Campus delivery, LATAM EdTech, and Healthy Ketchup

Happy Friday!

Welcome to the latest edition of unistart, where we feature the hottest early stage startups, job opportunities, and valuable resources, all in one newsletter.

We’re excited to announce that we just launched at UMiami! In honor of that, this week we’re featuring 3 popping startups from their school.

Now let’s dive straight into what’s on 🔥 this week.

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1. Startups of the Week - UMiami Edition

2. New Entry Level Job Openings

3. Grammy Award Producer x USC Alum newest venture

4. $50K Pitch Competition for B2B SaaS founders

🤟 What Your Classmates Are Building

UniHop

What? - A logistics company for hyperlocal communities like universities. UniHop delivers anything from groceries to party supplies. They also provide services like laundry and rideshare.

Why? - By doubling down on online shopping/delivery for a local community, UniHop provides a tailored experience fit for a community’s lifestyle. They are also able to leverage and activate local inventories to deliver a more efficient and convenient experience.

• 📍Industries: Delivery Service, Delivery, Food Delivery

• 🚀 Stage: Bootstrapped

• 🛠 Founded: 2021

• 😎 Founders: Kyle Levy (UMiami)

Hashi

What? - A subscription-based education platform that helps educate LATAM companies and people through up-to-date courses like smart contracts and Notion.

Why? - Most universities can’t keep up with the pace of tech. There’s content out there that does teach topics that can futureproof your skillset, but Hashi provides a Spanish-speaking and enterprise solution.

• 📍Industries: EdTech

• 🚀 Stage: Pre-seed

• 🛠 Founded: 2021

• 😎 Founders: Gonzalo Waisman (UMiami)

Ketchup Please

What? - Ketchup that is non-GMO, contains no added sugar and has less sodium, carbs, and calories than mainstream ketchup. They use organic stevia to keep up the sweetness level.

Why? - Mainstream ketchup is unhealthy—20% of it is added sugar! There are healthier options, but they often sacrifice taste in the process.

• 📍Industries: Consumer, Food and Beverage, Organic Food

• 🚀 Stage: Bootstrapped

• 🛠 Founded: 2018

• 😎 Founders: Evan Lampsa (UMiami)

Bonus Insight: Evan started this in high school. Now he’s a senior in college and Ketchup Please can be found in over 90 retail locations. What a hustle!

Know of a startup that we should feature in this newsletter? Send us a reply!

📃 New Job Openings

• Mantis VC (The Chainsmoker’s fund!) is looking for a part-time platform/operations intern based in LA.

• Join UniHop as a business development intern and find local businesses to join their expansive network of delivery partners.

• Become a founding engineer at Artie, and work directly with their CTO to build out critical features for their product, a real-time data replication solution for databases and data warehouses.

Interested in any of these jobs? Send us a reply for more info.

None of these a fit? Check our job board for more.

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🎤 Grammy winner Timbaland's newest collab isn't with an artist. It's with AI.

Read our cover story on what they are cooking up together here

💰 $50K Pitch Competition

Are you based out of SoCal region and working on a B2B SaaS idea? Apply on the Orca Network to pitch in front of the Honors Fund ($25 mil fund dedicated to student founded software startups).

Apply here.

Criteria: B2B SaaS with at least one student or new grad (<1 year out of school) founder

📣 We want to hear from you!

If you are job hunting or hiring for roles in startups & VC, searching for deal flow, or just want to grow your college's startup ecosystem, we want to help.

Schedule a 30-min call with us so we can understand your needs.

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