Collegiate Summer Venture Program Ventures
This summer, we are proud to be supporting 5 student-led ventures all from UMass Amherst. These founders and venture leaders will spend 2 months this summer developing and growing their startups from an idea on a napkin to full-fledged businesses. Welcome the 2022 CSVP Cohort!
FlareFit
What else are clothes good for? - enter FlareFit, the answer to the unchanging clothing industry. We are an apparel company that make on demand prints that connect aspiring artists to customers interested in their own personalized clothing within a seamless NFT based platform.
VENTURE LEADER(S): Limbani Chaponda
and Rishik Agegya Janaswamy
COLLEGE AND MAJOR(S): University of Massachusetts Amherst | Computer Science (Manning College of Information and Computer Science)
Organic Finish
Organic Finish is a brand that provides you with 100% organic skin and hair care products. Ranging from body butters, hair oils, relaxation oils and more! All of our products are cruelty-free and made with love.
VENTURE LEADER: Kennyasha Desir
COLLEGE AND MAJOR(S): University of Massachusetts Amherst | Biology (College of Natural Sciences)
SocioSavvy
My company is a social media accelerator that assists aspiring entrepreneurs and corporations in enhancing their social media presence. The startup founders have expertise in areas other than this, so we ensure that their company's social media presence is strong from the start.
VENTURE LEADER: Ami Rajesh Mungilwar
COLLEGE AND MAJOR(S): University of Massachusetts Amherst | Biology (College of Natural Sciences)
True Blue
A social media/companion app centered around interactions with law enforcement, in which evidence is preserved, guidance is given on how to best conduct yourself, and officer reputation is dynamically established by users from their interactions and publicly viewable.
VENTURE LEADER: Zachary Weiss
COLLEGE AND MAJOR(S): University of Massachusetts Amherst | Management (Isenberg School of Management)
What’s the Status?
What’s the Status? provides social bars and clubs with the ability to accurately show prospective customers a live update their crowd levels, enabling potential customers to choose their desired destination based off attendance levels and a variety of other filters.
VENTURE LEADER(S): Benjamin Larson
COLLEGE AND MAJOR(S): University of Massachusetts Amherst | Business Management (Isenberg School of Management)