CWRU Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship

A huge thank you to Taylor Durham for hosting ‘s marketing intern Alvisa Krasniqi at ‘s entrepreneurship center. So grateful for the warm welcome and the insight!

It was a great opportunity to explore one of the world’s leading university entrepreneurship hubs, and spark some interesting comparisons between Tangen Hall and our very own Sears think[box] at Case Western Reserve University.

Congratulations to all of our graduating Veale Snyder Fellows! 🎓 Loved seeing everyone come together to send our seniors off. You’re going to do great things and cannot wait to see it.

Seniors:
Apeksha Malik
Fauste Meckovskyte
Adam Hamdan
Wayzaro Ariella-yve Taylor
Vinlaw Mudehwe
Krishin Parikh
Kaleb K.
Sreya Srinidhi
Genesis Richards

Also pictured:
Michael Goldberg
Stacey Lotz
Alvisa Krasniqi
Raghvendra Yadav
Binayek Tiwari
Tobias Heller
Jim Horwitz
Daniel McKenzie
Ashley Sah
Abhinav Khanna

Thank you to everyone who attended the ENTP+ Gala hosted by Entrepreneurship Club. It was a great evening of networking and celebration with some of the most driven people on campus. Wishing everyone the best as exam season begins!

Congratulations to the winners of the Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition! This year’s record-breaking competition drew 150+ attendees and 70+ applications across three tracks—Venture, Idea, and Social Impact. Swipe through the photos to catch some of the highlights from the event! We’re proud to support the next generation of student entrepreneurs as they build what comes next.

💡 Idea Track
Tied for 3rd place: Altoscope $1,000 — Darin Hall, Kevin Zhang
Tied for 3rd place: Locus $1,000 — Vinlaw Mudehwe, Kudzai Dhewa
Tied for 2nd place: Our Signing Service $2,000 — Adam Hamdan
Tied for 2nd place: AquaLock $2,000 — Stacy Guech
First place: Lineage $4,000 — Krishin Parikh, Kaleb K.

🌍 Social Impact Track
3rd Place: Hairchair $750 — Eva-Jessy Guech
2nd Place: Thrifty $750 — Ayati Lala, Niousha Sima
Tied for 1st place: Blazecue $3,000 — Jack Loomis
Tied for 1st place: DOT $3,000 — Samhitha Bodangi, Abigail Figueroa
Tied for 1st place: Izma $3,000 — Johary Rahajason, Tiekoura Ouattara

🚀 Venture Track
Tied for 2nd Place: eLexir - $6,000 — Krupa Venkatesan, Menaka Wijeratne
Tied for 2nd Place: Aarambha - $6,000 — Akansh Devendra
1st Place: Cocoa Potash - $13,000 — Ibrahim Quagraine, Ithabeleng Makhetha

We’re spotlighting a few of the teams taking the stage this year at the Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition. Join us tomorrow, April 14, 5 to 8 p.m. at Sears think[box] to see the people below (quotes correspond to the photos, in order) compete for a share of $45,000 in funding!

“This idea actually came from a last-minute pitch for ThinkImpact, a fellowship Niousha and I are a part of. But what started as a casual hobby has turned into a great learning and building experience. Getting to work with my best friend has been so rewarding, and I’ve learned a lot about balancing work and building a successful venture.”
Ayati Lala, Thrifty — third-year neuroscience student at ’s

“The firefighting community has been more welcoming than we ever expected. They opened up about real experiences, real risk, and real pain points, and that trust is what drives us. In a few months, we’ve gone from concept to a functioning prototype with an incredible team. We’re just getting started.”
Jack Loomis, Blazecue — fourth-year finance student at

“The most addictive part of building izma.io isn’t the product, it’s watching small iterations compound into something undeniable.”
Johary Rahajason, Izma Technologies — first-year biomedical engineering student at

“Most startups solve problems they imagine, we lived this one. The notary industry hasn’t changed in 30 years, and that’s exactly why we’re here. That’s what gets me up every morning.”
Adam Hamdan, Our Signing Service — fourth-year computer science student at

“Although we see a viable business model and an opportunity for immense value creation, for us it is more about helping people connect and building meaningful relationships.”
Vinlaw Mudehwe, Locus — fourth-year computer science student at

Great to see such a strong turnout for our Entrepreneurship Speaker Series with Halle Tecco, founder of Rock Health and author of Massively Better Healthcare. Thank you to everyone who joined us in person and virtually for an engaging and thoughtful roundtable discussion on the future of healthcare innovation.