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Meet the Forty Acres Founders Alumni
Each 20-strong Cohort of the Forty Acres Founders Pre-Accelerator Program, spends a semester rigorously establishing if a market need existed for their product or service. Some continue their projects with FAF-gained tools and funding, while others are use their entrepreneurial skillsets to develop new ideas.
Our founders have represented colleges across the university, including the McCombs School of Business, Moody College of Communication, Cockrell School of Engineering, and the College of Liberal Arts.
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Chinmay Pingale
Sprout Food Solutions helps restaurant owners optimize and automate the ingredient purchasing process using time series forecasting enabled by PoS data.
Jackson Glunk
Sprout Food Solutions helps restaurant owners optimize and automate the ingredient purchasing process using time series forecasting enabled by PoS data.
Vedant Nair
Clips AI helps marketing teams move faster by automatically repurposing podcasts into social media clips.
Alyssa Le
Locket is a menstrual and sexual health education platform for young adults by young adults; with easy-to-understand, medically-approved content and 1-on-1 support services, Locket is the modern health encyclopedia where menstruators can get their questions answered quickly.
Vedant Nair
Clips AI helps marketing teams move faster by automatically repurposing podcasts into social media clips.
Alyssa Le
Locket is a menstrual and sexual health education platform for young adults by young adults; with easy-to-understand, medically-approved content and 1-on-1 support services, Locket is the modern health encyclopedia where menstruators can get their questions answered quickly.
Paulina Ganem Chee
Locket is a menstrual and sexual health education platform for young adults by young adults; with easy-to-understand, medically-approved content and 1-on-1 support services, Locket is the modern health encyclopedia where menstruators can get their questions answered quickly.
Elliot Zak
MealBuddy is an application that helps families and individuals improve their nutrition by ordering healthy groceries for delivery to cook USDA-approved recipes while tracking their dietary goals.
Jackson Blacklock
ILUI builds touch-first smart fidget devices that enable connection without a screen, phone, or smartwatch. Through tactile prompts/cues, we hope to ease anxiety, help with time management, and provide discrete redirects and rewards for kids with ADHD.
Gabrielle Duhon
A unique platform that uses people’s excess privilege in order to help those who are less fortunate. We promote unity and wellness. By helping ourselves, this empowers us to help others as well.
Jackson Blacklock
ILUI builds touch-first smart fidget devices that enable connection without a screen, phone, or smartwatch. Through tactile prompts/cues, we hope to ease anxiety, help with time management, and provide discrete redirects and rewards for kids with ADHD.
Gabrielle Duhon
A unique platform that uses people’s excess privilege in order to help those who are less fortunate. We promote unity and wellness. By helping ourselves, this empowers us to help others as well.
Som Gupta
EdWorldo is a chrome extension that allows teachers to embed questions onto any public webpage that allows teachers to create one cohesive, interactive assignment, so students can answer questions related to an article with the natural cadence of the writing.
Aditi Kumar
An AI App that allows patients to be able to take a picture of their injuries and upload them to the app to be given immediate consultation.
Tuiana Omurbekova
A go-to app for professional women to connect, learn, and grow their careers through our powerful virtual networking assistant, expert female mentor matching, and a Q&A feature for anonymous peer support and legal advice.
Ryan Perez
Touch Away is an automation hardware technology company that improves individuals’ lives through accessibility and assistance.
Tuiana Omurbekova
A go-to app for professional women to connect, learn, and grow their careers through our powerful virtual networking assistant, expert female mentor matching, and a Q&A feature for anonymous peer support and legal advice.
Ryan Perez
Touch Away is an automation hardware technology company that improves individuals’ lives through accessibility and assistance.
Daniel Petroff
Roffan Tech is a web3 startup that helps provide security services for its customers.
Anjali Bathra Ravikumar
SPOT is a platform to promote menstrual equity by helping women and non-binary individuals find free period supplies in public restrooms.
Srikar Sadhu
Sensibed is a wireless product that prevents the formation of pressure ulcers in spinal cord injury or paralysis patients by alerting nurses when pressure reaches threshold levels.
Abigail Walker
FutureFoods develops bug based alternatives to traditional flours and protein powders used in commercial food and beverage products.
Srikar Sadhu
Sensibed is a wireless product that prevents the formation of pressure ulcers in spinal cord injury or paralysis patients by alerting nurses when pressure reaches threshold levels.
Abigail Walker
FutureFoods develops bug based alternatives to traditional flours and protein powders used in commercial food and beverage products.
Alana Wilcoxson
We're building a SaaS platform that utilizes the blockchain to help solve the wealth generation problem for content creators.
