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Founder of the Week: Thomas Cavett

This week, meet Thomas Cavett (WG ’18), an army veteran who (fun fact!) spent some time protecting Obama in his motorcade in Asia. Thomas Cavett is co-founder of POWTI Innovations, a company building wearable devices that detect when a traumatic injury has occurred and notifiy emergency personnel.

 

POWTI stands for Point of Wounding Trauma Indicator. The goal of this device is to increase response time to emergency traumatic events, both in the military and in civilian life. POWTI was inspired by Cavett’s time in the military as an Army Green Beret, where he had learned skills to treat his teammates and allies. Sadly, he saw many traumatic injuries where the response time just wasn’t fast enough, and he sought to alleviate this problem.

 

The device is still prototyping, and has undergone several iterations. However, Cavett says a launch will hopefully occur by the end of 2018.

 

Cavett’s most important advice to new entrepreneurs is to “find something you’re passionate about.” He says that entrepreneurship is complicated and chaotic, and working with something you’re passionate about will keep you committed even when things get tough.

 

To learn more about POWTI Innovations, visit their website here. To watch the full interview, visit our YouTube here.

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BioBots is Now Allevi

BioBots, a Weiss Tech House Innovation Fund start-up producing 3-D bioprinters that have revolutionized labs across the U.S., has recently changed its name to Allevi.

Ricky Solorzano, CEO of BioBots, says Allevi was “inspired by our community of users who work every day to make living solutions for humanity’s most important problems- to cure disease, to alleviate suffering, to build with life.” Allevi’s mission is to change the course of medicine for generations to come, and to influence the world with their ingenious product.

Allevi also recently launched a new software that aims to standardize experimental methodology and workflow in the field biofabrication. This new software aims to make bioprinting easier and more accessible. The new software can be found here.