Season 2 · Founder Showcase May 4, 2026 · New York City

Wesleyan
Shark Tank

Meet the ten student-founders selected for this year's cohort. Six will take the stage at our live pitch event in New York City — explore their ventures, meet the founders, and see what they're building below.

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Season 2 Cohort

Founder Directory

Nelson Bellows
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Spike
Nelson Bellows

The prediction market for short-form content where users trade on whether TikTok videos will go viral.

Pitch Deck Website Social
Looking For
Intros to talent management, social media creator, and market-making professionals.
Nicholas Dargel
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SCAP Athletics
Nicholas Dargel

Precision shoulder recovery tool designed for overhead athletes targeting deep muscles standard tools can't reach.

Pitch Deck Website Social
Looking For
Connections to athletic trainers, sports medicine professionals, and Division 1/professional program staff. Open to wholesale and institutional partnerships. Office space in NYC for the summer months.
Adam Shatz
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Milieu
Adam Shatz

At-home skin microbiome test paired with AI analysis to build custom skincare formulations and an evolving skin health system.

Pitch Deck Website Social
Looking For
Intros to medspa owners, skin and beauty entrepreneurs, and video marketing specialists.
Liam Farrell
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Planisphere
Liam Farrell

Automates deal inbox triage for real estate PE firms, turning four hours of data entry into four seconds.

Pitch Deck Website LinkedIn
Looking For
Looking to build relationships for mentorship and partnership within the commercial real estate and private equity spaces.
Sam Pohlman
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Jam Scsh
Sam Pohlman

Music-first social platform that lets artists monetize live performances and short-form content directly from fans.

Pitch Deck Website Social
Looking For
Seeking artist partners, music industry mentors with connections to indie labels, festivals, and management groups, and advisors who've scaled creator-economy or live-streaming platforms.
Chukwudi Udechukwu
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LockerRoom
Chukwudi Udechukwu

The Slack for sports — a unified platform for team comms, animated playbooks, and AI-driven coaching and program management.

Pitch Deck Website Social
Looking For
Intros to D3 and NAIA athletic directors and head coaches, advisors with experience scaling sports tech or vertical SaaS, and early design partners at competitive varsity high school and club programs willing to pilot and give feedback.
Lois Amponsah
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Xent
Lois Amponsah

E-commerce marketplace built for student entrepreneurs at West African universities to launch real storefronts on campus.

Pitch Deck Website Social
Looking For
Looking to grow reach and impact through marketing partnerships, exploring expansion of the e-commerce model into other African countries, and seeking partnerships and advisors.
Rowan Tracey
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Medfield Junk
Rowan Tracey

Eastern MA's premier junk removal service focusing on eco-friendly disposal. Owned and operated by students.

Pitch Deck Website Social
Looking For
Intros to waste management and logistics professionals, Greater Boston service business development and scaling advisors, and local financial and legal advisors.
Sage Saada Saar
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Link'd
Sage Saada Saar

Eliminates scheduling back-and-forth by autonomously finding mutual availability and booking the meeting for you.

Pitch Deck
Looking For
Intros to early-stage technical co-founders or engineers interested in joining a scheduling startup.
Cal MacClary
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VitalPatch
Cal MacClary

Non-invasive adhesive patch that continuously monitors patient vital signs and transmits them to EMTs via Bluetooth, built by an EMT.

Pitch Deck
Looking For
Connections to EMS/FD professionals and healthcare hardware designers, entrepreneurship and business development advisors, and capital.

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Michael Astorino
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Spacemilk
Michael Astorino · Leader

The world's first protein powder made from non-GMO baker's yeast. Raising $3.5M at a $29M post-money valuation.

Deck Upon Request Website Social
Palmer Zarzycki
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Forge
Palmer Zarzycki · Co-Leader

Sourcing top university talent for VC-backed and growth-stage startups — connecting the best early-career candidates with the companies building the future.

Adil Mohammed
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OneChart
Adil · Advisor

Full-stack administrative AI workflow platform built for healthcare organizations and digital health partners looking to modernize care delivery.

Pitch Deck Website LinkedIn

About

Wesleyan Shark Tank

Wesleyan Shark Tank is a student-run accelerator course hosted through the Patricelli Center for Entrepreneurship (PCE). Each semester, ten student-founders are selected into the cohort, where they receive mentorship, lessons, and weekly workshops. Season 2 culminates in a live pitch event in New York City on May 4, 2026, where six finalists present to a panel of real investors for a chance at additional funding and prizes.