2020 Summer Launch
Incubator Cohort
The Georgetown Entrepreneurship Summer Launch Incubator is a startup incubator program designed specifically for Georgetown students and current year graduates who want to launch a new venture. Many of our most successful student-led ventures have participated in the incubator. Several have gone on to gain admission to other regional and national accelerators, or receive other offers of investment and support.
Our 2020 Summer Launch Incubator Showcase is on June 29 at 5pm EDT. The virtual showcase is open to the public. Please RSVP on the Eventbrite link below.
our 2020 Cohort
Catherine Tenuta (MBA'21)
TBD
I am offering a solution to apparel’s most significant environmental impact – waste. My plan is to launch a circular apparel line that offers sustainably-sourced products with a continuous life cycle.
I am offering a solution to apparel’s most significant environmental impact – waste. My plan is to launch a circular apparel line that offers sustainably-sourced products with a continuous life cycle.
Jordan James Foley (L'21)
Chow Corp.
Chow, a 501(c)3 and future operator of food trucks, honors America’s veterans by providing a pathway for aspiring culinary professionals coming from military service by operating one of our food trucks.
Chow, a 501(c)3 and future operator of food trucks, honors America’s veterans by providing a pathway for aspiring culinary professionals coming from military service by operating one of our food trucks.
Alexander Cywes (SFS'23)
Bevry Social Media Co.
A media company that manages social media pages targeted at creating a central location for brands to post about their giveaways. This company acts as a place where social media users can go to in order to find a collection of current giveaways on a range of social media platforms. Before, users had to know about the giveaways by coming across them on a brand's account.
A media company that manages social media pages targeted at creating a central location for brands to post about their giveaways. This company acts as a place where social media users can go to in order to find a collection of current giveaways on a range of social media platforms. Before, users had to know about the giveaways by coming across them on a brand's account.
Herbert Lamont Reynolds (SCS'20)
Conch District
Conch District, a catering and restaurant business, offers Caribbean seafood to primarily shellfish lovers that lack exposure to diverse shellfish options such as conch, a delicacy that’s specifically found in the Caribbean waters.
Conch District, a catering and restaurant business, offers Caribbean seafood to primarily shellfish lovers that lack exposure to diverse shellfish options such as conch, a delicacy that’s specifically found in the Caribbean waters.
Elliot Loper (MBA'21)
DeepSea
DeepSea is in the early stages of coding on premise cyber network penetration testing software. Our goal is to patent our software at soonest and market this product to scale in order to serve clients in both commercial and federal sectors.
DeepSea is in the early stages of coding on premise cyber network penetration testing software. Our goal is to patent our software at soonest and market this product to scale in order to serve clients in both commercial and federal sectors.
Tanner Courtney
DeepSea.
DeepSea is in the early stages of coding on premise cyber network penetration testing software. Our goal is to patent our software at soonest and market this product to scale in order to serve clients in both commercial and federal sectors.
DeepSea is in the early stages of coding on premise cyber network penetration testing software. Our goal is to patent our software at soonest and market this product to scale in order to serve clients in both commercial and federal sectors.
Evan McBroom
DeepSea
DeepSea is in the early stages of coding on premise cyber network penetration testing software. Our goal is to patent our software at soonest and market this product to scale in order to serve clients in both commercial and federal sectors.
DeepSea is in the early stages of coding on premise cyber network penetration testing software. Our goal is to patent our software at soonest and market this product to scale in order to serve clients in both commercial and federal sectors.
Dhruv Solanki (MBA'21)
DrinkMore
Our idea is to create an online retail store with a chain of smaller distribution centres/stores throughout the city, specifically closer to our target audience, which stresses on faster delivery, lower prices and providing a wider variety of alcohol brands to the audience.
Our idea is to create an online retail store with a chain of smaller distribution centres/stores throughout the city, specifically closer to our target audience, which stresses on faster delivery, lower prices and providing a wider variety of alcohol brands to the audience.
