“After we went to Quick Pitch, that’s when we started getting some good traction.”
Recap of Quick Pitch 2018
Opening with a rousing rendition of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” by The School of Rap, and alumni company update from Trust & Will, the 12th Anniversary Quick Pitch broke records for applications, attendance and prize money - and maybe fun. When all was said and done, following a community scholarship award to WIT for promoting student entrepreneurship, the judges awarded the first prize of $50,000 to NeuraLace Medical, which is a pain management device. The second place and Audience Choice prizes of $10,000 each went to Yembo, which is using AI to make moving easier, and the $5,000 third place prize went to Lynx Bio, which is creating a precision diagnostic tool for blood cancer.
The 2018 top 10 Finalists:
Shiv Shukla, CEO, NeuraLace Medical; Sid Mohan, CEO, Yembo; Chorom Pak, CEO, Lynx Bio; Shayanne Wright, CEO, LEFT; Beck Bamberger, CEO, OnePitch; Benji Koltai, CEO, Galley Solutions; Sher Butt, CEO, CB Therapeutics; Justin Weissberg, CEO, Evasyst; Rae Lietzau, CEO, DoWhop; Elle Hempen, CEO, The Atlas Marketplace
Shiv Shukla, Neuralace Founder & Quick Pitch 2018 Winner