2022 Stumberg Competition Finalists Named

The Louis H. Stumberg New Venture Competition has narrowed its 2022 field to seven promising startups.

Baby to Go, FARO, Pacific Debate Institute, Range Regenerator, Recap, Safelet, and Skeleton Beat Band will all take home $5,000 in seed money and now move on to the Summer Accelerator phase of the competition. This 10-week phase gives the members of these seven teams summer housing, access to alumni consultants, business crash courses, as well as salaries for team members. This fall, the teams will reconvene for the final round, with $25,000 in grand prize money at stake.

The promise of the 2022 field wasn’t limited to the finalists. The competition also awarded $1,000 to each of the seed teams that weren’t selected as finalists: Brainwave Analytics, Overcome, and Ulmer. 

"Trinity students want to develop solutions to real-world problems, and this year's Stumberg finalist line-up is no exception," says Luis Martinez ’91, Ph.D., director for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. "Informed by their diverse backgrounds and disciplines, they’re building real ventures around delivering those solutions to customers and other stakeholders. They are all highly deserving of this investment in their ventures."

Find out more about the businesses the seven Stumberg finalists will continue building this summer.

Baby to Go

Ivanna Bass Caldera ’25, Anusha Sharma ’25, and Sam Carr ’25

Baby to Go’s “StrollerBackpack” is a stroller that converts into a backpack when the child is no longer using it. It can be used as a normal backpack or as a rolling backpack for people who can not carry too much weight.

FARO

Shelby Atherton ’23, Rachel Poovathoor ’22, and Maria Zaharatos ’22

FARO provides a detailed, project-based curriculum on essential and urgent global subjects at the elementary school level.

Pacific Debate Institute

Nelson Rose ’25

Pacific Debate Institute aims to transform middle and high school-aged students’ debate experience through offerings that include a series of remote summer and winter camp sessions, semester-long remote debate coaching program, and a subscription to monthly evidence releases and access to a searchable database of more than 10,000 pieces of debate evidence used in competition in the United States.

Range Regenerator

Neha Kapur ’22, AJ Bishop ’22, and Abraham Valdez

The Range Regenerator is a physical therapy device that aims to help patients safely recover from shoulder injuries without the need for physician’s supervision.

ReCap

Joey Hersh ’24, Max Hightower ’24, Alex Garcia ’24, Ashwin Ramesh ’24, and John Hawes ’24

ReCap offers a personal finance app dedicated to promoting better spending habits and helping people save money.ReCap uses machine learning and API integration to lower in-store spending costs and track users’ finances over time.

Safelet

Ellie Curran ’25, Clara Smartt ’25

The Safelet is a fun, customizable, location-tracking bracelet for children to wear. This small band provides peace of mind for parents as they venture out into public areas with their child.

Skelton Beat Band

Lucas Riley ’23, Paul Kim ’23, Alfonso Kamel ’23, Gabriel Ogden ’23 

The Skelton Beat Band is a metronome band for musicians that signals the user through vibration. Multiple users can use the beat syncing mode to practice in groups.