Baldev Chopra (MBA'21)
DrinkMore
Our idea is to create an online retail store with a chain of smaller distribution centres/stores throughout the city, specifically closer to our target audience, which stresses on faster delivery, lower prices and providing a wider variety of alcohol brands to the audience.
Our idea is to create an online retail store with a chain of smaller distribution centres/stores throughout the city, specifically closer to our target audience, which stresses on faster delivery, lower prices and providing a wider variety of alcohol brands to the audience.
Saransh Gupta (MBA'21)
DrinkMore
Our idea is to create an online retail store with a chain of smaller distribution centres/stores throughout the city, specifically closer to our target audience, which stresses on faster delivery, lower prices and providing a wider variety of alcohol brands to the audience.
Our idea is to create an online retail store with a chain of smaller distribution centres/stores throughout the city, specifically closer to our target audience, which stresses on faster delivery, lower prices and providing a wider variety of alcohol brands to the audience.
Sofia Sulikowski (B'21)
Ehm Apparel
Ehm produces quality jeans and pants to increase the confidence and comfort of curvy and athletic women. It seeks to change the standard sizing to create an inclusive and need-fulfilling space for the target demographic.
Ehm produces quality jeans and pants to increase the confidence and comfort of curvy and athletic women. It seeks to change the standard sizing to create an inclusive and need-fulfilling space for the target demographic.
Steven Mucyo (B'20)
Gameville Entertainment
Gameville Entertainment is a leisure and recreational Rwanda-based company that specializes in outdoor games, team building activities, and events planning. We are the only company providing team building activities, and we regularly form partnerships with other organizations to provide better services.
Gameville Entertainment is a leisure and recreational Rwanda-based company that specializes in outdoor games, team building activities, and events planning. We are the only company providing team building activities, and we regularly form partnerships with other organizations to provide better services.
Jonathan Roberts (G'20)
I-Fi
I-Fi is an SaaS company dedicated to democratizing financial planning to provide financial advice for the other guys. We aim to provide an entire platform for better financial decision-making for all the what-ifs in life using both Cash Flow-based and Goal-based planning systems (industry best practices) and integrated with popular financial services platforms.
I-Fi is an SaaS company dedicated to democratizing financial planning to provide financial advice for the other guys. We aim to provide an entire platform for better financial decision-making for all the what-ifs in life using both Cash Flow-based and Goal-based planning systems (industry best practices) and integrated with popular financial services platforms.
Sonia Su (SFS'20)
Kits to Heart
Kits of Hope is a social enterprise that seeks to revolutionize cancer care by providing a thoughtfully designed, curated cancer care kit for patients. Not only will the kit include items that patients need during the course of treatment, but it will also provide easily accessible, frequently updated information on local and online resources, events, meetups, therapists, and more.
Kits of Hope is a social enterprise that seeks to revolutionize cancer care by providing a thoughtfully designed, curated cancer care kit for patients. Not only will the kit include items that patients need during the course of treatment, but it will also provide easily accessible, frequently updated information on local and online resources, events, meetups, therapists, and more.
Erika Wohl (MBA'20)
Wohl looks to create a Vertically Integrated cannabis company with a diverse product portfolio and delivery sales in East Bay.
Katherine Pearson (SCS'20)
Parrotfish
Parrotfish provides plastic free, palm-oil free, personal care products. You now have the ability to ditch your branded plastic bottles and showcase a handmade bar that always strikes up a conversation! There is no plastic, less waste and more savings.
Parrotfish provides plastic free, palm-oil free, personal care products. You now have the ability to ditch your branded plastic bottles and showcase a handmade bar that always strikes up a conversation! There is no plastic, less waste and more savings.
Rebecca Cox (SFS'23)
Project Olas
We employ moms in vulnerable Central American communities as Spanish language tutors via WhatsApp. We partner with financial literacy NGOs on the ground in places like the Guatemala City Garbage Dump, to outsource employment and training of moms, and simultaneously maintain a hyper local approach.
