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10 finalists to make pitches for cash, support services at Big Launch Challenge in RTP – WRAL Tech Wire


RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Ten startups, including five from the Triangle, will be making pitches for $20,000 in cash and support services when they participate in the Big Launch Challenge on Sept. 11.

The event is taking place this year in RTP.

Sponsored by The Launch Place, the sixth annual Big Launch Challenge is taking place in conjunction with the Angel Capital Association’s (ACA) Southeast Regional Meeting. ACA, the world’s largest professional organization for accredited investors. RTP Capital Associates, Inc. and The Launch Place are also supporting the conference.

“The goal of the Big Launch Challenge is to provide early-stage startups the opportunity to pitch their ideas to investors, and for The Launch Place Pre-Seed and Seed Fund to generate deal flow,” says The Launch Place President and CEO, Eva Doss. “Every year it is a different experience, with different business ideas and founding teams, and I look forward to hearing the pitches.”

The finalists will have eight minutes each to make pitches to a panel of judges followed by questions and answers.

The 10:

  • 6AM City – Redefining the local media landscape. Greenville, SC
  • Hite Health Solutions – Innovation in feminine hygiene while serving women’s health and wellness. Burlington, NC
  • Intake – Health empowerment through automated preventive care. Raleigh, NC
  • Kamana – Empowering healthcare employers to efficiently manage and fill critical staffing needs. Richmond, VA
  • Microbial Biosensors, Inc. – New technology to rapidly detect bacterial contamination in food and animal feed. Durham, NC
  • Muuktest – Helps software companies build products faster without armies of test engineers. Raleigh, NC
  • Optimal Solar – Maker of the highest efficiency solar module. Durham, NC
  • PureSurgery – Digital platform for optimizing patients before, during, and after surgery. Charlotte, NC
  • Point 93 – Offers dynamic pricing and data exchange for the retail industry. Roanoke, VA
  • VerusTitle – AI enabled processing of title insurance. Durham, NC

The Launch Place is an entrepreneurial organization based in Danville, Va. with a second office in RTP.

Judges include: Elaine Bolle, RTP Capital Associates, Investment Chair and Board Member, Angel Capital Association, Board Member; Tim Cartwright, Co-Founder and Partner of Fifth Avenue Family Office, Founder and Chair of the Tamiami Family of Angel Funds; Marty Kaszubowski,  Executive Director for Innovation Initiatives, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Old Dominion University, Chair of The Launch Place Board of Directors; Paul Nolde, Director, NRV, The Launch Place Seed Fund Advisory Board member; and Autumn Visser, Principal, Woods Rogers, PLC. Mark Friedman, President and Co-founder of RTP Capital Associates; CEO of Lakeview Business Advisory, The Launch Place Seed Fund Advisory Board member, will serve as the Master of Ceremonies.

The Big Launch Challenge is free to attend, but registration is required . Information: www.thelaunchplace.org/big-launch-challenge





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