Meredith Perry
Serial entrepreneur who studied paleobiology and astrobiology at the University of Pennsylvania and conducted research with NASA's Astrobiology Institute. She founded uBeam in 2011, a wireless power startup using ultrasound, after winning Penn's PennVention competition — appearing in Fortune's "40 Under 40" and Forbes "30 Under 30." She co-founded Elemind in 2020 to develop non-invasive neurotechnology; the company's wearable headband emerged from stealth in 2024 with demonstrated ability to accelerate sleep onset, reduce tremor in essential tremor patients, and support memory formation.