# Luká Yancopoulos

> Luká Yancopoulos is the co-founder and CEO of Grapevine Technologies, a software company that acts as an intelligent purchasing agent for healthcare buyers - scanning vendors, prices, and supply routes in real time to cut what hospitals and clinics spend on medical supplies. A University of Pennsylvania VIPER dual-degree graduate in bioengineering and environmental studies, he pivoted from renewable-energy research to pandemic logistics in 2020, founding Pandemic Relief Supply, which delivered roughly $20 million in PPE to frontline workers. Grapevine grew out of that work, won the 2022 President's Innovation Prize, and raised about $2 million in early funding. His aim is blunt: drop the average national medical-supply spend by half, and ultimately make shopping for supplies unnecessary.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Grapevine Technologies
- **Organizations:** Grapevine Technologies Inc, Pandemic Relief Supply, University of Pennsylvania
- **From:** Yorktown Heights, New York, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** VIPER dual degree - Bioengineering (School of Engineering and Applied Science) and Environmental Studies (College of Arts & Sciences), University of Pennsylvania
- **Known for:** Won the 2022 President's Innovation Prize at the University of Pennsylvania, Founded Pandemic Relief Supply, which delivered approximately $20 million in PPE to frontline workers during COVID-19, Built Grapevine into a platform serving healthcare buyers, with reported customer savings up to 50%

## Career timeline

- **2020** — Founded Pandemic Relief Supply (PRS) in April, delivering roughly $20M in critical medical supplies to frontline workers
- **2021** — Founded Grapevine Technologies in June with co-founder William Danon
- **2022** — Won the 2022 President's Innovation Prize at Penn; raised about $2M in early/seed funding; graduated from Penn
- **2023** — Launched the Grapevine Vendor Network (January) and transitioned the team to agile development
- **2024** — Grapevine reported helping customers including The Oncology Institute save millions on healthcare supplies

## Achievements

- Won the 2022 President's Innovation Prize at the University of Pennsylvania
- Founded Pandemic Relief Supply, which delivered approximately $20 million in PPE to frontline workers during COVID-19
- Built Grapevine into a platform serving healthcare buyers, with reported customer savings up to 50%
- Raised approximately $2 million in early funding from universities, venture capital, and angel investors
- Drove customer savings such as nitrile exam gloves at about $2/box versus $15/box from traditional distributors

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Grapevine reported helping The Oncology Institute save millions on healthcare supplies.
- **2023-01** — Launched the Grapevine Vendor Network and moved to agile development.

## Links

- Website: https://go-grapevine.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luk%C3%A1-yancopoulos-50051a1a8/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwwLv2v368o

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Last updated: 2026-06-22