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First Annual JHU Alumni Startup Showcase

Location: Pava Center

You’re invited to the Pava Center’s first annual JHU Alumni Startup Showcase, where founders from our very first alumni cohort will take the stage to pitch the ventures they’ve been building and refining. Connect with alumni entrepreneurs, engage with the innovation community, and vote for your favorite team for the audience choice award. Stay after the pitches to meet the founders and celebrate with great local food as we mark the culmination of the Alumni Accelerator.

These 9 teams have been chosen from over 60 applications:

  • Athletes Intell: A digital mental performance platform that enables athletic departments to better support student-athletes’ mindset, confidence, and resilience at scale.
  • BRAIV: A precision psychiatry company developing machine learning–powered clinical decision support tools to help providers select the most effective psychiatric treatments with greater accuracy.
  • Brāv Buddies, Inc.: The force readiness intelligence platform that provides emergency response leaders the critical insights to improve their mobilization efforts — in real time, through the communication channels they’re already using.
  • Gargoyle Systems: Is building a distributed and decentralized network for drone detection and monitoring to enhance airspace awareness and security.
  • iksa.ai: Building AI Treatment Companions for Longevity Medicine.
  • LUMIQO, INC.: An e-clinical research solutions company focused on developing digital tools to streamline and enhance clinical trial operations.
  • smartSTAT: Delivers automated, real-time inventory tracking for emergency code carts — reducing labor, eliminating errors, and simplifying compliance.
  • Teaching Tools: An edtech company building modern tools to develop and evaluate college teaching.
  • Math Your Mind: A K–12 platform designed to cultivate a love of mathematics in students through interactive lessons, mentorship, and simulations.