Fall 2012 Class
Derbywire
Founder: Sharron Battle
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Website: https://derbywire.com
Description: A digital marketplace for creatives. DerbyWire gives amateur artist and photographers the ability to sell their work online.
Sparkroad
Founder: Yuri Costa
Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Website: https://www.
Description: Sparkroad connects home and school in creating a healthier learning environment for children.
Travtar
Founders: Stavan Shah, Srishti Goyal
Hometown: Bridgewater, NJ
Website: http://www.travtar.com/
Description: Travtar is a marketplace for travelers to buy and sell un-refundable hotel reservations.
Dwllr
Founder: Khisaun Ferguson
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Website: www.dwllr.com
Description: Dwllr is the first its kind platform that helps homebuyers, sellers and real estate professionals buy and sell real estate faster and completely online.
Plisten
Founder: Randy J. Mitchell | Abraham Xiong | Eric Yu
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Website: http://plisten.com
Description: Plisten is a social site and app that changes how You Interact with Corporate & Political Brands & Personalities on the web.
Spriggle
Founder: E. Carolina Huaranca and Susie Ye
Hometown: NYC, NY
Description: Spriggle makes it easier for parents to discover eduction products through its innovative social commerce platform.
Given
Founder: McKeever E. Conwell, II , Michael P. Washington , Sam Henry
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Website: http://Given.to
Description: Given is a crowd gifting platform that allows friends and family to get together to ask and receive gifts they really want. Contributors have a choice of buying one gift or contributing to a bigger, more costly purchase.
Click here to view the 2012 Cycle One Startups.
Click here to view the 2011 Startups.