Taylor Kamhong and George Ardura, the founders of Worm Works LLC, know their love of worms is uncommon. The two were introduced through a mutual friend who thought they needed to meet each other because of this niche, shared passion. In addition to w...

Transfoam is making a sustainable world more accessible for the average consumer. Founders Alec Brewer, Simonne Guenette, and Kobe Rogers are University of Virginia students studying biomedical engineering, biology, and biochemistry respectively. The...

What started as a capstone project has transformed into a medical device company. Vincent (Vinny) Sciortino, Vikram Seshadri, and Kevin Chang, recent graduates of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia, founded SergoMED to improve physi...

Thomas Jefferson instilled lifelong learning into the core of the University of Virginia. To embrace this mindset, Srikar Gullapalli, recent Darden School of Business graduate, has created Q-Rayt: the tool to remain a lifelong learner. Q-Ra...

ShadowDoc is the new go-to resource for anyone remotely interested in the medical field. The founders behind this venture, Nitin Tiwari and Benjamin Tran, may appear to be dermatologists but are truly entrepreneurs. The two met while at the Universit...

PERC Coffee is brewing up a new way to explore and experience coffee. The craft coffee roasting company is opening a second shop in Atlanta, GA on August 4th. Philip Brown and Alan Fischer, the passionate founders of PERC, don’t even need four ...

Piaz is empowering refugee and immigrant women through bringing dumplings to American tables. The flavor-packed dumpling company started by recent University of Virginia Darden graduate, Saule Kassengaliyeva, produces recipes from female refugees and...

Rise Energy Systems is making it easy for businesses and homes to run on solar. Matthew Miller, the founder of Rise, has developed a ground-based, remotely-deployable solar array. The solar panels retract in and out like an accordion, only taking up ...

Have you ever been sitting in class wishing your notes could be as neat as your neighbors? Or maybe you are the neighbor with a talent for organizing information clearly. You could even need notes for one class and be a successful note-take...

A traditional trade in the art industry involves an artist’s agent connecting with a collector, who then determines whether the artist’s work will be purchased for a gallery. Patti Pan, a recent University of Virginia Darden School of Bus...

Joe Jamison wonders why businesses are missing out on a significant portion of the consumer market. The 2019 University of Virginia graduate grew up vicariously experiencing the unnecessary difficulties faced by those with mobility issues. Joe&r...

Tack was founded by the true spirit of entrepreneurship. The digital payment platform solves a problem experienced by one of the founders himself. While in Greece on his honeymoon, Alexander was staying at a hotel where many workers were helping him ...

DoubleThink, a news comparison platform, gives newsreaders access to the wide spectrum of opinions and perspectives present in the media. There has never been a more relevant time for DoubleThink’s service. As recent events intensify the angles...

The founders of Arbitrage always heard the advice ‘don’t go into business with friends.’ However, from their experience they suggest the opposite: “Try to do business with friends.” – Jasmanet Chahal, Curator A gro...

What better way to explain the ‘whys’ of entrepreneurship than through the lens of UVA President, Jim Ryan’s book, Wait, What? The quick read shares five important life questions that inspire thoughtful conversations. This year&rsqu...

Hayes Hegemier is a local high school student at Western Albemarle. This past April, Hayes competed in and won the Tom Tom Youth Summit Festival for young entrepreneurs with his company, Hayes Elements. Hayes Elements creates personalized, custom, 3D...

Fifteen years ago, Dr. Eva King set out to solve her struggles with acne. Eva is allergic to many things, and her skin reacted to everything she tried off the shelf. Until she decided, “You know what, I’m a biochemist, I can figure out ho...

Originally born and raised in Mexico, Carlos Bortoni attended Harvard University and then moved to Washington, DC to work in consulting. He eventually joined a market research firm to help them launch a practice focused on serving independent K-12 sc...

Stephen Ramon and Shockley Nunnery are both 4th-year medical students at UVA. Within their first week of medical school, they knew they wanted to build medical devices. Over their clinical rotations, the two of them kept lists of things they thought ...

Any college student can relate to the need for good, healthy, quick food to grab in between classes. However, often times the fast food offered is unhealthy or impractical to eat on the go. Solène De Clippeleir (Col '18) is providing a sol...

“Two years ago, around 1,000 people would go to the Rivanna Recycling Center per week, and now more than 1,000 people visit per day. So, the trend is growing, but they don’t have enough resources to process all the plastic,” Misha ...

There are about 700,000 people in the United States who lose their spouses each year. Following the loss of a spouse, their partner is left to navigate life alone. After Kelly Barnett became a solo spouse, she founded her venture Savvy Sage LLC.&nbsp...

Cybersecurity is expected to be one of the fastest-growing industries in the next ten years. With that comes a demand for more cybersecurity professionals. MetaCTFfounded by Roman Bohuk (Engr’20), Jake Smith (Engr’20), Marina Sanusi (Engr...

Ghana is one of the largest producers of shea butter in the world. Out of the about 150,000 tons of shea butter exported from Africa yearly, 50,000 tons of that comes from the three northern regions of Ghana. However, most of the 3 million women who ...

Every 10-12 minutes, someone dies in America from an opioid overdose. Every 15 to 20 minutes, a baby is born into this world suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome, which means the baby is suffering from opioid withdrawal as soon as it comes out...