“With funds from the annual Big Idea Bounce, ASL Aspire established new partnerships with major community learning centers and museums to help make exhibits more accessible for deaf visitors. Their new mobile solution will reach more than 6 million visitors to those centers. ASL Aspire's main app is now being used in 8 countries around the world by bright young students learning about STEM in sign language for the first time. The funding also opened the door for ASL Aspire to complete a longitudinal study of the app, investigating how the platform could impact student achievement over a 3-month period. Their team has expanded to include many new deaf scientists and leaders, and they continue to work to ensure that all students, no matter their ability level, have access to high quality, joyful learning.” Mona Jawad, ASL Aspire

Keye offers a leading AI-powered diligence solution for private equity investors. In the two years since winning the 2nd annual Big IdeaBounce, Keye pivoted away from its initial concept of allowing users to purchase bite-sized access to high-quality news content from publishers such as The Economist, or corporate data from providers like CB Insights. Today, private market investors use Keye to transform raw data into actionable insights, freeing up time for value creation and decision-making. Keye recently participated in Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's leading startup accelerator, and achieved a run rate of over $500K ARR by partnering with over a dozen private equity firms to pilot its proprietary diligence platform. In the near future, Keye aims to become a leading driver of better fund-level returns by using long-term intelligence to identify patterns and success factors, refining funds’ deal strategies and maximizing ROI over time. Paolo Fornasini, Keye Co-Founder