Alumni News

Send a story idea or comment
  • Print

Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS

Selected from more than 90 worldwide entries, 12 winning regional teams will travel back to campus on April 25 to compete in the the 2nd annual Alumni New Venture Contest finals. The contest, hosted by HBS’s Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Alumni Relations, shines a spotlight on alumni ventures, supports promising new ventures and awards a $25,000 cash prize to the winning team.

Preview the finalists, wish the contestants luck, and cast your vote to the right to predict the winner.

Africa
HBS Club of South Africa
Angus Rowe, OPM 38 2009
LifeQube
mobile clinic management

Asia-Pacific
HBS Club of Shanghai
Oliver Segovia, MBA '10
Jennifer Kelly, MBA '10
AVA
invitation-only shopping platform

Canada
HBS Club of Toronto
Zaheed Poptia, MBA '06
CardSwap
online giftcard marketplace

Europe
HBS Alumni Association of Germany
Alexander Azoulay, MBA '03
David Merle, MBA '03
Superdome
building integrated photovoltaics

India
HBS Club of India
Vikram Sharma, MBA '06
Crossover Energy
sustainable energy services

Latin America
HBS Club of Brazil
Thomaz Srougi, GMP 6 2009
Dr. Consulta
affordable healthcare solutions

Middle East
HBS Club of the United Arab Emirates
Rohit Dev Thakwani, OPM 37 2008
SpendWisor.com
consumer electronics marketplace

Midwest/Central U.S.
HBS Club of Chicago
Marc Hoecker, MBA '08
vinsnap
mobile automotive marketing

New England
HBS Association of Boston
Marco Bitran, MBA '03
AI Exchange
hedge fund technology platform

Mid-Atlantic/Southeastern U.S.
HBS Club of New York
HBS Club of Washington, D.C.
Sahil Patel, MBA '05
PhytoTEK
biologic infection solutions

Northwestern U.S.
HBS Association of Northern California
HBS Tech Alumni Club
Privahini Bradoo, MBA '08
BioMine
e-waste mining solutions

Southwestern U.S.
HBS Association of Southern California
HBS Association of Orange Country
HBS Club of San Diego
Ali Fakhari, MBA '07
WikiPay
mobile payment/marketing platform

2011 HBS Alumni New Venture Contest legal services sponsor: Cooley, LLP

LifeQube

LifeQube’s mobile clinic management system, MobiQube, creates and manages shared mobile-based longitudinal Electronic Health Records via mobile phone.

AVA

AVA is an invitation-only shopping platform. The company addresses the gap between the growing market demand for fashion and the lack of availability of branded merchandise and e-commerce websites in the Philippines.

CardSwap.ca

CardSwap.ca is an exclusively Canadian service that helps savvy consumers save money on gift cards and provides a secure environment to exchange unwanted gift cards into cash.

Superdome

Superdome offers the first Building Integrated Photovoltaics worldwide to incorporate encapsulated CIGS thin-film on the surface of an insulated, eco-friendly composite tile, enabling electrical interconnection and assembly with other tiles via “plug & play” connectors.

Crossover Energy

Crossover Energy is an energy services company, helping organizations reduce their energy costs and embrace sustainability by reducing their carbon footprint.

Dr. Consulta

Dr. Consulta uses production line best practices to deliver fast, reliable, affordable and standardized medical appointments to low income families that are uninsured and underserved by the public system, in the poorest districts of Brazil’s largest cities.

Spendwisor.com

Spendwisor.com enables consumer electronics purchasers to explore categories and products, compare brands in the same category, and browse buying guides, helping customers make an informed buying decision.

vinsnap

vinsnap is a mobile automotive marketing company. The application organizes car searches for customers using smartphones by decoding information from VIN numbers collected by mobile car shoppers.

AI Exchange

AI Exchange is a Boston-based technology financial services company whose mission is to reinvent hedge fund investing through disruptive technology, transparency and liquidity.

PhytoTEK

PhytoTEK supplies a unique biologic solution for the infection-control market, a large and rapidly growing $3B global market. PhytoTEK focuses on treating and preventing biofilm-caused staph infections.

BioMine

Over 40M tons of e-waste is generated worldwide every year, most of which is landfilled or incinerated. BioMine seeks to capture this currently lost value by using existing scaled-up technologies in the mining industry for the novel application of ‘mining’ e-wastes.

WikiPay

WikiPay is a proprietary mobile and online commerce platform that facilities money transfer, payment applications and mobile marketing via SMS through its website (www.wikipay.com) and mobile site (m.wikipay.com)

  • Print

Your Comments

  1. Zelda Cloete, says:

    Lifeqube has a great concept!

    April 18, 2011 07:30 AM EST
  2. Nicholas Walker, says:

    I'm with Zelda. Excellent Concept!

    April 20, 2011 11:48 AM EST
  3. Bikram Dasgupta, OPM 38 says:

    Lifeqube is a great concept and a very well done project. Good Luck to them.

    April 20, 2011 10:57 PM EST
  4. Paul Heiss, says:

    I like the fact that LifeQube has the potential to scale globally. Also serves a huge need!

    April 21, 2011 07:18 AM EST
  5. Curt Waisath, says:

    Lifeqube is very cutting edge technology that can truely make an impact in individuals lives.

    April 22, 2011 10:38 AM EST
  6. Gbade ALABI, OPM 38 says:

    LifeQube is technologically sound project and relevant all over the world - Mobile phone

    April 22, 2011 03:26 PM EST
  7. Mark, Harvard says:

    I for one welcome our new overlords LifeQube.

    April 22, 2011 04:38 PM EST
  8. Martin Mankowski, AI Exchange says:

    Restructuring credit now is more important than discovering the biggest gold mine ever - we need to start rebuilding economies.

    April 22, 2011 07:17 PM EST
  9. Joe Solari, UofC XP-81 says:

    AI Exchange is an interesting concept allowing access of everyday folks to the world of Hedge Funds while mitigating the risk.

    April 23, 2011 02:29 PM EST
  10. Alan Brooke, HBS Alumni says:

    I will go for Lifeqube; I think it fills a great need.

    April 25, 2011 04:58 AM EST
  11. Sasha Levitt, says:

    Definitely Lifeqube is a clear winner!

    April 26, 2011 09:52 PM EST

Submit a Comment

We reserve the right to edit for style, clarity, and length.