Madeleine Montgomery
The necklace that holds your favorite memories and digital content, accessible with a tap of your phone.
Trenton Balcombe
An online service that empowers churchgoers to find the perfect church in a matter of minutes.
Kavya Sethi
A B2B consulting firm that integrates food production and green spaces for public spaces.
Christopher Wilder
JCN Farms is an indoor vertical farm that aims to use AgTech and sustainable practices to help fight against food insecurities and malnourishment. At JCN Farms, our mission is to bring healthy, affordable, and sustainable superfoods to our local communities.
Kavya Sethi
A B2B consulting firm that integrates food production and green spaces for public spaces.
Christopher Wilder
JCN Farms is an indoor vertical farm that aims to use AgTech and sustainable practices to help fight against food insecurities and malnourishment. At JCN Farms, our mission is to bring healthy, affordable, and sustainable superfoods to our local communities.
Snehaa Arya
A teen wellness program that equips middle school students with mental health coping exercises, resources, and education to help them accept themselves and thrive.
Amaan Dosani
A web application for employee recognition and contactless gratuity. Think what Yelp does for businesses, TipX does for the employees of those businesses.
Eduardo Herrera
Episeo is a new online marketplace connecting you with locals from wherever you wish to go based on your interests, personality, and age, for the purpose of creating a personalized trip that will fit your exact wants and needs.
Axel Jeconiah
Food products infused with microalgae for a healthier and more sustainable future.
Eduardo Herrera
Episeo is a new online marketplace connecting you with locals from wherever you wish to go based on your interests, personality, and age, for the purpose of creating a personalized trip that will fit your exact wants and needs.
Axel Jeconiah
Food products infused with microalgae for a healthier and more sustainable future.
Luis Manuel Leyva
Connect individuals and businesses with unused space and real estate.
Angela Liu
An on-demand service that enlists UT students as couriers to deliver products to other UT students.
Joyance Liao Mendoza
Kelped is a startup that aims to solve climate change by optimizing cattle's diet with seaweed.
Ishan Mistry
Crib is a native application focused on streamlining the student housing process for students and agents.
Joyance Liao Mendoza
Kelped is a startup that aims to solve climate change by optimizing cattle's diet with seaweed.
Ishan Mistry
Crib is a native application focused on streamlining the student housing process for students and agents.
Saavan Patel
Boundless Yoga, was founded as a means to offer classical hatha yoga in its purest form to the community as a tool for health and wellbeing.
David Willson
Building a centralized billing, scheduling, communication, and project management platform to streamline and connect the residential construction community and its processes.
David Willson
Building a centralized billing, scheduling, communication, and project management platform to streamline and connect the residential construction community and its processes.
Diego Balderas Allison
Re:sole is a modular footwear system that allows runners to repair as they wear and consume footwear more sustainably.
Sydney Fischer
ModernTrial is a virtual clinical trial platform with a mission to optimize operations for patients and providers around the world.
Antonio Cardoso De Almedia
Hibachi.ai is AI software that enables intersection infrastructure to become a node of visibility and communication.
Fabrizio Mata
El Maletín allows you to stay informed, entertained and learn more about the business world in 5 minutes or less for free.
Diego Balderas Allison
Re:sole is a modular footwear system that allows runners to repair as they wear and consume footwear more sustainably.
Sydney Fischer
ModernTrial is a virtual clinical trial platform with a mission to optimize operations for patients and providers around the world.
Antonio Cardoso De Almedia
Hibachi.ai is AI software that enables intersection infrastructure to become a node of visibility and communication.
Fabrizio Mata
El Maletín allows you to stay informed, entertained and learn more about the business world in 5 minutes or less for free.
Takshil Chittuluru
A service that streamlines the pet search process for prospective dog owners.
Alexander Herschmann
A platform to connect creative talent to produce high-quality media while allowing people to develop their own skills and personal brand.
Andrew Lee
Platform to connect creative talent to produce high-quality media while allowing people to develop their own skills and personal brand.
Starr Martin
My startup idea is a bracelet that contains hand sanitizer, allowing the user to have sanitizer with them at all times without having to worry about misplacing it.
Andrew Lee
Platform to connect creative talent to produce high-quality media while allowing people to develop their own skills and personal brand.
Starr Martin
My startup idea is a bracelet that contains hand sanitizer, allowing the user to have sanitizer with them at all times without having to worry about misplacing it.
Collin McCloskey
At Terra, we are recirculating local byproduct waste back into the economy through the creation of new products.
Shubhi Nanda
A website designed to help people receive the mental health support they need, but not at the expense of having to go to multiple different sources and also help them navigate the workplace a bit better in terms of stress and mental disabilities.
