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Highlights From 2009 Five Ventures®
2009 Winners:
Biotechnology – Pharmaceutical
• WINNER - Countervail Corporation (Charlotte, NC) – A repurposed Alzheimer’s drug is used to protect against exposure to nerve gas and pesticides.
• RUNNER-UP - Inhibikase Therapeutics (Smyrna, GA) - A new class of drug that is simultaneously effective against bacterial and viral infections in humans.
Biotechnology – Devices
• WINNER - HepatoSys, Inc. (Charlotte, NC) – Develops products related to the preservation and restoration of organs for transplantation.
• RUNNER UP - Microscopy Research Innovations, Inc. (Knoxville, TN) – Has created a guidance system for physicians that track a needle’s location inside a patient’s body.
Information Technology / Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
• WINNER - Balaya, LLC (Savannah, GA) – Provides a set of a social media tools for businesses to use internally as an enterprise solution or externally as a consumer-facing engagement tool.
• RUNNER-UP - BestMedical, Inc. (Savannah, GA) – Combines existing leading-edge and proprietary technologies to create a web-based solution for users to answer virtually any question about medical conditions and the related ongoing life challenges.
Retail / Services
• WINNER - TrakLok Corporation (Knoxville, TN) - A product and service company deploying a solution to secure and globally track intermodal shipping containers.
• RUNNER-UP - T1 Visions, Inc. (Charlotte, NC) – Developed cutting-edge technology solutions that provide a unique multi-media experience to restaurant patrons.
Student / Non-Profit
• WINNER - Entogenetics (Raleigh, NC) – Discovered how to transfer the spider’s silk production gene into the common silk worm, creating the means for large scale, inexpensive spider silk production.
• RUNNER-UP - Student Relief for Higher Learning of America, Inc. (Charlotte, NC) – Provides a solution for college students to lease text books which can reduce course materials costs up to 60% over the duration of their career.
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Charlotte region's most dynamic early-stage business development competition kicks off January 11, 2010 and will conclude at the Five Ventures® Conference on April 13, 2010. Over $100,000 in premium services are up for grabs during the competition! Produced by the Charlotte Research Institute at the UNC Charlotte, Five Ventures® is a FREE competition offering training, seminars, matchmaking, one-on-one coaching and cash to entrepreneurs interested in starting a high-growth business.
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