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Avol

Origin: Brooklyn, NY | Grant Awarded: 2024 | Status: Active

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What is Avol?

Avol enables medical institutions to deliver blood, kidneys, and lab samples up to 11x faster for the same cost by providing a medical drone delivery service using novel autonomous blended-wing Avol drones and a network of mini droneports (“AvolPorts”).

Company Leadership

nathan poon

CEO

Dr. Nathan Poon spent the past 10 years building medical logistics products used by Amazon, Tesla, DHL, Delta, and 50+ hospitals and clinics in the US. He built 2 startups (1 exit), received his PhD in mechanical engineering from UC Berkeley, and was awarded 3rd place at Amazon’s Global Startup Competition,1st place at the UC LAUNCH competition, 1st place National Occupational Research Agenda award, and others for his work.

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Grab My Bag

Origin: GA | Grant Awarded: 2022 | Status: Active

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What is Grab My Bag?

Grab My Bag is a luggage delivery service from airport baggage claim to the traveler’s requested location. The press has been calling them the “Uber or Lyft for luggage.” Here’s how it works: Travelers book a “GRAB” through their website by entering a few details about their trip. Then Grab My Bag tracks their flight, & dispatches a “GRAB-ber” to grab, secure, and deliver their checked bags to them when they land, so that they can immediately exit the airport after deplaning.

Company Leadership

Emory Reignz

founder & cEO

Emory Reignz is a professional SAG-Aftra Actress and former professional cheerleader (aka Ice Crew Girl) for the L.A. Kings. She is an entrepreneur who holds her MBA in Accounting & Finance, and has over 17 years of experience in Finance & Operations. Her work with the Tuskegee Airmen as their National Spokesperson piqued her interest in aviation interest. She is a member of Airport Minority Advisory Council (AMAC), and a certified MBE, DBE, ACDBE, WOSB, and EDWOSB.

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Intramotev Autonomous Rail

Origin: MO | Grant Awarded: 2021 | Status: Active

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What is intramotev Autonomous Rail?

Each year in the US alone, over $690B in goods are moved via a fleet of 1.6 million railcars. On any given day, though, 900,000 of these railcars won’t move. A loaded railcar sits idle for 24.6 hours on each leg of its journey, just waiting to be picked up by a diesel locomotive. For locomotives to move these railcars, it requires 3.5 billion gallons of diesel annually – that’s over 37 million metric tons of greenhouse gases emitted into our atmosphere. Intramotev is building a future where no railcars sit idle, and not a gallon of diesel is consumed to move them. By putting motive power directly into the railcar instead of relying on locomotives, we enable freight to move itself from point-to-point independently and without fossil fuels.

Company Leadership

Timothy Luchini, Ph.D

CEO

PhD Mechanical Engineer with experience leading teams of up to 40 engineers to scale early-stage technologies in the aerospace industry.

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Alex Peiffer

COO

Business development and strategy expert with an MBA from University of Southern California, USAF logistics veteran.

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Corey Vasel

CTO

Expert in battery and motor technologies with experience developing early stage technologies in the aerospace industry.

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Corvus Robotics

Origin: IL | Grant Awarded: 2017 | Status: Active

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What is Corvus Robotics?

Corvus Robotics helps warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturing facilities understand their physical footprint and inventory using intelligent aerial drones.

Company Leadership

Jackie Wu

Founder, CEO

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