The inaugural Penn Startup Showcase will be held on Thursday, November 6, 2025 from 4 - 7pm at the Pennovation Center!
This year's showcase will feature Penn startups presenting their latest ventures through interactive tables and poster sessions and presentations from award-winning startups on their entrepreneurial journey.
Agenda:
4:00pm – Doors open
4:00 - 5:00pm – Networking and Poster Showcase
5:00 - 6:00pm – Program
- Welcome by Pennovation Works Managing Director Denita Henderson
- PCI Ventures (PCIV) 2025 Recap by PCIV Interim Executive Director Bhavana Mohanraj
- Announcement of PCIV CEO of the Year + Presentation
- Introduction of Pennovation Accelerator Overall Winner, Serpent Robotics, by Pennovation Works Associate Director of Education and Entrepreneurship, Jaime Sweet
- Serpent Robotics Startup Journey by Steyn Knollema
- Introduction to the President's Innovation Prize winner, Sync Labs, by Jeffrey Babin
- Sync Labs Startup Journey with Melanie Herbert
- Closing remarks presented by the University of Pennsylvania's Chief Innovation Officer John Swartley
6:00 - 7:00pm - Networking and Poster Showcase
The Penn Startup Showcase 2025 would like to thank:
Our Premier Partners:
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
RSM US LLP
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Vertical Risk Management
Ron (Woody) Woodmansee
Our Penn Partners:
PCI Ventures
Penn Engineering
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Penn Health-Tech
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
The Wharton School
Mack Institute for Innovation Management
The Lauder Institute - University of Pennsylvania
Penn Center for Innovation
Venture Lab
Penn GSE Center for Professional Learning
Penn Dental Medicine
The companies that will be postering at the event:
Neuralert
Jolt Education
AskSia Inc
Refract Network
OnGov
Smart Dosimetry System
Biobotics, Inc
MiTex
Cherry Social App
Incuta Therapeutics
Vytrina
Sonura Care
Infini Fluidics
Sahay
Goeppert
Earable
AltruMed
Cerespectus
EpiVario
OneFiltr
Osetomics
Rafias
Riboxy Therapeutics
Vasowatch
Neuralert
Vital Start
