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CLARK TANK 2023

Clark Tank 2023 saw many new and exciting Clark student ventures. Student participated in three different funding events throughout the 2022-2023 school year

2023 Clark Tank Logo 
Designer Erica Cai '26

VENTURE DEVELOPMENT WINNERS

  • Millman Management, co-owners Moses Millman ’24  and Henry Reyes ’24, 1st place judge funding $3000, media production

  • Schweitzer Studios, owner Max Schweitzer ’22, ’23, 2nd place judge funding $2000, artist

  • The Umpire Channel, creator Noah Katz ’26, 3rd place judge funding $1500, multimedia

  • VJSnapp, owner Vijha Yadav ’23, 4th place judge funding $1000, photographer

  • Dragon Ink, owner Claire Grant ’24, Community Impact Award (Christina Bai ’12) $500 and Clark Tank Committee award $500, artist

  • Helping Hands, owner Jonathan Tamen ’26, Community Impact Award (Christina Bai ’12) $500, non-profit

  • Kindly Anonymous, owners Elena Perez ’24 and Liam Tobin ’23, Clark Entrepreneurship Club Award $250, community engagement

VENTURE DEVELOPMENT FINALISTS

  • Beaver Street Bikes, Nuri Rosen ’23

  • Asgard Outdoor, Biqiang Zhou MBA ’23

  • Send a Song, Max Sormanti-Bloom ’25

  • Reflect the Youth, Xio Alvarado ’26

  • Rhya’s Crochet Village, Rhya Sinnappen ’23

  • Sadie’s Sweet Shoppe, Sadie Kaim ’24

  • Health Ya’Self Juicing, Nate Bethancourt LARC

VENTURE DEVELOPMENT
JUDGES

  • DEBRA HARRSCH ’80, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF BRANDWIDTH SOLUTIONS

  •  CHRISTINA BAI ’12, PHILANTHROPIST, ENTREPRENEUR, AND INVESTOR

  • BRAD MCNAMARA ’13, CEO & FOUNDER OF MORRISSEY MARKET AND FREIGHT FARMS

  • THOMAS MUELLER ’22, ‘MBA’23, CLARK TANK ALUMNI ’19

  • BRIANA AZIER ’05, OWNER OF BRI’S SWEET TREATS

  • CLARISSA KO ’25, ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUB REPRESENTATIVE, CLARK TANK ALUMNI ’22

  • The Umpire Channel, creator Noah Katz ’26, 1st place judge funding $1100, multimedia

  • Colors of the Wynned, owner Wynne Dromey, 2nd place $250, artist

  • stayjustintime.com, owners John D’Eufemia ’23, Dylan Harloff ’23, and Mikey Schiappa ’23, 3rd place judge funding $125

  • Tier Pro Wrestling, owner Alec Tarnowski ’23, runner-up funding (Ryan Cohen ’18), $100, promotion

  • ParentLock, owner Rowan Turner ’26, runner-up funding (Ryan Cohen ’18), $100, app design

BUSINESS
PITCH 
COMPETITION

  • GREG MONTEMURRO, FOUNDER OF CAPITAL Z AND OPERATIONS COORDINATOR AT DCU FINTECH INNOVATION CENTER

  •  BRAD KERN, OPERATING PARTNER AT ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ

  • KATIE CELLA ’15, PRESIDENT OF BIXAL

  • RICK TREITMAN ’73, ENTREPRENEUR IN RESIDENCE AT ADOBE

  • RYAN COHEN ’18, FOUNDER OF TOP SHELF CANNASEURS AND KIND RUN DELIVERY

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MARKETING PITCH COMPETITION

WINNER: Schweitzer Studios, owner Max Schweitzer ’22, ’23, $1000 artist

Finalist Participants:

  • Millman Management, Mose Millman ’24 and Henry Reyes ’24

  • Asgard Outdoor, Biqiang Zhou MBA ’23

  • Guinea Pig Gals, Jade Newman ’24

  • VJSnapp, Vijha Yadav ’23

  • Health Ya’Self Juicing, Nate Bethancourt LARC

Judged By:

  • WYNNE DROMEY ’25, COLORS OF THE WYNNED

  • EMILEE COCUZZO ’18, MBA ’19, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AND SENIOR CONSULTANT TO BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON

  • TIM HALLY ’19, MBA ’20 ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AND OWNER OF MUNQ CREATIVE, LLC

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CLARK TANK 2023 COMITTEE

 Teresa Quinn, Jen Plante ’00, Julie Bolduc, Jose Castro ’22, and Sujhan Ghimire ’23

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A special thanks to Samantha Goodman ’11, Michael Goodman, and Swing Issues Media for additional funding.

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Clark Tank offers four unique funding events throughout the school year – Venture Development, App Development, Business Plan Scaling Development, and Crowdfunding. Supporting these different challenges is a robust speaker series with alumni entrepreneurs, successful business developers, and a past winners’ panel.

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