specializes in customized tours to Latin America with a focus on authentic cultral interaction.
PhotoOil (Lei Wang M'13) - Customized hand-made oil painting from you photo, capturing your cherished memory forever.
Qonfide.com (Colby Sato, Olin Engineering '14) - Change the coming out experience by meaningfully connecting closeted and questioning students with openly queer peers and teachers in the local community.
SidewalkAd (Cliff Lee M'12 & Walter Dobberpuhl) - SidewalkAd is a do-it-yourself advertising solution for local businesses to reach customers on their smartphones. Businesses can build their customer lists automatically when customers redeem their offers.
Taxi Right Now (Sam Garzon M'13) - Taxi Right Now is a real-time taxi reservation mobile app, which allows the user to reserve the closest taxi available with the push of one button.