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StartUp Lehigh Valley 2026 at Musikfest. PHOTO/LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
Winners named at 2026 StartUp Lehigh Valley
Stacy Wescoe//August 6, 2026//
StartUp Lehigh Valley has chosen its winners of this year’s Shark Tank-style competition.
For the second year, the event was held as part of Musikfest on the SteelStacks campus.
The event invited startup founders and entrepreneurs from all industries to pitch their products and businesses to a panel of expert judges in front of a live audience.
SkyPreme Resolve and its founder Rashmeet Sangari took home the top prize at the competition, which is presented by Lehigh University.
The SkyPreme Resolve platform supports companies with FDA compliance, flagging audit-readiness gaps before an inspection and drafting a validated response in minutes after an FDA 483 lands.
As the grand prize winner, Sangari received $20,000 in funding from Lehigh University to grow her business.
In addition to the grand prize, SkyPreme Resolve won six months of direct support from Lehigh Ventures Lab.
Acute Baby Co. won the second place award, earning $3,000 from Moravian University for The Wedge, a breastfeeding support accessory.
Winning the $5,000 Innovation Award sponsored by Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania, was AI legal intake specialist LegalPocket.ai.
JAERIMY, Inc., won $1,000 in the Audience Choice Award for ERIC (Emergent Reply Imminent Crisis), a time-based safety check-in app for people who live alone. It was voted for by viewers in the live audience as well as those watching at home,
The seven event finalists who presented live represent a mix of innovations, products and solutions. Additional finalists included Coul Street, Inc., NextPick.io, and Racklify, Inc.
“Lehigh cares about the entrepreneurial ecosystem here in the Lehigh Valley,” said Nathan Urban, Lehigh University provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. “We really want to promote economic development and bring innovation here.”
