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2020 Summer Catalyst Startup Profile: Avanti

By Nedda Bozorgmehri | July 23, 2020

Alex Fantappiè ‘21 is the CEO of Avanti, a platform that connects high school students with job opportunities. Inspired by his parents who both started their own businesses, Alex developed a passion for entrepreneurship when he was about 13 years old. Throughout high school and then at Babson, he started a few businesses in the…

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2020 Summer Catalyst Startup Profile: UNfabricated

By Nedda Bozorgmehri | July 23, 2020

When Prabaarja Bedi MBA ’20 was 16 years old, she spent time designing dresses with her mother and often visited her family’s textile manufacturing firm. She saw only men working on the factory floor and noticed piles of fabric that were never used. Prabaarja also noticed that there were many women in India with a…

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2020 Summer Catalyst Startup Profile: Activly

By Nedda Bozorgmehri | July 22, 2020

Anna Bilha ’21 is the CEO and co-founder of Activly, an app that allows you to find inspiration, organize your fitness routines, and share your workout plans with others. Inspired from her own personal experiences, along with her passion for fitness and helping others, Anna was eager to make the process of working out easier…

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2020 Summer Catalyst Startup Profile: MATR

By Alexandra Dunk | July 21, 2020

MATR Co-founder Padraig Duna MBA’21 believes that the food industry can be better and do better: “We don’t have a good enough way to grow food and make food, without breaking the planet.” This perspective comes from his many years working in the industry and his growing realization that food production was flawed. Padraig was…

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2020 Summer Catalyst Startup Profile: TicketRev

By Nedda Bozorgmehri | July 20, 2020

Jason Shatsky ‘21 is the CEO and Co-Founder of TicketRev, a reverse marketplace for event tickets. TicketRev strives to make the process of buying and selling tickets to your favorite events easier and more convenient. Here’s how it works: a buyer enters the online platform, selects his or her desired seating, and identifies what they…

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