2025 Annual StartUp Showcase

Annual Fairfield StartUp Showcase

Where Innovation Ignites:
Experience the StartUp Showcase

Thursday, April 24, 2025
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. | Showcase starts at 7 p.m.

Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts

Can’t attend in person? Watch the livestream at fairfield.edu/startup.

After an academic year of business development and mentoring, Fairfield students will showcase their innovative startup ideas while competing for seed funding. Join as five student teams make their business pitch live to a panel of investors. The StartUp Team is pleased to welcome back Mariana Antaya, a product manager at Microsoft Teams and founder of quantifAI — a fintech startup that commenced at Fairfield Startup in 2022. Mariana actively mentors on product management, big tech and startups on Tik Tok and in her online community Product House.

Meet Our 2025 Teams

Clean N’ Go Powerwashing is an exterior cleaning company that serves residential and commercial customers across Long Island, NY. We offer customized cleaning solutions based on each customer’s needs including, house washing, driveway cleaning, roof washing, paver cleaning and sanding, and more.

Creditcare is a digital microfinance business based in Zambia, Southern Africa. Our mission is to utilize technology and alternative data to provide financial services to underserved individuals and businesses across Zambia. We focus on empowering our clients by offering tailored loans and agency banking services to help them achieve their goals and improve their livelihoods.

I’mCookin’ is a smart meal-planning app designed to make healthy eating accessible and stress-free for young adults and college students. Our platform provides easy, personalized recipes, generates custom grocery lists, teaches cooking skills, and helps users balance health, time, and budget constraints.

Manus is a web-based platform revolutionizing early-stage investing with enhanced financial due diligence. By quantifying key KPIs and valuation milestones, Manus optimizes the due diligence process so investors can make better investment decisions and accurately analyze risk. Its intuitive interface enables real-time scenario modeling, standardized reporting, and AI-driven predictive analytics to streamline collaboration and maximize ROI for investors.

MiniMinds is an AI-powered learning disability diagnostic tool that uses game-based activities to help detect early developmental delays in children. By providing data-driven insights, it supports early intervention and personalized learning strategies.

Questions about the StartUp Showcase? Please contact Fairfield Dolan.