2026 Fall Ventures

Power Within Her is a structured personal development program that helps individuals rebuild identity, self-worth and emotional resilience after life challenges and major transitions. Through partnerships with recovery and community organizations, we provide tools that help people reconnect with who they are and move forward with purpose.

Shama Challenge is a mobile platform where performing artists compete head-to-head in short-form video challenges. Artists showcase their talent, engage audiences, and build visibility, while fans watch, vote, and support their favorite performers—creating new opportunities for artists to be discovered.

Provida is a booking platform connecting clients with independent beauty providers, with a focus on students, beginners, and home-based providers. We make affordable beauty services easier to discover while giving providers a professional storefront to showcase their work, manage bookings, and grow their businesses.

Profiles tell you who someone says they are. Progress shows you who they are becoming.

We are not another platform for connecting you with more people. Liaizon helps you decide who you would actually like to meet in the first place.

Hidden Gorge creates premium cocktail shrubs that blend artistry with nature. Our unique syrups, made from fresh fruits and natural ingredients, offer vibrant flavors for health-conscious consumers. Committed to sustainability, we transform traditional mixers into modern elixirs, ensuring every sip celebrates flavor and wellness.

Lyles Styles offers an elevated natural hair experience where artistry, education, and self-empowerment come together. Our salon creates a welcoming space for women to embrace and celebrate their natural texture; cultivating confidence, connection, and a deeper appreciation for their hair.

Anchor & Rye is a Boston-based food brand creating premium baking mixes and frozen, ready-to-bake cookies, scones and biscuits using organic, stone-milled heritage grains from Northeast farms and mills. We make thoughtfully crafted, nourishing baked goods easier to enjoy at home.

RCVRY is building a recovery-nutrition platform for endurance and high-intensity athletes—using connected athlete data to turn every workout, race, and athletic effort into practical, personalized meal guidance for the moments recovery matters most.

Corkslip is a thin, simple slipper made entirely from recycled wine corks—giving women instant relief from heels at the end of the night, on demand at bars, restaurants, and events. With its duality, it doubles as a sustainable, biodegradable swap for salons and spas, replacing toxic, microplastic-shedding foam slippers. Comfort, reimagined.

poemRENOVATION is an award-winning, arts-based word challenge that offers everyone, regardless of age or ability, a meaningful way to create and connect. Using our tactile word block sets or digital platform, people rearrange snippets of literature to create poems, phrases, word art or anything they choose. There are no rules or wrong answers.

TagAlong is an AI-powered travel planning app that transforms social media reels into structured, ready-to-go itineraries. Paste any TikTok or Instagram reel, and our AI extracts every location shown or mentioned, drops pins on an interactive map, and builds a ready-to-go itinerary. No manual searching, no app-switching, no planning paralysis.

Plushly Customs LLC designs and distributes custom plushies for organizations. Plushly is transforming uninspired, low-quality merch by designing adorable, unique plushies tailored to a brand’s audience.

Collegii offers private, student-led college tours that give prospective students and families an honest, insider look at campus life. Instead of scripted admissions tours, you’re matched with a current student guide who shares your academic interests, extracurriculars, or background.

Kunaya is a premium plant-based milk made from tiger nuts, a nutrient-rich root vegetable. Naturally creamy, allergen-friendly, and rich in prebiotic fiber, Kunaya is a refreshing alternative for coffee, cereal, smoothies, or enjoying on its own.

At Flora & Blooms , we provide premium artificial floral arrangements that capture the essence of nature's beauty, providing everlasting blooms for life's special moments. With a commitment to quality, reliability, and nurturing relationships, we stand as your premier partner in creating stunning floral designs that elevate any occasion.

Acquire Medstaff LLC is a nurse owned healthcare workforce solutions company helping hospitals and surgical facilities build stronger, more resilient clinical teams. We combine clinical expertise with a stewardship driven approach to addressing critical workforce challenges across America.

Black Women Moguls works with businesses to transform manual processes into automated systems. Our services include website design, CRM setup, automation, lead generation, sales funnels, and consulting, plus training in AI, automation, and marketing. We serve solopreneurs and business owners with small teams.

Our Gathering Place (OGP) creates facilitated support groups and inclusive community for parents and caregivers in the first few years of parenthood. We connect families around shared experiences such as parenting multiples, postpartum transitions, return to work, and parenting after loss, with a vision for a welcoming parent-centered third space.

Lyfe.fy is the social operating system for golfers—log every round, build crew, connect with your network, and train with NCAA athletes. The platform where your golf life lives, your career connections happen, and the game actually gets interesting.

Vintra helps premium wine businesses and serious collectors look at a cellar with the same care they would bring to a financial account: what is owned, what it may be worth, where it came from, and what to offer, drink, hold, insure, gift, or sell.

Mobile Learning Center brings hands-on STEM, math, science, gardening, agriculture, technology, financial literacy and entrepreneurship directly to children and communities. We partner with schools, childcare programs, homeschool families and community organizations to make innovative learning accessible, engaging and inclusive.

RENDiet is an AI-supported kidney/renal-diet food screening platform whose primary purpose is to provide personalized food choice guidance and education based on the user’s kidney-health stage, helping determine whether a grocery product is kidney-friendly and fits their renal diet needs.

The Function Creative Company is a multinational creative studio at the intersection of media, production and tech. It operates through two subsidiaries: Function Studios, a photo, video and ideation content production studio, and Nia Technologies, currently building Nia OS, an AI-native production management operating system.

Iron String Communications gives organizations the core messaging, communications, and reputation management strategy they need to demonstrate value to funders and partners and continue their good work long into the future. With 20+ years of experience in nonprofit communications and journalism, our strategic communications firm is a one-stop shop for organizations that need guidance and practical tools to maximize their impact.

Breathe 2 Flow is a CT based wellness company creating unique, community-centered yoga experiences in unexpected spaces. Through partnerships with local businesses, venues, and animal rescues, we offer memorable pop-up classes that make wellness more approachable, social, and fun while supporting local organizations.

BeatQuest makes live music interactive. Fans at a show request the songs they want to hear and put money behind them, while the artist stays in full creative control and decides what actually gets played. A live leaderboard shows the room which songs are winning. beatquest.app, plus iOS and Android.

Tender Heart is a full service is a home healthcare business servicing the aging community.

Truly Fueled Nutrition is a New England-based sports nutrition practice helping athletes of all ages, levels, and sports learn to confidently fuel for performance, health, and longevity. Founded by registered dietitian KC Stockmon, the practice uses evidence-based nutrition strategies tailored to each athlete's needs and goals.