LIHTI Selects Four Winners for 2025 Stony Brook Venture Challenge

The Spring 2025 Stony Brook Venture Challenge has officially concluded, and the Long Island High Technology Incubator (LIHTI) team is thrilled to recognize four outstanding winners across the Health, Energy, and Information Technology tracks. These innovative startups have demonstrated exceptional entrepreneurship, creativity, and strategic vision, developing impactful solutions that address unmet societal needs and positioning their ventures for commercialization in competitive markets.

Health:
Venture Name: TeraHertz PHASER; Inventor: M. Hassan Arbab
Venture Name: Mission-Driven Tech; CEO & Co-Founder: Eve McDavid

Energy:
Venture Name: Canyon Magnet Energy; CEO & Founder: Honghai Song

Information:
Venture Name: Lyrai; CEO: Margaret Schedel

Each of these groundbreaking startups will move on to commplete a New York I-Corps program, backed by the mentorship and support of the LIHTI team, and receive $5,000 towards commercialization activities.

Congratulations again to this year's winners and to the LIHTI team for hosting another successful venture challenge.