Entrepreneurship of the Year 2000

Climatize is a mobile app founded by Alba Forns that enables people to easily invest in climate projects (many of which support underrepresented communities) with as little as $5. So far, they've sourced $155 million worth of projects in their pipeline and have raised $735,000 from angel investors, government grants and venture capital. Forns and Wiseman have also landed a partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy.

When Covid-19 hit during the spring quarter of their freshman year at Stanford, Audrey Wisch and Alec Katz returned home and began tutoring neighbors on subjects they were passionate about that aren't taught in high school textbooks. In the summer of 2020 they decided to take a leave of absence to grow their tutoring business, Curious Cardinals. By reaching out to student leaders at other colleges, they've created a network of more than 200 tutors whom they pay $40 to $60 per hour to teach courses to high schoolers on subjects like cryptocurrency or the future of aviation. They were profitable right away, selling their courses directly to parents and to secondary schools, and they offer financial aid. They closed a $4.25 million funding round this year and made $600,000 in revenue in their first year in business.

Alejandro founded Aurora App in 2023 to combat gender-based violence, providing free counselling and legal support for women. The app, offering GPS-powered safety features and legal support resources for over 358 registered users and has supported 53 victims of violence so far.

Annie Liao is the founder of Build Club, Australia’s leading AI community and accelerator, which unites top minds in AI globally with a presence in the US and Southeast Asia. Her work has made her an incredibly influential figure in Australia’s growing AI community. At just 23, she's already raised $1.8M to scale Build Club.

Diana Vicezar is the founder of Techies, an initiative focused on empowering the next generation of tech leaders by providing them with access to career resources and opportunities. She is a technologist passionate about building projects and products that solve some of the most pressing issues in underserved communities.

A recent computer science graduate, Jahnnobi Rahman cofounded Relaxy to provide a convenient digital solution to a growing number of young Bangladeshis dealing with mental health issues. Relaxy offers free options like mood check-ins and meditations, but earns revenue from virtual therapy sessions on-demand for an affordable price. The company plans to introduce subscription services on its app to cater to users' schedules and needs. Its app recently was named second runner-up in Huawei's ICT Incubator 2022 in Bangladesh and has been downloaded by over 15,000 users.

Kiara Nirghin is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Chima, a leading enterprise AI company building the end-to-end generative AI operating system that focuses on driving significant key performance indicators for enterprise customers. A Stanford and Y Combinator alumna, Kiara has been a TIME Magazine's Most Influential honoree and one of Glamour Magazine's Women of the Year.

Maya Penn is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, animator, artist, and the CEO of her eco-friendly fashion company Maya's Ideas. Penn was born and raised in Atlanta. She started Maya’s Ideas in 2008 at the age of 8. She spoke at the TEDWomen event in San Francisco, which was streamed live on TED.com.

Richard Turere is a conservationist and inventor of Lion Lights, an innovative light system to deter lions and other predators from attacking livestock. As Kenya’s youngest patent inventor, he promotes a sustainable and peaceful coexistence between humans and wildlife and has since gained global recognition with Lion Lights now active in many countries around the world.

Roya is the co-founder of Trilobio, which was created to improve synthetic biology and life science research processes by building robotic lab automation modules coupled with an "app store" to package and distribute lab protocols as code. The goal is to deploy fully automated labs that dramatically improve data quality and reproducibility. Trilobio has raised $3 million

Samriddhi is the co-founder of Uniquirk, which leverages strategic network building, brand dominance, & targeted media outreach to cement companies in the top authority in their industry.

Ali is the founder of Teens In Innovation, which organizes digital and physical events(ideathons, case studies etc) to high school students. They have now build a community of over 2000 young entrepreneurs and run programs in over 500 schools to help students launch their own startups.