Quartzy wins $50K seed investment
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InSITE Alumni Company, Quartzy, was the recent winner of a $50,000 seed investment at Washington University’s Olin Cup business plan competition. We worked with Quartzy in the Spring of 2009, and they had a great team and a terrific product.
Quartzy provides online lab inventory management for life-scientists, making it easier for scientists and labs to share their reagents (expensive chemicals). The company was founded by Adam Regelmann, a MD and PhD from Columbia, Meena George, a PhD in Neuroscience from Columbia, and Jayant Kulkarni, a PhD in Engineering from Cornell.
For more on the Olin Cup competition and Quartzy’s winning entry, check out this recent post from The New York Times’ You’re the Boss blog.
From a group of 40 applicants, InSITE’s Fellows have selected the following companies to work with during our Spring 2010 Semester:
- Bandvest is an online music marketplace where artists raise money to record a professional EP by pre-selling their EP to fans at a discounted price and giving them meaningful incentives including equity in the EP in the form of ‘Bandvest Bucks.’
- EcoSystems offers hardware systems that allow users to easily create or customize furniture under comprehensive, environmentally-friendly frameworks.
- Klickable is an easy-to-use online video platform that allows users to create interactive Klickable videos.
- ProtEquity offers a Home Equity Protection (HEP) product for homeowners that allows them to protect the value of their home against regional housing market declines.
- Active Locations develops location-aware mobile applications that allow organizers and owners of events and venues to place branded information and content at their visitors’ fingertips.
Teams of Fellows have been paired with each company; they will work to improve their pitches over the next two months in preparation for InSITE’s Spring 2010 Final Pitch Event on Friday, April 9th.
Tigerbow Featured on Today Show
By · CommentsClient Alumni TigerBow was featured on the Today Show as a great way to reconnect over Valentine’s Day – look to 0:55.
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