Harvey Mudd Entrepreneurs Win at 2023 SageTank

Harvey Mudd College entrepreneurs won three of the four top spots in the recent SageTank pitch competition run by Pomona Ventures, an organization of students from 克莱蒙特学院–Pomona, 克莱蒙特麦肯纳, 斯克里普斯, Pitzer和Harvey Mudd.

At the SageTank event held in April, teams from around 克莱蒙特学院 shared startup pitches with a panel of experienced judges and a live audience. Winners received funding to invest in their company, and all competitors received publicity, networking opportunities and a jumpstart from the accelerator program.

所有顶级团队, including the third-place finisher from Pomona College, had participated in the 创业 class taught by Kash Gokli, 奥利弗·C. Field Professor of Manufacturing Practice and 工程 Economics and director of entrepreneurship initiatives. 热门课程, open to all Claremont Colleges students, is part of HMC’s effort to strengthen and expand its curricular and co-curricular activities to nurture the next generation of entrepreneurs. The class is aimed at those who would like to: launch a startup upon graduation or later; join established companies and apply their entrepreneurial skills and spirit; or be social entrepreneurs. Ayman Abdelletiff ’23 co-creator of 雅典娜网络, 说, “It was great to be in an environment that really nurtured our respect and passion for entrepreneurship.”

The winning startups and team members were:

1st place: 蝾螈音频, 德文郡Overbey ‘24, Pierce Gruber ’25, Xander Fries ‘24

2nd place: Brakesafe, Mau Brave Guzman ’25, Dominick Quaye ’25, Ket Hollingsworth ‘25

3rd place: David De Souza (Pomona College)

4th place: 雅典娜网络, Ayman Abdelletiff ‘24

蝾螈音频

德文郡Overbey, Pierce Gruber and Xander Fries will use their $5,000 prize to develop a prototype this summer and prepare for their first sales. The team began as a music startup last semester in the entrepreneurship class. During spring, they pivoted to traffic management. 他们的产品 uses audio from a microphone to detect the speed of passing cars and transmits that data to the cloud. 薯条说, “Our device is 10 times cheaper than existing speed-monitoring devices, enabling HOAs and cities to continuously collect speed data on dangerous roads to make streets safer for everyone.”

他补充说, “I’m extremely thankful for everyone who’s helped us get to this point and excited to see what’s ahead in the next few months.”

Brakesafe

The founders note that automatic emergency braking, the largest improvement to car safety since the airbag, is not present in the majority of operating cars, let alone those made before 2018. The feature is more effective than forward-collision warning alarms at reducing car collisions, 结果是1.每年有3500万人死亡. 他们的产品, Brakesafe, is an installable automatic braking system for motor vehicles which utilizes an open-source algorithm capable of detecting imminent collisions, 行人和红灯.

雅典娜网络

雅典娜网络 is a mobile-based application that supplies students with valuable resources to get the most out of their college career. The design focuses on three major aspects of the college experience: college courses, community engagement and creating a new way for students to network.