Recap of Quick Pitch 2017
The 11th Anniversary Quick Pitch was one of our best yet with Tech Coast Angels and San Diego Venture Group joining forces for the first time! With over 500 attendees we had great audience participation and the feedback has been incredible, including comments about the diverse and interesting finalist companies, the insightful and entertaining judge's comments and the quality of networking before and after the competition.
The audience chose the winners and we had a new record cash prize of $50,000. Our First Place winner of $30,000 was San Diego-based Ocella (now called Ateios), a team from UCSD who is creating a wearable flexible battery. The top 3 winners were Ocella, Aqua Design Innovations and Trust & Will, respectively.
The 2017 top 10 Finalists:
Kevin Liang, Founder, Aqua Design Innovations; Paul Swaney, Co-founder, Enspero; Jennifer Cosco, CEO, Envy; Erik Groset, CEO, Fantasy Sports Co.; Ash Robinson, CEO, Fit4mom; Corey Mack, CEO, Laforge Optical; Lu Yin, CEO, Ocella; Greg Houlgate, CEO, Oska Wellness; Cody Barbo, CEO, Trust & Will; Cody Russell, CEO, Tunnel Vision VR
