The following 11 ventures are presenting in the upcoming President's Buckeye Accelerator on May 1st.
CorrSuite (BOSS winners, and winners of the golden ticket to pitch in the finale) – CorrSuite is a SaaS company made specifically for the corrugated box industry. The U.S. corrugated box industry is an $82 billion industry consisting of 2000 plants, and 500 of those plants also have at least one extremely large box machine known as a jumbo. The industry lacks specialized scheduling software that ensures plants run on the most optimal schedule based on their individual plant’s characteristics and performance, leading to increased downtime and reduced profitability. CorrSuite's solution is to develop AI scheduling software products that use plant performance data and accounts for machine-specific differences to generate the most efficient schedule for a plant at the click of a button.
Apiary - Apiary Systems is a defense company that revolutionizes military data collection with its innovative Swarm technology. The military has a data problem, and there needs to be a shift to solutions that provide more intelligence useful to strategic planning. Swarm offers a decentralized approach that outperforms traditional systems in every metric. By transforming non-intelligent drones into swarm-capable units using Apiary Systems proprietary computer chip, Apiary Systems enhance data precision and neural network integration.Apiary Systems ensures America maintains a competitive edge in military intelligence, saving lives and securing our nation's position on the world stage for years to come.
Almara - Almara is a clinical trial discovery platform that bridges the gap between drug development organizations and patients looking to access clinical trials. Our platform helps patients navigate clinical trial discovery complexities and matches patients to clinical trials holistically, considering both patient medical and demographic information. This boosts clinical trial recruitment for pharmaceuticals and hospital systems, accelerating research. Almara fosters inclusivity and addresses socioeconomic disparities in underrepresented communities.
Forged Amputee Wellness - Forged Amputee Wellness is a groundbreaking virtual personalized training platform catering exclusively to amputees, making it a pioneer in its field. Unlike any other offering, it focuses solely on the unique needs of the amputee population, providing specialized training led by a Doctor of Physical Therapy with expertise in this area. Embracing a positive, goal-driven approach, Forged Wellness empowers clients to enhance their health and wellness, promising a transformative impact on their lives allowing them to live the lives they want with the people they love most.
Roots - Farming Made Easy is a groundbreaking software solution that revolutionizes logistics management for local organic farmers. With intuitive tools for inventory, sales, and operations, Roots empowers farmers to navigate the complexities of agriculture effortlessly while optimizing their resources. By leveraging advanced technology, Roots streamlines farming practices, making them more efficient, sustainable, and profitable for farmers committed to organic cultivation.
Expenz - Expenz is a banking solution tailored for Greek Life as we realized how unsuitable traditional banks are and how expensive and outdated existing fraternal alternatives are. Our mission is to ensure that automated expense tracking, low-fee dues collection, and tailored rewards are available to every one of the 31,000 Greek Life organizations across the country.
Pryva - Pryva offers a privacy-safe solution to monitoring the elderly in their homes and healthcare institutions. Our AI-powered app utilizes the WiFi routers and smart devices already in the users’ home, and treats them like radar to remotely monitor falls, heart rates, and other crucial aspects of a user’s health. This eliminates the need for any other commonly used hardware devices like fall buttons, pendants, watches, and other sensors. Health monitoring made easy!
Pulse - Pulse is a cutting-edge mobile solution revolutionizing healthcare communication and data
collection. Seamlessly connecting nurses with physicians and hospital teams, it facilitates
requests for procedures, task approvals, and patient condition updates. By tracking response
times, staffing efficiency and procedure frequency, Pulse provides invaluable insights to
enhance hospital operations and efficiency.
Mindful Diagnosis - Mindful Diagnosis is dedicated to revolutionizing healthcare by addressing systemic
inequalities through personalized diversity education and implicit bias training for healthcare
professionals. Our innovative approach, grounded in data-driven insights, aims to cultivate
cultural humility, mitigate healthcare disparities, and enhance patient outcomes. By empowering
healthcare professionals with the necessary tools and knowledge, we envision a future where
inclusivity, empathy, and respect define patient care, ultimately leading to a healthcare system
that serves everyone equitably.
BioBuddy – BioBuddy is an E-Learning platform that aims to improve comprehension and access for all learners. BioBuddy uses high quality animation to explain challenging topics. In the future, we expect that every student will be able to access everything they need for their STEM courses on our platform. Our goal is simple, to inspire students, enable educators, give parents the assurance their kids can succeed, and improve the outlook for the next generation of Americans.
Youth for STEM Equity - Youth for STEM Equity (hereinafter “YSE”) is a social enterprise based in Columbus, Ohio that aims to revolutionize how hands-on STEM education is organized by innovating interactive and gamified models of learning such as STEMscapes. STEMscapes are dynamic, immersive STEM Escape Rooms that teach the STEM process to K-12 students through freeform problem-solving and exploration, leading to student-teacher development, interpersonal engagement, long-term academic retention, and industry exposure. They ensure their impact is sustainable by closely working with teachers and providing development modules. YSE's evidence-based practices makes participation in the STEM process more inclusive through reduction in racism and discrimination. Moreover, YSE shifts the traditional perspectives on STEM that just regard it as a quantitative field of analysis. STEM is more than just molecules and numbers, it is history, literature, and art; it is you and me.
