Thursday, April 24, 2025
It All Starts With an Idea
Five student teams make their business pitch live and compete for seed funding.Watch the 2024 StartUp Showcase Recap below.
2025 StartUp Teams
Clean N’ Go Powerwashing
Clean N’ Go Powerwashing is an exterior cleaning company that serves residential and commercial customers across Long Island, NY. We use high-pressure and low-pressure solutions depending on the project, which include: house washing, driveway cleaning, roof washing, paver cleaning and sanding, and more. Our goal for the StartUp Competition is to strengthen our brand, learn the importance of relationships in business, and increase our marketing budget to grow our revenue.
Team members: Liam Collins ’27.
Creditcare
Creditcare is a digital microfinance business based in Zambia, Southern Africa. Our mission is to utilize technology and alternative data to provide financial services to underserved individuals and businesses nationwide. We focus on empowering our clients by offering tailored loans and agency banking services to help them achieve their goals and improve their livelihoods.
Team members: Anisa Libuya, Logan McAloon ’25, Andrew Hefter ’27.
MiniMinds
MiniMinds is an AI-powered learning disability diagnostic tool that uses game-based activities to help detect developmental delays in children early. By providing data-driven insights, it supports early intervention and personalized learning strategies. At the newsStartUp Showcase, we aim to raise awareness about early intervention, showcase MiniMinds’ unique capabilities, and highlight its impact in classrooms. We’re seeking investors, partnerships with educators and specialists, and early validation of our approach. MiniMinds is set to transform EdTech by making developmental screening more accessible and effective.
Team members: Brooke Kaplan ’26, Lauren VonHassel ’26, Elia Haghbin ’26, Maureen VonHassel ’25, Leslie Abbott ’25, Evan Mansfield.
I'mCookIn'
I'mCookIn' is a smart meal-planning app designed to make healthy eating accessible and stress-free for young adults and college students. Our platform provides easy, personalized recipes, generates custom grocery lists, teaches cooking skills, and helps users balance health, time, and budget constraints. For the StartUp Showcase, our goal is to present I'mCookIn' as a practical solution for modern meal planning, highlight its unique value to our audience, and connect with potential collaborators, mentors, and resources to support our growth. We are also seeking investments to fund advertising campaigns, which will help us expand our reach and bring I'mCookIn' to more users.
Team members: Ryan Lindley ’26, Brayden Meech ’26, Keara McEnroe ’26, Sarah Liu ’26.
Manus
Manus is a powerful web-based platform that transforms early-stage investing with enhanced financial due diligence. By automatically quantifying the KPIs and valuation milestones essential for hitting investors’ target returns, Manus provides clarity and precision for more confident decision-making. The intuitive interface quickly validates data provided from investable companies, enabling real-time scenario modeling and standardized reporting. Whether you’re a solo investor or a large fund, Manus streamlines collaboration, reduces risk, and maximizes ROI potential. Through continuous data collection and AI-driven insights, the platform evolves to deliver ever more sophisticated benchmarks and predictive analytics for superior investment decisions.
Team members: Jack Fetzer '25, Christian Di Gangi '25, Sean Hurley '26.
2025 Investor Panel
Gonzalve Bich
Gonzalve Bich has served as Director and Chief Executive Officer of BIC since May 2018.
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Joseph Bronson '70
Joe is currently Chief Executive Officer and Principal of, The Bronson Group, LLC., a business advisory group focused on operational and financial consulting.
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Chris Hillock '00
Chris is a partner and leads the portfolio development function for Dell Technologies Capital, the venture capital arm of Dell Technologies.
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Celine King, ‘23
Celine King is the Founder and CEO of GreenIRR Inc., a disruptive carbon accounting platform designed specifically for the trucking industry.
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Robert W. Liptak P ‘27
Robert W. Liptak is a Senior Managing Director in the Blackstone Life Sciences group and a member of its Investment Committee.
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StartUp Host
Mariana Antaya '23
Mariana is a product manager at Microsoft Teams and founder of quantifAI - a fintech startup that commenced at newsStartup in 2022. She actively mentors on product management, big tech and startups on Tik Tok and in her online community Product House.
