Wolf Den 2025 Teams Announced
Watch these five student teams compete for funding in Wolf Den on November 14, 2025.
It is time for NC State Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s annual Shark Tank-inspired competition, Wolf Den.
At this event, five student teams will pitch their business ideas to a panel of judges known as “The Wolves” to compete for “investment” money. Who will walk away with capital to build their ventures? Who will go home empty-handed?
Join us on Friday, November 14, at 5:30 P.M. in Talley Student Union to watch the competition. Food and drinks provided. This event is free and open to the public.
Meet the Student Teams
- Aegis Medical
- Aegis Medical is a student-led initiative advancing a novel specimen retrieval device that integrates specimen compression to reduce extraction force and incision size, thereby enhancing efficiency, safety, and precision in minimally invasive surgical procedures. The initiative is advancing toward commercialization through interdisciplinary research, prototyping, and clinician-guided testing.
- Colvida
- Colvida is developing a next-generation fecal management system (FMS) designed to form-fit to each patient, preventing leaks and reducing hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs), improving patient outcomes, and reducing hospital costs.
- EnviraCell
- Enviracell is an eco-friendly, lithium-free battery redefining power for a safer and more sustainable future.
- Forest Found
- Forest Found produces and will begin selling its product, Bye Bye Bite, in March 2026. Bye Bye Bite is a plant-based insect bite relief for young adults aged 19-25 and the parents of young children and their families to enjoy the outdoors.
- KAIRS
- KAIRS aims to revolutionize orthopedic rehabilitation by making it more accessible, personalized and affordable using AI.
Meet the Judges
Scott Bolin
Scott Bolin (MBA’12) is a serial entrepreneur who has launched venture-backed companies in everything from diapers to liquor to packaging over the past 12 years. Currently, he teaches MBA 576, sits on several boards, and advises several early-stage startups while working on his own projects.
Cathy Gomes
Cathy Gomes is the founder and CEO of 700 Rivers. A chemical engineer turned social entrepreneur, passionate about global women’s empowerment, Cathy was inspired to create a company that employs and empowers Bangladeshi artisans who have overcome human trafficking with dignified careers. 700 Rivers works with artisans and trains them to make all-natural soaps and bath products, employs them with fair, living wages, and provides them a safe environment and dignified work.
Shaun Deardorff
Shaun Deardorff is the Founder/CEO of Airmage Media Productions, a worldwide drone and media production company, and a serial entrepreneur behind multiple other startups and ventures, including Chubby’s Chow, a sustainable dog food company. He is currently a PhD candidate in Aerospace Engineering at NC State University, where his research focuses on origami-inspired deployable space structures, and has previously held aerospace engineering roles at SpaceX, Rocket Lab and the FAA. Deardorff is a TEDx speaker and public activist, and has earned prestigious fellowships and awards, including the Miller Fellowship, Provost Doctoral Fellow, NC State’s 2024 Leader of the Pack Finalist Award, the Eagle Scout Rank Award, Social Innovation Fellowship and the John & Linda Leazar Entrepreneur Award. He soon aims to join NASA’s Artemis Astronaut Program
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