Introducing Chaac Ventures’ 2019 Summer Analysts

Hey everyone,

We are very excited to announce Chaac Ventures’ Summer Analysts for 2019.

We selected two applicants who were chosen from a group of candidates with an impressive range of cultural and academic backgrounds, particularly with demonstrated entrepreneurial experience in their education and/or extracurricular histories.

Of the potential candidates, ~19% were female, ~22% were from Asian-American and Pacific Islander populations, ~28% were from black, African-American, and/or African populations, and the remaining applicants were from non-black and Latino communities.

Additionally, the approximate breakdown of applicants by Princeton class year includes:

• ~17% from the Class of 2022 (rising sophomores)
• ~22% from the Class of 2021 (rising juniors)
• ~22% from the Class of 2020 (rising seniors),
• ~25% from the Class of 2018 and below (grad students and alumni), and the remaining ~14% from non-Princeton affiliated universities.

Please join us in congratulating and welcoming Serena and Bethwel to the Chaac Family this summer.

Serena Ren, Class of 2022

• High School: Phillips Academy Andover
• Academic area of focus: Operations Research & Financial Engineering.
• On campus, Serena is involved with Business Today, the Student Design Agency, and Clockwork Ultimate Frisbee.
• Favorite class at Princeton: FRS 185 — Exhibiting Japan: Pictures of Famous, Sacred, and Imaginary Places, and her favorite entrepreneurship professor is Christopher Kuenne (EGR 491: High-Tech Entrepreneurship).
• Favorite entrepreneurial experience at Princeton thus far: attending Princeton’s New York Tiger Trek in NYC’s tech and startup scene.

Bethel Kiplimo, Class of 2021

• High School: Emining High School in Baringo, Kenya
• Academic area of focus: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
• Bethwel co-founded Wellpower, a Princeton startup providing solar-powered water filtration & distribution in his home country of Kenya.
• On campus, he is the Head Tutor of Physics 102 at the McGraw Center and a member of the National Society of Black Engineers.
• Favorite class at Princeton: Renewable Energy and Smart Grids, and his favorite entrepreneurship professors are Marty Johnson (EGR 498: Social Entrepreneurship) and Shehram Hejazi (EGR 395: Venture Capital and Finance of Innovation).
• Favorite entrepreneurial experience at Princeton thus far: co-founding Wellpower with Princeton friends Todd Baldwin ’20, Ayushi Sinha ’20, and Noah Schochet ’21.