Congratulations to our ISHOW Americas 2025 Awardees!

ISHOW Americas 2025 took place virtually between July 29-30, 2025, with the Award Ceremony also virtual on August 6, 2025. Our awardees selected to join the 2025 ISHOW Global Cohort are: BiliRoo (BiliRoo), Cycleau (LÆRO), & DINA: Dynamic Infant Neurorehab Aid (Vianyumi). You can find more details on our Awardees below and at our Press Release, along with info on the other ventures we invited to this regional event, and still believe can have a significant impact. Please reach out to info@thisishardware.org if you would like to request access to the award ceremony recording. If you are eager to stay up to date on applications for 2026 - submit an interest form now!

Awardees

Awardees

ISHOW Americas 2025 Ventures

BiliRoo
BiliRoo
BiliRoo

A technology for treating infant jaundice that combines filtered sunlight phototherapy with skin-to-skin contact through a low-cost, non-electric system usable in low-resource settings

Health In Your Hands Diagnostics
Health In Your Hands Diagnostics
SchistoFilter

A low-cost, reusable urine filter and diagnostic tool for collecting and identifying the eggs released from the Schistosoma haematobium parasite

LÆRO
LÆRO
Cycleau

A compact greywater recycling system designed to retrofit below sinks and showers in aging buildings and recycle greywater to potable standards while offering utility savings for low-income households

OORB Open Organic Robotics
OORB Open Organic Robotics
OORB Studio & Framework

An open-source AI-native robotics development environment built on ROS2, it leverages modular hardware kits to facilitate students, researchers and engineers designing, simulating, deploying and controlling robotics systems in the cloud

Raya Power
Raya Power
Raya Pod

A plug-and-play solar appliance designed to increase solar energy accessibility and affordability for lower-income households in North America to power essential loads

Vianyumi
Vianyumi
DINA: Dynamic Infant Neurorehab Aid

A novel soft robotic suit for shoulder range-of-motion rehabilitation therapy in newborns with brachial plexus palsy

WaterReach Ltd
WaterReach Ltd
ClariWash Self-Washing Filtration System

A self-cleaning water purification system using clarification, filtration and disinfection to reduce water-borne diseases, It supports long-term access to safe water during disasters, and in remote and underserved areas.

Experts

Dr. Chris Mabey
Dr. Chris Mabey
Assistant Professor
- Clemson University

Chris Mabey is a design for sustainability researcher and assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Clemson. He has 10 years of experience working on the design, development, and deployment of technology in industry and academic settings. Dr. Mabey also co-founded a startup designing photo...

Charlie Matlack
Charlie Matlack
Systems Engineering Tech Lead
- Cruise

<p>Values-driven innovator with electrical engineering PhD and 10 years of expertise architecting, building, and commercializing advanced products in a variety of markets. Unusual combination of strengths in research, systems engineering, and business strategy.&nbsp;</p>

Benjamin Shuch
Benjamin Shuch
Electrical Engineer
- Vinyard Product Development

Electrical engineer with a passion for the future of food and developing technology that improves peoples lives.

Anurupa Rao
Anurupa Rao
Product Design Technical Lead Manager
- Google

<p>An ISHOW Bootcamp expert since 2018, Anu is a mechanical engineering leader with over 15 years of experience in designing and manufacturing products from robots and echos to low cost water storage solutions.&nbsp; She is passionate about social innovation and promoting diversity in engineering...

Dr. Shruti Sharma
Dr. Shruti Sharma
Associate Director
- Long Island High Technology Incubator

Coach and mentor with over 10 years of robust technical and business expertise to accelerate diverse teams in start-up, incubators, universities, and research environments with focus on bringing cleantech to market.

Ko-Chen (Jane) Shan
Ko-Chen (Jane) Shan
Creator
- UncoverSpecial

Making a smarter, healthier, and more equitable world together! "Prosperity for All"

Steve Katsaros
Steve Katsaros
Founder and CEO
- Nokero Solar

Life long innovator &amp; inventor, passionate about bringing light to the 1.4 billion people living without access to electricity. BS in Mechanical Engineering &amp; registered patent agent.

Robert Hauck
Robert Hauck
Co-Chair
- ASME Engineering Global Development Committee

<p>Bob served in a variety of roles for GE for over 30 years and led a global team of over 350 engineers. Bob previously served as the Chairperson of ASME&#39;s Engineering Global Development Committee and has provided manufacturing guidance and expertise to ISHOW finalists as a judge since 2015....

ARUN VENKATESAN
ARUN VENKATESAN
Enterprise Strategy Consultant
- Independent

<p>Passionate about product development with focus on user experience, social impact, cost innovation, extreme affordability, and incubating incubators.</p>

JOHN GERSHENSON
JOHN GERSHENSON
Research Professor
- Penn State University

<p>John Gershenson is the Director of the Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship program at Penn State through which he guides students in co-creating mission-focused global ventures. His is also the CEO and co-founder of Kijenzi, a Kenyan company addressing supply chain issues acro...

ASHDEEP SETH
ASHDEEP SETH
Design and Engineering Consultant: Kheyti
- Lecturer: University of California, Berkeley

Ash is an engineer, designer, strategist, and educator focused on technology innovation, climate action, and social change. She is the Head of Product at Riffle Ventures, a Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley, and a Design and Engineering consultant at Kheyti. Riffle Ventures is a glob...

Facilitators and Guest Experts

Facilitators and Guest Experts

Award Ceremony - Fireside Chat with Gaurav Manchanda

Award Ceremony - Fireside Chat with Gaurav Manchanda