by Jonas Clark | Sep 3, 2022
Perkies is an innovative stick-on bra company founded by Rosie Mangiarotti, ’18. Unlike traditional stick-on bras, Perkies adhesives are replaceable. Wearers can even hand wash bras rather than simply toss them. In addition to bras, Perkies also offers seamless underwear, nipple covers, and nipple enhancers. The popular social media brand also donates part of their proceeds to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Perkies was a 2018 Brown Venture Prize Finalist and part of B-Lab’s 2018 cohort.
The company was recently covered by Forbes.
Photo Credit: Rosie Mangiarotti
Photo Credit: Perkies
by Jonas Clark | Sep 2, 2022
Pointz is a mobile app that helps bicyclists find the safest route to their destination. This “waze for bikes” determines these routes by using road data and crowdsourced route information. Recently, this venture was awarded the grand prize of $40K at Texas Christian University’s (TCU) Values and Ventures Competition where 42 out of 235 teams from across the globe were invited to TCU’s campus to pitch their ideas. The Pointz app is now available on the App Store and Google Play. A 2020 B-Lab and 2021 Community Lab Venture, Pointz was founded by Maggie Bachenberg ,’22 (right) and Trisha Ballakur, ’22 (left)
To learn more, read its feature in the Providence Business Journal.
Photo Credit:TCU Values and Ventures® Competition
by Katie Calabro | Sep 1, 2022
Premama Wellness is maternity wellness company that provides high-quality supplements to parents in all stages of their pregnancy journey. Founder Dan Aziz ’11 was inspired to create prenatal supplements that were easier to consume and more bioavailable than those currently available on the market. Currently, Premama Wellness offers a variety of products to aid expecting and new parents through direct-to-consumer sales.
Premama Wellness was founded in 2011. The company raised $3.5 million in their first institutional investor round in 2020, and was included on Inc’s 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list in 2021.
Photo Credit: Dan Aziz
by Jonas Clark | Aug 31, 2022
ResusciTech’s app, SMART Certification, offers convenient, smartphone-based CPR training that provides compression practice with real-time feedback. The app launched in 2019. ResusiTech was among a handful of companies selected to pitch to Tim Cook during the Silicon Slopes Summit in Salt Lake City. In February 2021, ResusciTech received a $40,000 grant from the American Heart Association as part of the organization’s accelerator program.
ResusiTech was founded by Abigail Kohler, ’20 and Greg Fine, ’20 and received 3rd place in Brown Venture Prize in 2020. The firm is also a 2019 B-Lab alum. Read their profile in Brown Alumni Magazine.
Photo Credit: RI Inno
by Jonas Clark | Aug 30, 2022
Rip Van was started by Amsterdam-native Rip Pruisken, ’10 and Marco De Leon, ’12, from their Brown University dorm room in 2010. The two used Kickstarter to launch their business, calling their product Van Wafels. The two founders slept in a Volvo station wagon as they drove across the country to deliver their product to stores. They spent two years on campus trying to improve product marketing and the quality of the snack, which is now available in stores nationwide. Rip Van now offers an expanding product line of healthier takes on classic snacks.
Read their profile in Forbes here. Both founders were named Forbes 30 Under 30 awardees in 2016.
From Left: Marco De Leon, Rip Pruisken
Photo Credit: Rip Van
