At any time, inspectors can arrive without warning to FDA-regulated facilities to check compliance. When the inspection does not meet standards, the company receives an FDA form 483.
One in three inspections leads to a bad report, according to SkyPreme Resolve founder Rashmeet Sangari. With limited time to reply, and significant consequences for failure, getting the process right matters.
With 20 years of life sciences supply chains and operations experience, Sangari knew she was the right person to solve the problem.
Focused on not only the response when the form is received, SkyPreme Resolve takes an approach centered in readiness, ensuring there are no surprises when an inspection takes place. Their goal is to improve safety and reliability in pharmaceuticals.
The technology is a regulatory decision engine built on ten years of inspection data. The engine, Sangari says, is self-optimizing.
“I care about the patient and that's why I’ve been in the healthcare industry,” says Sangari. “This is a personal mission to make sure the next plant doesn’t go dark and that the next patient looking for medicine doesn’t find an empty shelf.”
As the 2026 StartUp Lehigh Valley grand prize winner, Sangari received $20,000 in funding from Lehigh University to grow her business.
This Shark Tank-style event, held during Musikfest, invited founders and entrepreneurs from all industries to pitch their products and businesses to a panel of expert judges in front of a live audience.
This year, seven founders pitched their products live, competing for more than $26,000 in prizes.
In addition to the grand prize, SkyPreme Resolve won six months of direct support from Lehigh Ventures Lab.
Other prize winners include Acute Baby Co., 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.
Voted by viewers in the live audience and those watching at home, 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.
Additional finalists included Coul Street, Inc., presenting an EV charger, NextPick.io, a marketplace for college recruiting expertise, and Racklify, Inc., a platform supporting fulfillment and logistics.
Each finalist had three minutes to pitch their startup to this year’s panel of judges. The judges then had seven minutes to ask questions.
This year’s panel of judges included Lehigh alumna Olivia (Abrams) Bleiweiss, CEO and co-founder of TiCK MiTT. Appearing on Shark Tank in 2025, Bleiweiss knew just what to look for in the pitches.
“It’s all about passion,” said Bleiweiss. “It’s very difficult to go from 0-100 without being extremely passionate about what you do.”
Returning to Musikfest for a second year, StartUp Lehigh Valley connects the community to local entrepreneurship and innovation.
“We’re excited to have this here in the Musikfest Cafe, during Musikfest, which brought in last year 1.4 million people,” said Kassie Hilgert, president of ArtsQuest. “If we can expose them to the assets here in Bethlehem, beyond music stages, that is a win for all of us for workforce development.”
In the spirit of entrepreneurship, several Lehigh alumni with startup companies joined the evening’s festivities at the Lehigh Lounge, which took place on the first floor of ArtsQuest before and during the live show.
Visitors were able to learn about their products, and engage with Lehigh through activities from the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and free swag from Lehigh Athletics.
