Awards Program to Elevate and Support Startup Founders and Teams
Awards Program to Elevate and Support Startup Founders and Teams
2019 Startup of the Year Winner™ is...re:3D!
2nd Place | IMMERTEC
3rd Place | SecondKeys
Learn more about the Top 5, Top 15, Fan Favorite, People's Online Choice Award, and American Airlines Raffle winners below. Congrats and thank you to all of the the brilliant Top 100 Semifinalists for participating in #SOTYSummit!
Check out the 7th Annual Startup of the Year™ Summit photos on our Startup of the Year Facebook page (tag away)!
Pictured (above): Samantha L. Snabes, (re:3D, Founder; Reservist in Air National Guard)
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Here is a closer look at the Top 5 Finalists that pitched live to an All-Star Panel of Judges and the #SOTYSummit audience.
2019 Startup of the Year™ Winner
re:3D (Houston & Austin, TX; San Juan, PR)
- Committed to decimating the coast and scale barriers to industrial 3D printing. After pioneering the world's first affordable, human-scale industrial printer, they are now enabling 3D printing directly from reclaimed plastic pellets or flake.2nd Place | IMMERTEC (Tampa, FL)
- Provides a proprietary, real-time VR software for medical device training and sales. Their software allows any physician in the world to instantly connect and train in VR.3rd Place | SecondKeys (Memphis, TN)
- Simplifies the process of filing maintenance requests for residential properties. Software providing end-to-end ticket tracking, predictive analytics, and a qualified contractor network to help the rental market live, manage, and work better.Fruutfull (Tampa, FL)
- Patent-pending design that has simplified an overly complex bra sizing system, allowing customers to create their own personal fit down to the exact centimeter.Route (Chicago, IL)
- A business management platform for the building services industry, helping teams of any size monitor and streamline their work through real time data.
Meet the Top 15 companies who received Honorable Mention before announcing the Top 5.
Don't Get Mad Get Paid (New Orleans, LA)
Enduralock, LLC (Lenexa, KS)
Fruutfull (Tampa, FL) - TOP 5
Intelligent Observation (Miami, FL)
IMMERTEC (Tampa, FL) - 2nd PLACE
NeuroFlow (Philadelphia, PA)
Professional Credentials Exchange (Nashville, TN & Tampa, FL)
Proov Test by MFB Fertility, Inc. (Boulder, CO)
re:3D (Houston & Austin, TX) - 2019 WINNER
Resonado (South Bend, IN)
Route (Chicago, IL) - TOP 5
SAFE App (Los Angeles, CA)
SecondKeys (Memphis, TN) - 3rd PLACE & FAN FAVORITE
SegAna (Orlando, FL)
SnapShyft (Indianapolis, IN)
Fan Favorite | SecondKeys
Online People's Choice Award | WiseHer
American Airlines Raffle Winner | ion Learning
Meet Startup of the Year™ Online Judges
Thank you for your hard work and determination in selecting the most innovative startups.
André Heeg
Sandoz, Global Head Digital
Aia Sarycheva
Investor, Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund
Rick Robinson
AARP Product Innovation
Karen Cahn
Founder & CEO, iFundWomen
Dan Feld
Head of Global Enterprise Business, Hardware Partnerships at Google
Allie Felix
Director of Platform, Embarc Collective
Aziz Gilani
Managing Director, Mercury Fund
Erica Duignan Minnihan
Founder, 1000 Angels
Chacho Valadez
Apprentice, Investment Associate, Backstage Capital
Sarah Kunst
Managing Director, Cleo Capital & Bumble Senior Advisor
José Morey
Chief Medical Innovation Officer, Liberty BioSecurity
Cheryl Foil
CTO, New Venture
Dr. Richard Munassi
Director, Tampa Bay WaVE
Michael Sorrentino
Founder, Sorrentino Media
Jennifer Skjellum
Director of Programs, CO.Lab
Pramod Dabir
CEO, West Agile Labs, Inc.
Ruth Yomtoubian
Partner, Before Alpha
Charles E. Allen, IV
Founder, Riptide Investments
Brit Fitzpatrick
Commercialization Director, Tri-ED
Destin Ortego
Director, Opportunity Machine
Kimberly Strong
CEO, Strong Connexion, LLC
Jonathan Bennun
Venture Partner,
NextGen Venture Partners
Emily Egan
Director of Strategic Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneruship & Innovation, Tulane University
Andy Stoll
Senior Program Officer, The Kauffman Foundation
Thomas Knoll
COO, Revelry Labs
Jillian Froit
Entrepreneurs Program Manager, SOLIDWORKS Dassault Systemes
Jake Hamann
Founder & Executive Director, Peoria Innovation Alliance
Kathleen Hale
Co-founder, Rebel Desk
Zetdi Sloan
Director, Arrowhead Accelerator Programs, New Mexico State University
James Phelan
Innovation & Strategy Lead at Plāsyn, Director at Founder Institute Houston
Claria Lindenmeyer
Founder, Proximity To Power
Rick Turoczy
Cofounder and General Manager, PIE
Beth McKeon
CEO, Fluent
Justin Fishkin
Chief Strategy Officer
Miller Girvin
CEO, Alabama Capital Network
St.John Hill
Senior Manager, Capital One
David Littlejohn
Founder, Humanaut
Lisa Liberatore
Co-Managing Director, Scratchpad Accelerator
Matt Blomstedt
Managing Partner, SpringTime Ventures
Ann Diab
Startup Coach
Sheng Zhong
Strategic Finance & Business Operations, GitHub
Robert Heiblim
Partner, Bluesalve Partners
Ashley Rich
Attorney, DLA Piper
Mike Malloy
Program Director, Halcyon Incubator
George Stepancich
CEO, Invisionate
Dan Myers
Managing Director, Lighthouse Labs
Kim Folsom
CEO, Managing Partner, Founders First Capital Partners, LLC
Bill Kenney
Founder, MEET
Frank Parrotto
COO, Matrix Advisors LLC
Linda Olson
President, Tampa Bay Wave
Tim Moore
Communications Manager, CO.LAB
