TipGenie is a mobile payments and social impact startup based in Mountain View, California.
WNS Events is a boutique event planning agency that specializes in curating corporate, charity and social events in Sports and Entertainment.
Upcycled Stone takes excess stone that would otherwise be tossed into the trash and upcycles it into products including fire pits and pavers.
Lara’s studio space is created specifically for local creatives and wellness professionals to learn from each other and grow their businesses.
Influenced by the Sandy Hook tragedy, Stacy’s goal is to improve school/building security and safety.
Front Forty
Lauren Condell
Website
Front Forty is a grab n’ go concept providing personalized, healthy, farm-to-table meals at the touch of a button — made possible with a network of next-generation kiosks.
Hope Adoptions & Consulting
Amber Van Dyke
Website
Hope Adoptions and Consulting is a licensed adoption agency offering home study and post placement services to families across Northern Wyoming.
Re-Nuble
Tinia Pina
Website
Re-Nuble uses a proprietary process enabled by technology to offer effective, environmentally friendly, bio-based products to the agricultural industry.
WiGo Trips
Jaqui McCarthy
Website
Vital Step Physical Therapy & Fitness
Lyndsay Brown
Website
Vital Step provides clients with the steps necessary to reach a level of maximal recovery and independence in a supportive, compassionate environment.
Spirited Grape
Brenda Audino
Website
Spirited Grape’s approach to wine education is not simply learning about wine, but fostering an understanding of the industry. Spirited Grape will offer industry recognized wine certification programs which have been developed by internationally recognized organizations including: Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET), The Society of Wine Educators (SWE) and others.
Accents, School of Foreign Language
Brenda Beaudette-Kaim
Website
Brenda’s mission is simple: to provide fun, interactive immersion foreign language classes to children and adults ages four and up. She creates a comfortable and friendly learning environment so everyone can thrive. She wants students to have an enjoyable and positive experience! ASoFL focuses on speaking where students are actively engaged through word/image association, conversation, fun physical and artistic activities, music, and even theatre.
Sleep N Feed
Victoria Goodwin
Website
The Sleep N Feed is a multifunctional co-sleeper/nursing pillow/traveling bassinet system that transforms for different feeding positions and accommodates babies from birth to one year of age. Drawing on personal experience, Victoria’s goal with the Sleep N Feed is to provide babies a safe sleeping space and to make breastfeeding easier and more comfortable.
Omiga™
Karen Cohen
Website
Omiga’s patented technology detects physiological signs that first appear at the point where physical and cognitive ability is considered legally impaired. These signs are scientifically analyzed and recorded, and the results are reported. Omiga’s communications capabilities can transmit customized results to designated recipients, simply record the testing results for future processing, or even disable a vehicle’s ignition.
BLOOM
Bri Alexander
Website
BLOOM was inspired by idea that language and culture should be accessible to the communities and descendants it belongs to. By working in conjunction with tribal and ethnic nations and their existing language initiatives, BLOOM makes learning one’s language easier and more accessible than ever before.
Congratulations to the finalists — we will announce the winner shortly!
Pepper
Jaclyn Fu
Website
Jaclyn and co-founder Lia Winograd started a company that makes better fitting clothes for small-chested women, starting with bras. The goal for Pepper is to help women redefine their own body standards and celebrate the body they’ve got.
Jamie Lee Photography
Jamie Lee Martinez
Website
Jamie’s portrait photography business is located in San Antonio, Texas, and specializes in newborn and child photography. A life-long lover of photography, Jamie beautifully captures precious moments from the early years of life.
Hey Paddle
Rebecca Tongsinoon
Website
Hey Paddle brings indoor workout studios to the outdoors on paddle boards, giving you a unique experience. Austin, Texas provides the perfect backdrop for this emerging business that’s rooted in self-growth and overcoming challenges.
Connect2Nicu
Shante Nixon
Website
Connect2nicu is developing web and mobile apps to help health care providers and parents who have babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. They are a team of world-class health professionals, developers, testers, analysts and creative thinkers who collectively address NICU issues with technical solutions.
Lactation Link
Lindsey Shipley
Website
Lactation Link offers online breastfeeding classes, e-Consults, in-person breastfeeding classes and in-person breastfeeding consultations. Drawing on personal experience, Lindsey aims to educate the many mothers looking for guidance during this critical time.
*Thanks for reading. Note that we’ll announce the July winner by Friday the 11th.
Sanjeevita By Audubon
Vaishali Ketkar
Website
Sanjeevita by Audubon was started with one goal: to provide consumers with an all-natural personal care line that they could trust. Their products go beyond the “natural” and “organic” labels by using the right raw materials, components, and manufacturing processes. The result — scientifically-formulated personal care products that are not only safe to use every day but can help to improve quality of life.
Goûter
Violaine Orban
Website
Goûter is an alkaline water-based superfood company providing unprocessed, nutrient-dense, real food options for people on the go. They use premium organic ingredients to create the purest beverage that your body can use as clean fuel. Their mission is to change the face of snacking and provide clean fuel alternatives that nourish and energize the body in a fast, easy and accessible way.
Baby Bay Box
Anna Dailey
Website
Baby Bay Box is a virtual hand-me-down network that aims to revolutionize the way parents shop for their babies and toddlers. Drawing on personal experience, Anna has seen how much parents spend for rapidly-growing young childen. So, her goal is to cut costs for parents, reduce time spent shopping in-store, and minimize environmental impact.
Veterans Resort
Elizabeth Bannon
Website
Veterans Resort allows all U.S. military veterans a 5 night stay in just-like-home mountain cabins for a discounted price. Several activities and amenities are geared towards the season of stay. A portion of the proceeds go towards funding for Operation Homefront Heroes.
Mama Joy Foods
Joy Leeper
Website
Mama Joy Foods’ goal is to help people maintain their diets and save them time by selling baked goods with only natural ingredients. All of their foods are gluten-free, dairy-free and grain-free. Most foods are also Paleo and Vegan Friendly, too.
Congratulations to the finalists — we will announce the winner shortly!
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