The Lang Center is excited to announce the newest grant awardees from its summer incubator programs (Summer Startup Track and the Summer Entrepreneurship Immersive), following a competitive pitch process. These incubator programs foster a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship for rising second-year Columbia Business School students who are dedicated to advancing their ventures over the summer.
The programs provide tailored advisory, a network of peers, talks with industry leaders, and as well as the opportunity to pitch for grants of up to $10K. To compete for the grant awards, student founders presented their startups and the progress they made over the summer to a panel of alumni judges.
Congratulations to this year's grant recipients!
(Companies listed in alphabetical order)
AMLAH - Aaron Levin ’25
AMLAH revolutionizes property tours by offering a seamless platform for scheduling and conducting remote tours with brokers, making the process more efficient and accessible.
Bivicare - Andrew Yeager ’25
Bivicare helps self-insured businesses to find cash discounts on their employees' healthcare, saving them money and saving providers from the headache of reimbursement.
FashionPawz - Chelsea Zhang ’25
FashionPawz offers fashionable, comfortable, and functional pets apparel and supplies to enhance your pet’s lifestyle with love and care.
Formspree - Rohit Datta ’25
Add a form backend to your website with one line of code. Comes with batteries included such as spam filtering, 3rd party integrations, and submission analytics.
Gamsa Foods - Sarah Hwang ’25
Gamsa Foods creates delicious, healthy, and convenient Korean-inspired savory breakfasts that bring bold flavors to your morning routine.
LearnDetect - Francesca Bruna Pipino ’25
LearnDetect revolutionizes learning disability assessment through rapid mobile app screening, AI-powered recommendations, and official evaluations by licensed professionals.
Mayah Design - Alexis Chestnov ’25
Mayah Design is an interior design platform that offers busy consumers the easiest furnishing experience based on their own styles and design best practices.
Padel Hub - Matias Leighton Mouchabek ’25
Padel Hub USA is committed to promoting and expanding padel across the US via Padel Clubs, fostering wellness and recreation through a world-class experience and a vibrant community.
SARA - Jiaxin Zhang ’25
SARA transforms speech therapy for children with speech disorders with an easy-to-use app that personalizes learning while also empowering speech-language pathologists with better support and tools.
Sumly - Maggi Heneghan ’25
Sumly is the one-stop-shop for the self-employed to access on-demand AI-assisted bookkeeping, accounting, tax, financial planning, and legal services.
Telly - Annie Yu ’25
Telly, the AI-powered eldercare journal, is your trusted companion to manage care plans and enhance care with predictive analytics—revolutionizing support for your loved ones.
YOBO - Ken Kobayashi ’25
YOBO is building a medication adherence improvement platform, saving 125,000 lives and $300B avoidable healthcare costs.
