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Debbie Madueke founded Replast, a recycling company that aims to solve plastic pollution in Nigeria by refining and reforming single-use plastics while contributing to the socio-economic advancement of a low-income population.

Fatema Janahi’s venture, Palm, is an e-commerce platform designed to empower women to express their identities through cultural fashion and uplift local designers across the MENA region.

Claudia Tobar co-founded Kamina, a digital financial platform that provides advisory, access, and assessment support developed specifically for women and non-banked individuals.

Rama Doddi’s venture, RegINTL, is designed to help small- to medium-sized companies map out their particular regulatory landscape—and then provide solutions for navigating it.

People have been using vinegar for thousands of years for its health properties. It’s precisely those properties that Hannah Kim seeks out in the vinegar she sells through her company, Bok Bok.

Sofia Urrutia is the brains behind Palmarosa, a jewelry brand with roots all over the world—just like its founder.

Manvi Kottakota, a busy Northeastern student, needed a smarter way to organize her notes. She created Jot, an intuitive note-taking platform that leverages AI for seamless organization and effortless retrieval and collaboration.

Currently in remission from an inflammatory autoimmune disorder, Nicole Guadagno created what she wishes she had: Remetra is a wearable medical device that measures and tracks inflammatory markers.

After several stints working in healthcare settings, Naomi Rajput, a pre-med student at Northeastern, created CareWallet, a digital health solution that connects patients with providers—and connects providers with the health information of their patients.

When Aleena Jacob participated in a high school medical training program, it opened her eyes to new opportunities. Now she’s giving back by collaborating with Harvard Medical School’s MEDscienceLAB Forensics.