B.E.T.A. Challenge Past Winners
2025 Winners
Alumni Challenge
PetPax Co: Anthony Gatti MBA’24 and Nathan Ruff-Williams MBA’23
Graduate Challenge
KYN: Ily Kynion Coulibaly MS’25
Undergraduate Challenge
DIRTY GUT: Daniel Berlin ’26
Special Award Winners
High Impact Woman Founder Award
KYN: Ily Kynion Coulibaly MS’25
$7500 sponsored by Frank & Eileen™ Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership
Lila W. Sahney Endowed Fashion and Textile Innovation Award
TwentyToo: Shay Gaafar MBA’19
$25,000 sponsored by Gobind Sahney ’83 and daughter Sabrina L. Sahney
Tech Innovation Award
Eazeye: Louis (Haotian) Huang ’28
$7,000 award co-sponsored by the C. Dean Metropoulos Institute for Technology and Entrepreneurship and Gautam Gupta ’07
Social Impact Award
KYN: Ily Kynion Coulibaly MS’25
$10,000 award co-sponsored by the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship and the Institute for Social Innovation
Stephen H. Kramer ’92 and Michael London ’92 Award
DIRTY GUT: Daniel Berlin ’26
$10,000
2024 Winners
Alumni Challenge
Jahazii: Vaidehi Tembhekar MBA’21
Graduate Challenge
Revimo: Aleksandr Malashchenko MBA’24
Undergraduate Challenge
BOND: Chloe Samaha '25
Special Award Winners
High Impact Woman Founder Award
Jahazii: Vaidehi Tembhekar MBA’21
$10,000 sponsored by Frank & Eileen™ Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership
Lila W. Sahney Endowed Fashion and Textile Innovation Award
Snug Scrubs: Adila Rammadia MBA’2
$20,000 sponsored by Gobind Sahney ’83 and daughter Sabrina L. Sahney
Tech Innovation Award
Revimo: Aleksandr Malashchenko MBA’24
$7,000 award sponsored by Gautam Gupta ’07
Family Entrepreneurship Award
Plantex: Gopika Maheshwari MBA’24 and Rohan Patil MBA’24
$5,000 award sponsored by Bertarelli Institute for Family Entrepreneurship
Stephen H. Kramer ’92 and Michael London ’92 Award
BOND: Chloe Samaha ’25
$10,000
2023 Winners
Alumni Challenge
River Otter Renewables: Amelia Thomas MBA’22
Graduate Challenge
G.I. Junk Removal: Jennifer Calhoun MBA’23
Undergraduate Challenge
Computers 4 People: Dylan Zajac ’25
Special Award Winners
High Impact Woman Founder Award
G.I. Junk Removal: Jennifer Calhoun MBA’23
$7,500 award sponsored by David Ragins ’94
Lila W. Sahney Endowed Fashion and Textile Innovation Award
LOYKO: Aleksandr Malashchenko MBA’24
$15,000 sponsored by Gobind Sahney ’83 and daughter Sabrina L. Sahney
Tech Innovation Award
Sebela: Anh Thu Le ’24
$5,000 award sponsored by Gautam Gupta ’07
2022 Winners
Alumni Challenge
RT Microfluidics: Nathalya Mamane MBA’21
Graduate Challenge
Atlas Urban Farms: Connor Harbison MBA’22
Undergraduate Challenge
Hypeflix Drive-In Cinema: Samantha Azu ’22
Special Award Winners
High Impact Woman Founder Award
RT Microfluidics: Nathalya Mamane MBA’21
$5,000 award sponsored by David Ragins ’94
Lila W. Sahney Endowed Fashion and Textile Innovation Award
Natur Athletics: Jeffery Goff MBA’22
$10,000 sponsored by Gobind Sahney ’83 and daughter Sabrina L. Sahney
Tech Innovation Award
CompMiner: Alex Woodhouse ’15
$5,000 award sponsored by Gautam Gupta ’07
2021 Winners
Alumni Challenge
