DreamPark puts Disney World in everyone’s backyard
Unconventional Ideas
Vision
DreamPark is a mixed-reality entertainment company building real-life video game experiences at physical franchise locations. Their flagship title "Super Adventure Land" combines arena-based physical play with mixed reality - players collect coins, navigate obstacles, and compete on leaderboards in 30-60 minute sessions. Currently live at three locations (Hollywood via Dave & Buster's, Long Island at Samanea Mall, and Miami) with Santa Monica launching soon. Targeting families and casual gamers with an immersive, location-based entertainment franchise model.
Chemical vision for physical intelligence using a dog's nose to turn everything it smells into machine readable data.
Location
Gainesville, FL, USA
Dognosis
Dognosis
https://dognosis.tech
Unconventional Ideas
Detail
Dognosis unleashes the superpowers of dogs to democratize the early detection of cancer.
Location
Bangalore, India
Tools for the Commons
Tools for the Commons
https://toolsforthecommons.com
Unconventional Ideas
Crypto & Blockchain
Detail
Marketplace and orchestrator of special economic zones
Location
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Endolith
Endolith
https://endolithmining.com
Healthcare & Biotech
Unconventional Ideas
Detail
AI-powered microbes unlocking the world’s next wave of copper and critical minerals
Location
Denver, Colorado, United States
Doctours
Doctours
https://doctours.com
Healthcare & Biotech
Unconventional Ideas
Detail
100M Americans are forced to pick between forgoing care & medical debt. Doctours offers a third option: Medical Tourism.
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Eywa Biotech
Eywa Biotech
http://eywa.bio
Healthcare & Biotech
Unconventional Ideas
Detail
Scaling the production of pharmaceutical-grade psychedelic compounds through synthetic biology
Location
Montevideo, Uruguay · Buenos Aires, Argentina
Upside/Red Herring
Upside/Red Herring
https://www.redherring.com/
Unconventional Ideas
Detail
Operates a media company that connects technology innovators, venture investors, and business decision-makers.
Location
Mountain View, United States
Preview Travel
Preview Travel
www.previewtravel.com
Unconventional Ideas
Detail
Provides online travel services for leisure and small business travelers both in the United States and internationally.
Location
San Francisco, United States
MeVC
MeVC
Unconventional Ideas
Detail
MeVC gave smaller investors access to venture capital investments. The fund focused on information technology companies, particularly in sectors like internet, e-commerce, telecommunications, networking, software, and information services.