HAYVN HATCH New Haven #1
MARCH 2024 RESULTS
Greetings HAYVN HATCHERS!
We had a full house for our in-person March 26, 2024 HAYVN HATCH New Haven of over 75 people, and the presenters were incredible!
Thanks for joining us! Results of our 1st female founders pitch night in New Haven are below.
Many thanks to our Judges & Master of Ceremonies
HAYVN HATCH New Haven is a unique women-centric pitch night brought to you in partnership with:
- The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
- Southern Connecticut State University School of Business
- and by HATCH founders HAYVN Coworking with VentureMom.com, Realist Ventures & P Garyn Productions.
Thank you to HAYVN’s Angel Investors for their support!
JUDGES AWARDS
Congratulations to our three winners!
1st Prize – $5,000 cash prize + 1 month @HAYVN Branch Membership
Happy People Games, Sharon Wood, CEO
The Company creates, develops and publishes gamified and research-based sexual misconduct prevention and discrimination prevention, that has demonstrated high effectiveness via randomized controlled trials.
2nd Prize – $3,000 cash prize
The Key Bookstore, Khamani Harrison, Founder
The Key Bookstore is an tech-enabled bookstore & community platform for Book Lovers to buy books and stay immersed in Reading Culture.
3rd Prize – $2,000 cash prize
poem RENOVATION, Kelly de la Rocha, Founder
Fun, web-based, daily word challenge that promotes literacy, creativity and social-emotional learning.
HUGE THANKS TO OUR PRESENTERS
To our amazing, brave presenters – you are truly loved.
PRESENTERS
1 Minute Video Intro
Smita Sawant, Azodha
Sharon Wood, Happy People Games
Lauren Wells, Hervival®
Jessica Hollander, The Hub
Khamani Harrison, The Key Bookstore
Kelly de la Rocha, poem RENOVATION