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ASU Students Win $10,000 in Shojaee Software Startup Challenge
Two Arizona State University students, Raghav Bansal (GetHired) and Sandul Gangodagamage (Legion Platforms), have taken home $10,000 in grant funding after an intensive 8-week startup program that ended with a Demo Day pitch competition at ASU’s Honeywell Innovation Labs. The Shojaee Software Startup Challenge, run by ASU DevLabs and funded by alum and serial entrepreneur…
ASU’s Dhravya Shah Featured in TechCrunch: 19-Year-Old Raises Google-Backed Funding for AI Startup Supermemory
Dhravya Shah, a 19-year-old former student at Arizona State University, is turning heads in the AI startup world. He is the founder of Supermemory, a startup that aims to provide AI applications with a “memory layer” capable of retaining and recalling unstructured data like chats, documents, emails, PDFs, and more. Shah’s entrepreneurial journey began long…
Arizona Native & Biomedical Engineer Candace Pless: Innovating Contraceptive Equity with EMIT
Candace Pless, an Arizona native and biomedical engineer, is redefining reproductive health through her company, MTology Innovations, and its lead innovation, EMIT (Ejaculatory Modulation Injectable Technology). What began as a capstone project at Arizona State University has evolved into a mission-driven startup aimed at addressing a long-overlooked gap: male contraception. Early Influences and the Power…
ASU Student Venture Legion Platforms Among Top 10 Awardees in AIC
Legion Platforms, an ASU student startup founded by junior Sandul Gangodagamage, has been selected as one of the 10 awardees in the Arizona Commerce Authority’s Fall 2025 Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC). This prestigious recognition highlights the company’s potential in the Software as a Service (SaaS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) sectors. The AIC is a competitive…
AirGarage Raises $23M Series B to Reinvent Parking Infrastructure
AirGarage announced a $23 million Series B funding round in July 2025 . The financing was led by Headline, with participation from existing backer Founders Fund and new investor Fourthline Capital . The San Francisco–based company was co-founded in 2017 by three Arizona State University students – Jonathon Barkl, Chelsea Border and Scott Fitsimones – who launched the startup to address…
ASU Team Wins Funding for AI-Powered Startup Transforming Epilepsy Care
Epilepsy is a potentially debilitating neurological disorder that affects 50 million people worldwide. It’s characterized by recurrent seizures — brief episodes of involuntary movement that can occasionally involve a loss of consciousness. While many people respond to epilepsy medication, approximately 20 million do not, facing ongoing seizures that severely affect quality of life and increase health…
ASU Tech Devils Explore the Heart of Innovation in Silicon Valley During Spring 2025 Retreat
Powered by the Prescott Student Venture Fund, ASU’s top student founders connect with industry leaders, alumni, and each other in immersive entrepreneurial experience. Arizona State University’s most promising student entrepreneurs recently returned from a transformative three-day innovation retreat in the heart of Silicon Valley as part of the Spring 2025 ASU Tech Devils program, powered…
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Sarsam Family Venture Challenge
About the Sarsam Family Venture Challenge The Sarsam Family Venture Challenge is a key offering within ASU’s Startup Funding Network, a suite of startup funding tracks that are defined and led by the University’s colleges and schools. The ASU Funding Network is designed to activate the New American University’s design aspiration of valuing entrepreneurship…