Meet the 2025 Summer Venture Program Teams 

This summer, 14 student-led startups—spanning industries from health and eco-tourism to AI, tech, and sportswear—are accelerating their ventures through Babson’s Summer Venture Program (SVP). 

Facilitated by the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, SVP is a 10-week intensive experience in an immersive, high-energy environment where student entrepreneurs thrive on each other’s momentum. The program enables startup growth through expert advising, business content, and access to a network of industry experts, founders, and investors and offers resources including housing and co-working space at Babson Boston. 

The program culminates in the SVP Showcase on July 31 at Babson Boston, where teams will pitch to the Babson and local startup communities.  

The 2025 cohort includes MBA and MSEL students, undergraduates, past Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab® participants, a recent B.E.T.A. Challenge finalist, and more. 

The Summer Venture Program teams are:  

• 1+1=3 – Lilian Chiu ’25 

• Athen Labs – Jackson Kuja ’25 

• Chimera Craft – Christelle Reppen MBA’26, Justin Demers

• CreatorZen – Hurshneet Chadha ’27, Finian Allen ’27

• GENETICFIT Labs – Alexander Sica ’27 

• GreenTico Travel – Mauro Jose Ramirez Azofeifa MSEL’25 

• Interlix Staffing – Sheikha Al-Otaibi ’25, Sebastian Paredes ’23, Richard Paredes

• Liaizon – Anushka Balaraj ’25 

• NOVA – Neha Aswani MSEL’25 

• Pipelign Software – Greg Van Aken MBA’25 

• Prepdle – Kaitlyn Pristawa ’26, Alex Pristawa

• SKIP IT – Emily Weinberg ’26 

• Swipe Athletics – Will Marra ’27, Mason Rosado ’27, Jack Gramer ’27

• TaeSun Kit – Alec Leddon MSEL’25, Brooklyn Lamb MSEL’25, Zach Nersessian MSEL’25