i.Lab Incubator The i.Lab is home to the only formal business incubation program at the University of Virginia. In 2016 the Incubator supported 24 ventures. The program continues to grow, offering workshops, speakers, pitch nights and other activities that enrich the University’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Nearly 40 percent of ventures incubated at Darden remain viable 10 years on, and several have achieved national and international recognition.
1787fp, founded by Jean
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Borno (Darden Class of 2017), offers cutting-edge mobile and web technologies for financial planning, financial management, investment management, and insurance services.
founded by Kane Thomas (SEAS ’19) and Alex Williams (SEAS ’19), is an online marketplace platform that connects college students who have scored in the top percentiles of the SAT/ACT with high school students in need of affordable one-on-one tutoring.
1Degree, founded by Sam Boochever (Darden Class of 2017) and Maximillian Huc (Darden Class of 2017), is an app that provides users the opportunity to video chat live, directly, faceto-face with their favorite influencers, anytime and anywhere—all with a philanthropic twist.
AgroSpheres, founded by Payam Pourtaheri (SEAS ’16), Ameer Shakeel (SEAS ’17), and Shaun Moshasha, is a novel product that degrades pesticides and makes the process of harvesting safer and more lucrative for wine producers.
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Dovetail Digital Films, founded by Matt Rohdie, Stephen Brannan, and Carrie Hodgkins, is a crowd-sourced film production company that makes intimate professional films for weddings and other important life events.
Helme, founded by Brent Caterwell, founded by Dani Bchara (MBA ’16) and Neil Ferrini (MBA ’16), provides high quality lunch options to people at work and rewards them for choosing to eat healthy.
Critical Flow, founded by Eric Lohan and Nate Nickerson, develops cost effective water reuse technologies that enable buildings, campuses and communities to reuse more water than they import.
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Baumgartner (SEAS ’16) and Koleman Nix (Col ’16), is a budgeting application for K-12 private schools’ financial decision makers.
Holmes-McCall Biotechnologies (HMB), founded by Madison McCall (SEAS ’16), develops solutions for individuals with developmental disorders, learning disabilities and mental illnesses by addressing four pillars of development: social/ behavioral interaction, health/physical activity, education and emotional regulation.
Imbibe Solutions, founded by Gastronomical Chemist Audrey M. Reid, is a quality control laboratory for regional breweries, wineries, and distilleries.
Janus.io, founded by John Greenfield (MBA ’16), Isaac Pomeraniac (MBA ’16), and Alex Ksendzovsky (Col ’17), is a data collection and visualization platform focused on radically improving the care of movement disorder patients by creating actionable insights for both patients and physicians. Kombucha Biomaterials, founded by Shaun Moshasha (GSAS ’14), provides an environmentally friendly alternative to tree-based paper using the waste byproduct of Kombucha fermentation.