Entrepreneurship of the Year 2000

Ananya Jain is the founder of FullCircle LLC, which has exchanged over 30 000 messages to tackle loneliness and anxiety. Ananya has been awarded by the Swiss Government, the President of India, and the Royal family of the UK for work in entrepreneurship and research.

At the age of 11, Arminder Dhillon invented Bootbuddy, revolutionising the way you clean your boots. At just 15, he was the youngest person to pitch on Dragon’s Den and secure £20 000 investment from not one, but three Dragons. He is also the winner of the English Asian Business Awards and TransferWise’s 20 Under 20, which provides over £1 million in international transfers and £25 000 in funding for the 20 most talented young entrepreneurs in Europe.

Canelle Chokron is the Founder and CEO of Vybe, a neobank for teenagers. Founded in 2019, the company has raised over $2.2 million, had over 375,000 downloads and received pre-orders from 260,000 teens. The company plans to provide a no-fee Mastercard card with an e-wallet. It provides parents with an ability to set limits on payments, view transactions and even block the card for users under 18 years-old.

This power trio are the co-founders of Prospect100. The company connects young creatives working in film, design, innovation, and music with career opportunities and cash prizes from powerhouses such as ViacomCBS, Vogue, and most recently, the luxury conglomerate Kering. Since last May, they have held six competitions seeing over 15,000 participants from 82 countries,

Harry is the Founder of The Twenty Minute VC, the world's largest independent venture capital podcast with over 100,000 listeners, partnerships with Mattermark and ProductHunt and guests from over 200VCs including the likes of Accel, Kleiner, Y Combinator, Benchmark and Index. He is also a contributor for TechCrunch covering all things startups and VC funding and has recently joined Jason Lemkin at Saastr to build out the platform and expand into new verticals. Their first project, The Official Saastr Podcast, broke all records on release and has featured consistently in Apple's Top 10 Business Podcasts, New & Noteworthy and What's Hot sections. Outside of startups and VC, Harry enjoys mojitos, mojitos and then a few more mojitos.

Ida is the Founder of Turn Consulting, with a mission to help young people enter working life earlier. They've helped over 4000 candidates to take their first steps into the job market. Turn Consulting uses Artificial Intelligence to revolutionise the recruitment industry.

Kyler Wang is the Co-Founder of SparkTeen, a community that elevates and inspires entrepreneurial teens. Their programs and events educate teenagers to build companies. Spark Teen’s support continues beyond their events by providing founders with access to resources valued at $800,000, funding opportunities and a world-class network of mentors. What started as a market in Portland is now a community of ~5,000 teenage entrepreneurs and 400+ companies from 30+ countries. In June 2020 Spark Teen held their first Accelerator Challenge, a month-long competition where teenagers pitch their ideas to receive a $15k seed investment and entry to Spark Teen’s 3-month Summer Accelerator program. The competition was attended by 1,200+ teenagers from 27 countries.

The duo launched Darmo Art, a gallery specializing in contemporary and modern artworks that also highlights up-and-coming artists. Its first show, in 2017, booked nearly $US30,000 ($AU40,740) in sales. Today, Darmo Art’s shows occur in places like the high-end Salvatore Ferragamo store in Paris and typically net six figures per exhibition.

Mikaila Ulmer is an American teen entrepreneur who started Me & The Bees, a lemonade business. Today, they are in more than 1,500 stores nationwide, including Whole Foods, Wegmans and The Fresh Market, along with a growing number of restaurants, food trailers and natural-food delivery companies.

Oliver is the Founder and CEO of Depict, providing AI-driven product recommendations for e-commerce stores. Depict.ai has raised $2.8M in funding, and have hired over 23 employees.