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Revive empowers youth (aged 12-18) to make change in their communities by training them in how to be effective advocates. These students are then placed with social impact organizations that align with their interests, thereby achieving Revive’s secondary goal of supporting social good organizations with youth engagement.
First-Gen Chisme is a non-profit tech app that focuses on providing First-Generation, BIPOC, and Low-Income students with academic and financial resources to pursue post-secondary education.
The Reem Company offers U.S. consumers a sharia-compliant insurance product based on cooperation and mutuality. The company aims to be the most trusted sharia-compliant insurance brokerage in the United States.
Dangy is a mobile app that uses AI to assess the user’s taste profile, find users with similar taste profiles, and analyze ingredients in various restaurant dishes to recommend new dishes that the user would love. (more…)
We are thrilled to welcome Hamzah Ansari (Brown/ PRIME ’09) to the B-Lab team this summer! He has been supporting B-Lab ventures as an informal mentor from the beginning of B-Lab, back in 2015 and we are happy to officially welcome him to the B-Lab staff for this summer. He will be one of our lead in house mentors, along side Jason Harry, B-Lab director and Jonas Clark, Associate Directer at the NCE.
In addition to being the 2020 B-Lab Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Hamzah is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Brown’s School of Engineering, and a Lecturer in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship. As EIR, Hamzah coaches student, faculty, and alumni ventures on business development, product development, lean methodologies, fundraising, and capitalization. He teaches a class in technology commercialization and entrepreneurship in the PRIME Masters Program. Outside of Brown, Hamzah serves as a Senior Advisor with Rhode Island-based innovation group “The Innovation Scout”, as well as a Partner in real estate private equity firm Denwood Capital.
Previously, Hamzah started Accelereach, an angel-funded developer of health and wellness coaching software, in 2009. The company’s software helped thousands of people around the country lead to healthier and more fulfilled lives. He advised the Rhode Island Health Insurance Exchange on developing new lines of business, growth strategies, and additional sources of revenue. Finally, he has advised United States Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on legislative policy governing immigration reform, economic development, and funding for small businesses.
Want to get in touch? Email Hamzah at hamzah_ansari@brown.edu.