We employ moms in vulnerable Central American communities as Spanish language tutors via WhatsApp. We partner with financial literacy NGOs on the ground in places like the Guatemala City Garbage Dump, to outsource employment and training of moms, and simultaneously maintain a hyper local approach.
Michael G. Cox (MBA'20)
$cratch
$cratch lets users 'own their world' by empowering regular people to pool resources to invest in real-estate and fast-growing companies.
$cratch lets users 'own their world' by empowering regular people to pool resources to invest in real-estate and fast-growing companies.
Phoenix Do (B'21)
Sherpa
Small business are hurting from COVID-19 and Sherpa is preparing for prospective tourism boom after the pandemic. We want consumers to be better connected and have discounts with local businesses through a subscription service. Meanwhile, our free model allows users to see what trendy places their friends have gone without having to ask them.
Small business are hurting from COVID-19 and Sherpa is preparing for prospective tourism boom after the pandemic. We want consumers to be better connected and have discounts with local businesses through a subscription service. Meanwhile, our free model allows users to see what trendy places their friends have gone without having to ask them.
William Powers (B'21)
Sherpa
Small business are hurting from COVID-19 and Sherpa is preparing for prospective tourism boom after the pandemic. We want consumers to be better connected and have discounts with local businesses through a subscription service. Meanwhile, our free model allows users to see what trendy places their friends have gone without having to ask them.
Small business are hurting from COVID-19 and Sherpa is preparing for prospective tourism boom after the pandemic. We want consumers to be better connected and have discounts with local businesses through a subscription service. Meanwhile, our free model allows users to see what trendy places their friends have gone without having to ask them.
Anthony Malone (L'20)
Student Bridge
Student Bridge offers short term loans to graduate students to help provide them the capital they need to get them to their next federal student loan refund, or the start of their summer or full-time job. The loans are designed for all students that need extra capital, from those that face an emergency, like unexpected medical bills, to those that just want a little extra cash around the holidays. Check him out at thescholarbridge.com.
Student Bridge offers short term loans to graduate students to help provide them the capital they need to get them to their next federal student loan refund, or the start of their summer or full-time job. The loans are designed for all students that need extra capital, from those that face an emergency, like unexpected medical bills, to those that just want a little extra cash around the holidays. Check him out at thescholarbridge.com.
Jacob Sabel (MiM’20)
Spotlight
Spotlight is an educational technology startup that offers an end-to-end solution that streamlines the fragmented hiring process, reduces bias, and uniquely educates students. On the students' end, Spotlight goes beyond classroom learning and provides innovative educational modules centered on industry-based skills and competencies made in partnership with industry professionals.
Spotlight is an educational technology startup that offers an end-to-end solution that streamlines the fragmented hiring process, reduces bias, and uniquely educates students. On the students' end, Spotlight goes beyond classroom learning and provides innovative educational modules centered on industry-based skills and competencies made in partnership with industry professionals.
Tanatswa Mapondera (MiM’20)
Spotlight
Spotlight is an educational technology startup that offers an end-to-end solution that streamlines the fragmented hiring process, reduces bias, and uniquely educates students. On the students' end, Spotlight goes beyond classroom learning and provides innovative educational modules centered on industry-based skills and competencies made in partnership with industry professionals.
Spotlight is an educational technology startup that offers an end-to-end solution that streamlines the fragmented hiring process, reduces bias, and uniquely educates students. On the students' end, Spotlight goes beyond classroom learning and provides innovative educational modules centered on industry-based skills and competencies made in partnership with industry professionals.
Brittany Jonee Malcolm (B'21)
Sun Kissed Skincare
We are a natural skin care company that curates the best of nature’s gifts to heal the skin. Our products are culturally derived from the founders’ South Sudanese and Bahamian heritage. We are a faith-based company that believes in the value of giving back; to our community partners, to the people who use our products, to nature through conservation.
We are a natural skin care company that curates the best of nature’s gifts to heal the skin. Our products are culturally derived from the founders’ South Sudanese and Bahamian heritage. We are a faith-based company that believes in the value of giving back; to our community partners, to the people who use our products, to nature through conservation.
