LEEP Innovators

Fellows from the LEEP graduating cohort presented pitches on stage and connected with attendees for tech demos and discussions at their company tables during the reception (4:30pm-6:30pm).

LEEP Innovator Pitch Session I

2:00 p.m. (45 minutes)

• Jared O'Leary, CEO & Co-Founder, SirenOpt
  Sensing and software platform to improve the performance and yield of micro- and nano-materials

• Sarah Jordan, CEO, Skuld LLC
  Overthrowing conventional metals manufacturing and saving the world

• Dan Lee, CEO, Perseus Materials
  Manufacturing at the speed of design

• Tim Fairley-Wax, CEO, Aquora Biosystems
  Developing a next-generation waste biorefinery for low-cost biofuel production

• Jyoti Taneja, CEO & Founder, Varada Agriculture
  Harnessing Nature’s Biology for Planet Positive Agriculture

• Julian Rees, CEO, Hopo Therapeutics
  Developing drugs to treat heavy metal poisoning

• Nathan Good, Co-Founder, RareTerra
  Developing a one-step, acid-free microbial process to recover and separate REE using complex and waste sources

• Laura Stoy, CEO & Founder, Rivalia Chemical Co
  Rivalia Chemical Co. is harvesting valuable metals from industrial wastes

• Pilanda Watkins-Curry, CTO & Co-Founder, Olokun Minerals
  Make a Place for Your Waste

• William Liberti, CEO, Morphosis
  Developing neural interfaces that provide real-time authentication and control of technology

• Palak Jain, CEO, Vellex Computing
  Accelerating Grid Deployment to Meet AI & Electrification Needs

• Kyle Guin, CEO & Co-Founder, Vast Vision
  Connecting critical infrastructure to digital intelligence

• Marouane Salhi, CEO, Qubit Engineering, Inc.
  Harnessing the power of the quantum realm

LEEP Innovator Pitch Session II

3:15 p.m. (45 minutes)

• Michelle Lu, CSO & Co-Founder, Novel Farms
  We manufacture animal cells for food applications

• Manas Pathak, CEO, EarthEn
  CO2-based long duration thermal and electric energy storage 

• Rawand Rasheed, CEO, Helix Earth
  Developing retrofit devices to increase air conditioning efficiency

• Patricia McNeil, CEO, Westwood Aerogel
  Advanced aerogel insulation manufacturing for battery pack protection

• Drew Lilley, CEO & Co-Founder, Calion Technologies
  We make air conditioners without refrigerants

• Shantonio Birch, CEO & Founder, ThermoVerse
  Developing smart insulation ceiling tiles for NYC LL97 compliance

• Lisa Morey, Founder, Colorado Earth LLC
  We manufacture low carbon blocks using waste materials from quarries

• Alexis Peña, CEO, Good Fibes
  Developing bio-based stretch fabrics to take the plastics out of elastics

• Luis Chavez, CEO, Axolo
  Transforming waste into the future of clean energy and chemicals

• MD Arifuzzaman, CEO & Founder, Re-Du
  Transform industrial and municipal polymer waste back into valuable monomers, creating a truly circular economy solution

• Yaman Peksenar, West Gate Innovator
  Deconstructing polyethylene and upcycling waste plastic into highly pure diacids

• Nieves Martínez-Marshall, Cyclotron Road Innovator

Learnings from LEEP: The Value of the Entrepreneurial Fellowship Community