oveRNight RN: Michael Freyer MS’16, Jennifer Contreras, Athena Furuta ’20, Van Nguyen, and Debbie Snodgrass
Graduate Challenge
High Time Foods: Aakash Shah MBA’21, Vandana Jain, and Ashish Jogi
Undergraduate Challenge
Mai Soli Foundation: Aria Mustary ’21, Nipa Das, Glen Ged ’21, and Aaron Wendell ’20
Sidecar Award Winners
High Impact Woman Founder Award
Zoey Koko: Sara Ferrer ’08
$5,000 award sponsored by David Ragins ’94
Health Innovation Award
Digital Patient XP: Jayson Sterba MBA’21 and Michael Pritchard
$5,000 award sponsored by Kerry Murphy Healey Center for Global Healthcare Entrepreneurship
Tech Innovation Award
Xena Intelligence: Akhil Nair MBA’18
$5,000 award sponsored by Gautam Gupta ’07
2020 Winners
Alumni Challenge
Dash Beyond Interactive Media Private Limited: Aakaanksh Pothukutchi ’13, Akhil Chowdary, Mischa Pouyavand, Nikhil Srivatsa, Tanisha Kulkarni, Justin Urena, Kunal Bhosale, Ewan Kromhout, and Sabita Pothukutchi
Graduate Challenge
Busy Boda: Vaidehi Tembhekar MBA’21 and Atharva Tembhekar
Undergraduate Challenge
Goba Tea: Noah Doris ’20 and Byron D'Mello
Special Award Recipients
High Impact Woman Founder Award
Busy Boda: Vaidehi Tembhekar MBA’21 and Atharva Tembhekar
$2,500 award sponsored by David Ragins '94
Pivot for Impact Award
Arist: Michael Ioffe ‘21, Ryan Laverty ‘20, Maxine Anderson ’22, and Joseph Passanante
$2,500 award sponsored by David Ragins '94
2019 Winners
Alumni Challenge
PerkZilla: James Cantoni ’17, Jeremy Gislason, and Simon Hodgkinson
Graduate Challenge
Taylor Custom Rings: Ashley Taylor MBA’20 and Jerry Taylor
Undergraduate Challenge
Yad: Deborah Cohen ’19
Special Award Recipients
Centennial Award
Taylor Custom Rings: Ashley Taylor MBA’20 and Jerry Taylor
$10,000 award sponsored by ACE & Company
Social Impact Award
Forefront: Yulkendy Valdez ’17 and Josuel Plasencia ’17
$10,000 award sponsored by ACE & Company
High Impact Woman Founder Award
LOU: Rachel Pardue ’19
$2,500 award sponsored by David Ragins ’94
2017 Winners
Alumni Challenge
botkeeper: Enrico Palmerino ’11
Graduate Challenge
TORq Interface: Joanna Geisinger MBA’17 and Prashant Mohan MBA’17
Undergraduate Challenge
DetraPel: David Zamarin ’20, Jacob Heller ’20, and Larry Ng ’20
2016 Winners
Alumni Challenge
Green Piñata Toy Share: Shiva Kashalkar MBA’11 and Kiran Kashalkar MBA’15
Graduate Challenge
Play Business: Joan C. Segura Oyamburu MBA’17 and Fernanda de Velasco
Undergraduate Challenge
Mighty Well (formerly PICCPerfect): Emily A. Levy ’16, Maria del Mar Gomez ’16, Julianne Carlin ’17, and Yousef Al-Humaidhi ’15
2015 Winners
Alumni Challenge
WrightGrid: Ryan Wright MBA’13
Graduate Challenge
DARTdrones: Abby Speicher Carroll MBA’15
Undergraduate Challenge
Think Board: Hanson Grant ’16
2013 Winners
Alumni Challenge
MandaSeguro.com: Matias Sevi ’12, Alexis Garberis, Lucia Moroni, and Ariel Sevi
Graduate Challenge
88 acres: Robert Dalton MBA’14 and Nicole Ledoux
Undergraduate Challenge
OrangeOctop.us: Joseph Roth ’14
2012 Winners
Graduate Challenge
Reconcraft: Jay Hoflich MBA’12
Undergraduate Challenge
Off the Cob (formerly Sweet! Corn Tortilla Chips Inc.): Cameron Sheldrake ’12