Welcome Spring 2023 Batch!!
We are so excited to introduce the Spring 2023 Batch of Startup Shell after the most competitive application season to date with a record breaking 245 applications! Following 80+ hours of careful deliberation over applications and 36+ hours of interviews, we are very delighted to welcome 34 creators, builders, and innovators into the Shell family! This is the most diverse batch Shell has seen in terms of skillsets and backgrounds, and we can’t wait to see what these innovators will create!
With the exponential increase in applications we saw last semester, we decided to revamp our application process this semester to better evaluate applicants. Instead of becoming a Startup Shell company solely by being accepted through a venture-specific application, we've adapted Shell to better support the ebb and flow of the status of experimenting (being a “Fellow“) and founding a venture (being a “Founder“). As our members incubate, they can bring their ideas to fruition, apply internally to become a Startup Shell company and be supported with our resources. As they move on to new ventures or return to incubation, Startup Shell supports their entire entrepreneurial journey. Overall, Founders are uplifted during execution and Fellows are supported as they experiment with creating the future.
Startup Shell looks for entrepreneurs who reflect the ideals and culture of Shell; we are “a community of highly driven people, passionate about building projects and tackling solutions head on.” We truly are confident that our Spring 2023 batch will carry on this culture and are thrilled to welcome them to the Shell community!
Before we do any introductions, we invite you to contribute to the progress of these amazing entrepreneurs you’ll learn about below and donate to Shell’s crowdfunding campaign on Launch UMD. We’ve raised over $3.8K on our first day and with your support, we hope to hit our goal of $10K by April 8th!
Members
Karla Oseguera - Dare to Dream
Dare to Dream is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering and equipping underrepresented communities with the resources and confidence to pursue their dreams.
Eric Detjen - DBA Sports Group
DBA Sports Group provides sports betting media, tools, and an advisory group that consistently brings value to their users/clients with the stats to prove it.
Korion Health enables patients to conduct their own health screenings from the comfort of their own home.
MatRx is a novel, patent pending device that prevents wear on the driver’s car floor mat.
Nimay Vyas & Rohan Bhatt - NitesOut
NitesOut is the ultimate nightlife companion app, designed to help ease the process of going out in your city.
James McFadden - ReFresh
ReFresh is an apparel trading platform where individuals can anonymously trade their clothes with other users.
Marilyn Ortega - Spray
Spray provides creatives with tools to compose digital art on real world surfaces through an augmented reality medium.
Oliver D'Esposito - Sustainabli
Sustainabli creates sensors that enable labs to reduce emissions from fume hoods.
TeleShadowing is a free, online, clinical shadowing platform for students interested in pursuing medicine.
Andrew Cupps - Robotics, Software Dev, ML, Web Dev, UI/UX
Angela Minardi - Software Dev, Web Dev, Data Science
Anjali Verma - Graphic Design, UI/UX, Art
Ayomide Allen - Hardware, Robotics, CAD, 3D Modeling
Bryce Awono - Full-Stack, Web Dev, Mobile Dev, UI/UX, Product Design
Camille Dickerson - Business, Design, Art
Edgar Lizardo - Film, UI/UX, ML, Mobile Dev, Marketing, Finance, Photography
Ed-Lamarr Petion - Art, Photography, Film, Marketing, Law, Animation, Design
Emily Li - Robotics, Finance, CAD, Manufacturing, 3D Modeling, Business
Emily Mathew - Software Dev, Full-Stack
Evelyn Scott - Marketing, Finance, Art, Web Design, Biology, Business
Feileen Li - Business, Marketing, Software Dev
Karan Jain - Software Dev, Full-Stack, Computer Vision, ML, Mobile Dev
Neha Mupparapu - Cybersecurity, Data Science, Marketing, Photography, Psychology
Oludamisola Famuyiwa - Art, Web Design, Product Design, UI/UX
Rohan Uttamsingh - Computer Vision, Software Dev, Full-Stack, ML, Robotics, Web Dev
Rohit Shete - Robotics, Software Dev, Data Science, Hardware
Saahil Singh - Music, Software Dev, Full-Stack, Web Dev
Salina Fessehazion - Data Science, Marketing, UI/UX, Photography, Art
Sydney Black - Music, Video Editing, Art
Tasnim Ullah - UI/UX, Biology, Video Editing, Graphic Design, Marketing
Vahinreddy Palle - Software Dev, Computer Vision, ML, Finance, Marketing, VC, Robotics
William Le - XR, Design, Front-End, 3D Modeling, UI/UX, Marketing
Yonatan Khakshoor - Game Dev, Software Dev, Back-end, Arduino, Web Dev