Eunice Park
appRISE Health's goal is to empower mental healthcare outpatients by providing a measuring platform that helps patients track their treatment progress.
Eunice Park
appRISE Health's goal is to empower mental healthcare outpatients by providing a measuring platform that helps patients track their treatment progress.
Kedar Rathod
A revolutionary initiative aimed at refining the college application process by leveraging centralized domains, professional assurances, and streamlined operations.
Justin Rogers
I aim to reduce the channels of communication between a source and its users via the Internet.
Akash Thakkar
An app called GiveASip that makes donating pocket-sized amounts daily as simple and routine as ordering a cup of coffee.
Akash Thakkar
An app called GiveASip that makes donating pocket-sized amounts daily as simple and routine as ordering a cup of coffee.
Flora Tenille West
A contemporary fashion house, conceptual lifestyle brand, and design studio that showcases sustainably- and ethically-made entry-luxury collections.
Vaishnavi Lakshmanan
boxEDu is an edtech startup focused on increasing accessibility, affordability, and quality of standardized test prep.
Sebastian Brau
The Collector is an autonomous golf ball picker vehicle that simplifies operations and reduces cost for golf courses.
Anel Cuarenta
CajetitaMX aims to provide consumers with an alternative to the traditional confectionary spread ‘cajeta’ and introduce it into the vegan industry.
Tom Smith
Vrify Health believes in providing everyone a safe and affordable way to get the most effective mental health care.
Vaishnavi Lakshmanan
boxEDu is an edtech startup focused on increasing accessibility, affordability, and quality of standardized test prep.
Sebastian Brau
The Collector is an autonomous golf ball picker vehicle that simplifies operations and reduces cost for golf courses.
Anel Cuarenta
CajetitaMX aims to provide consumers with an alternative to the traditional confectionary spread ‘cajeta’ and introduce it into the vegan industry.
Tom Smith
Vrify Health believes in providing everyone a safe and affordable way to get the most effective mental health care.
Johnathan Aguirre
Quantum Frontier aims to close a gap in quantum technologies and knowledge by providing
Tejal Bhika
Musée Beauty is a beauty brand created for the on-the-go person that wants quick-application quality makeup for creative daily wear.
Amaya French
Germ-X disinfects our hands, but it's not intended to disinfect our products. Amaya's startup addresses sterilization of products quickly and with ease.
Nathan Hughes
The Atlas Organization is a platform that encourages interdisciplinary collaboration within the space industry.
Amaya French
Germ-X disinfects our hands, but it's not intended to disinfect our products. Amaya's startup addresses sterilization of products quickly and with ease.
Nathan Hughes
The Atlas Organization is a platform that encourages interdisciplinary collaboration within the space industry.
Chinmayee Kulkarni
An easy-to-use, time-effective, and blockchain-based recruiting platform that allowing users to effectively leverage previous experiences, skills, and references.
Murtaza Neemuchwala
Park Scout is a platform for parking merchants that creates a new market for private parking spaces and allows users to rent them out.
Kim Nwareni
App development is extremely expensive and less than 1% of venture capital-backed founders are black. Thus, Kim's aim is to create a startup that support's minority-created tech.
Jesus Ortiz Palencia
A mechanical pencil that supports three different lead diameters, for artists looking for travel-friendly tools.
Kim Nwareni
App development is extremely expensive and less than 1% of venture capital-backed founders are black. Thus, Kim's aim is to create a startup that support's minority-created tech.
Jesus Ortiz Palencia
A mechanical pencil that supports three different lead diameters, for artists looking for travel-friendly tools.
Said Prasla
A medical device with which hospital patients can learn how to better take care of themselves after they are discharged to lower the rates of readmission.
Ian Rodenbaugh
Germ-X disinfects our hands, but it's not intended to disinfect our products. Amaya's startup addresses sterilization of products quickly and with ease.
Nicole Sun
Prolitfic is a literary platform for writers to improve, find community, and get discovered by readers and publishers.
Nicole Sun
Prolitfic is a literary platform for writers to improve, find community, and get discovered by readers and publishers.
Not pictured: Trevor Brown, Mateo Delaguila (2022 Bank of America Scholar), Neha Donthineni, Brianda Fernandez (2021 Bank of America Scholar), Lance Ellis, Evan Fisher, Ahmed Hashmi, Boram Lee (2023 Thomas and Libby Mathai Forty Acres Founders Scholar), Daniel Munoz, Destiny Rawls, Tanay Rishi, Aradhana Sridaran, and Cheyenne Valdez.