The Most Disruptive Undergraduate Business School Startups Of 2023

A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE

The ecosystem surrounding campuses also gave student founders a leg up. And you won’t find a better spot to launch a student business than Silicon Valley – the world’s largest startup hub according to Startup Genome. Home to Sand Hill Road, the largest concentration of venture capitalists, Silicon Valley startups attracted $44 billion dollars in early-stage funding from 2020-2022, along with spinning out 251 unicorns during the same period. Smack dab in the middle of it is Santa Clara University’s Leavey School. Make no mistake: the founders of DUTCH took advantage of every imaginable edge.

“In my freshman year I was able to go to the Start World Cup in San Francisco with Gema, where we were able to talk to a multitude of venture capitalists as well as CEOs of competitive startups,” the trio wrote. “It was an amazing opportunity. I was able to talk one-on-one with investors and the CEOs in a wide range of fields. For example, we met Jim Anderson, who was invested in a lot of companies like Netflix and other companies, and it was interesting to pick his brain about what leads to successful companies. The experience of being in Silicon Valley and being able to go to all these opportunities definitely helped us get to the place where we are today.”

Question is, where will they be tomorrow? For now, the future is promising and the dreams are brash. Just ask Minno co-founder Alex Barr, who has over $150,000 to support their venture and hopes to become “the Google of financial information.” MeetYourClass co-founder Jonah Liss says they have launched an admissions pilot program with a Nebraska university. For them, success would be partnering with the majority of American universites to boost graduation and student satisfaction rates. And Emory University’s Patrick Latting plans to fulfill the dream of every entrepreneur: Sell his creation.

“I want to do this over and over again; I would prefer not to stay married to one business.”

MOST DISRUPTIVE BUSINESS SCHOOL STARTUPS OF 2023

Startup	Business School	Founders	Industry	Funding
Computers For People, Inc.	Babson College	Dylan Zajac	Non-Profit	$1,415,174
Astra Wellbeing	Boston University (Questrom)	Johar Singh, Josh Bruehwiler, Taha Moukara,	Healthcare	$50,000
Scribble AI	U.C.-Berkeley (Haas)	Jayaditya Sethi, Ethan Jagoda, Sahil Mehta	Generative AI, Business-to-Consumer	$15,000
Clutch	Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)	Isaiah Rodgers	Automotive Services	$10,000
Crossroads	Cornell University (Dyson)	Mary Addison, Andrew Darby, Emily Domek, Anna Haraka, Matthew Kahn, Tri Vu Kieu, Micah Schuchman, Tyler Senzon, Erik Tekenbroek, Joy Xu	Custom Merchandise	$12,000
Minno	Cornell University (School of Hotel Administration)	Alex Barr, Jude Rizzo	Financial Information	$250,000+
BidBee	Emory University (Goizueta)	Patrick Latting	Event Management Software	$6,000
Orbit	Georgetown University (McDonough)	Steven Pang, Colton El-Habr	Biotechnology	$550,000
PrivyTrack	University of Illinois (Gies)	Shriya Srikanth	FemTech	$10,000
Elevate	Indiana University (Kelley)	Casey Curtis	Building Management Analytics	$25,000
MeetYourClass	University of Michigan (Ross)	Jonah Liss, Blake Mischley, Kaleb Schmottlach, Jon Millar	Higher Education, Social Networks	$120,000
Nivoso	University of Minnesota (Carlson)	Max Minakov	Robotics	$57,700
Tadpole	Northeastern University (D’Amore McKim)	Andrew Shenouda	EdTech	$30,000
DUTCH	Santa Clara University (Leavey)	Sabrina Gonzalez, Gema Sanchez, Jodi Chui	Bill Splitting Technology	NA
LectureLogger	Southern Methodist University (Cox)	Jude Lugo	Educational Technology	$7,000
Clips AI	University of Texas (McCombs)	Armel Talla, Benjamin Smidt, Vedant Nair, Johann Ramirez	Software as a Service (Video & AI)	$25,000
Waterwatch	Texas Christian University (Neeley)	Forrest Williams	Safety	NA
Handle Delivery	USC (Marshall)	Chase Robbins, Mia McCarthy	Retail / Ecommerce	$1,600,000
UpDonor	USC (Marshall)	Matthew Grant	Software and IT, Nonprofit	$2,000
Risk Technologies	Villanova University	Luiz Andrade	Software/Website and Financial Management	$20,000
RoomMe	University of Virginia (McIntire)	Sebastian Oliver, Brian Bernard, Dmitry Telemtayev	Mobile Applications, Property Technology	$17,000
Apollo Music	Washington University (Olin)	Tony Sims II	Music/Tech/AI	$25,000
StockSwap	Washington University (Olin)	Blake Berg	Fintech/Gaming	$350,000
Nirby	Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania)	Piotr Lazarek	Agriculture	$87,000

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