Aluwet Deng (B'21)
Sun Kissed Skincare
We are a natural skin care company that curates the best of nature’s gifts to heal the skin. Our products are culturally derived from the founders’ South Sudanese and Bahamian heritage. We are a faith-based company that believes in the value of giving back; to our community partners, to the people who use our products, to nature through conservation.
We are a natural skin care company that curates the best of nature’s gifts to heal the skin. Our products are culturally derived from the founders’ South Sudanese and Bahamian heritage. We are a faith-based company that believes in the value of giving back; to our community partners, to the people who use our products, to nature through conservation.
Luis Garzon-Negreiros (MBA'20 and MSFS'20)
Terra
Terra addresses the absence of a quantitative measure of a consumer's sustainability. The Sustainable Lifestyle Score provided by Terra will aggregate data from a consumer's utilities usage and consumption patterns and then assign a Sustainable Lifestyle Score.
Terra addresses the absence of a quantitative measure of a consumer's sustainability. The Sustainable Lifestyle Score provided by Terra will aggregate data from a consumer's utilities usage and consumption patterns and then assign a Sustainable Lifestyle Score.
Nicholas Genovese (G'21)
Community Crownz
Community Crownz is a marketing and branding video production service for NFL athletes. It is somewhat similar to the concept of the House of Highlights Instagram account and media brand. However, unlike House of Highlights, this service aims to produce and deliver video content directly to NFL players for them to build their "self-brands" on social media.
Community Crownz is a marketing and branding video production service for NFL athletes. It is somewhat similar to the concept of the House of Highlights Instagram account and media brand. However, unlike House of Highlights, this service aims to produce and deliver video content directly to NFL players for them to build their "self-brands" on social media.
Christy Felix (B'20)
UHustle
UHustle is an online marketplace for college students with side hustles. We make purchasing from students easier, safer, and efficient.
UHustle is an online marketplace for college students with side hustles. We make purchasing from students easier, safer, and efficient.
Jimmie Robinson IV (SCS'20)
Underdog Sports
Underdog Sports is a full service agency that provides a provides a variety of sports management services.
Underdog Sports is a full service agency that provides a provides a variety of sports management services.
Justus Pugh (B'20)
What's the Move?
For young adults from all walks of life who want to fully experience everything their city has to offer, “What’s the Move?” is a location-based mobile application that makes finding plans easy. Simply input how much you would like to spend, the vibe of the outing, and the number of people, and “WTM?” will put together the perfect outing at the touch of a button.
For young adults from all walks of life who want to fully experience everything their city has to offer, “What’s the Move?” is a location-based mobile application that makes finding plans easy. Simply input how much you would like to spend, the vibe of the outing, and the number of people, and “WTM?” will put together the perfect outing at the touch of a button.
Marvellous Osagie-Erese (B'20)
What's the Move?
For young adults from all walks of life who want to fully experience everything their city has to offer, “What’s the Move?” is a location-based mobile application that makes finding plans easy. Simply input how much you would like to spend, the vibe of the outing, and the number of people, and “WTM?” will put together the perfect outing at the touch of a button.
For young adults from all walks of life who want to fully experience everything their city has to offer, “What’s the Move?” is a location-based mobile application that makes finding plans easy. Simply input how much you would like to spend, the vibe of the outing, and the number of people, and “WTM?” will put together the perfect outing at the touch of a button.
Amanuel Ghebremicael (B'20)
What's the Move?
For young adults from all walks of life who want to fully experience everything their city has to offer, “What’s the Move?” is a location-based mobile application that makes finding plans easy. Simply input how much you would like to spend, the vibe of the outing, and the number of people, and “WTM?” will put together the perfect outing at the touch of a button.
For young adults from all walks of life who want to fully experience everything their city has to offer, “What’s the Move?” is a location-based mobile application that makes finding plans easy. Simply input how much you would like to spend, the vibe of the outing, and the number of people, and “WTM?” will put together the perfect outing at the touch of a button.