Berkeley StEP Final Fall 2019 Update!
We have finally wrapped our semester and have successfully completed Showcase Day.
Our Showcase Day was a huge success with our competing teams and those who came to support! Throughout the night, we had opening speeches by our co-presidents, Santiago and Francesco. They have built this program from the ground up and we are so grateful for the time and effort they’ve put into this program and helping the whole team work together in the most supportive way. Following all the accepted teams pitched for four minutes each to our panel of judges.
Our judges included:
- James Alcorn from Zetta Venture Partners
- Kira Noodleman from Bee Partners
- Kal Dodge from Silicon Valley In Your Pocket
- Mike Delvin from Touchdown Ventures
- Brett Yokom from UC Berkeley Extension
- Caroline Winnett from Skydeck
Here’s the breakdown of the 12 teams that were accepted:
Smile Standard
- A platform for patients to carry their treatment records.
Rooit
- AI-Driven Chap App for Gen Z.
Super Pet Foods
- Nutritious, felicious, and sustainable pet food made from insects.
Space Place
- We create opportunities for consumers to connect with products in physical spaces from eCommerce companies.
CarpeMed
- A service at the intersection of healthcare and travel, bridging and delivering healthcare safety and connectivity anywhere in the world, in the palm of your hands.
Alljuro
- Helping lawyers to create better legal documents faster.
Bear House Innovations
- Bear House Innovations is rethinking education. Our mobile edutainment application not only gives back parents control of screen time, but it also incorporates measurable educational features, that engage children to learn in an innovative way.
WAW — Well Being At Work
- WAW is an app which aims at detecting early signs of burnout among employees thanks to AI and Data Science, and providing them with customized solutions to prevent it.
Boomerang Recommerce
- Enabling fashion brands to include their second-hand market in their business model.
NeoMotion
- Plan to provide stroke rehabilitation on a Smartphone
FIT’D Foot In The Door
- Opening the door to diversity to hire tomorrow’s workforce.
EMT Translate
- Navigating language barriers in emergency medicine: communication between first responders and non-English speakers made simple.
And finally, our judges selected the top three places and one honorable mention!
First Place: Super Pet Foods
Second Place: Neomotion AI
Third Place: Space Place
Honorable Mention: FIT’D
This semester has been an incredible journey for the StEP team and our Batch 2.0 entrepreneurs. We look forward to Batch 3.0 this coming January where new improvements will be introduced while keeping the same, authentic vision and work ethic. As we enter a new year, we wish one of our founding members good luck on his journey and welcome new, hardworking students into the team.
Thanks to the incredible student team who did the hard work of making the entire program happen. Thanks also to the judges + sponsors Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars, Zetta Venture Partners & Bee Partners.
Stay tuned for Batch 3.0 through…
Medium Publications
The StEP Website
Again, thank you so much for supporting Berkeley StEP and the entrepreneur ecosystem!
