The 19 finalists for the 43North seventh annual startup competition were announced.
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The finalists will be coming to Buffalo later this month to pitch for one of eight investments totaling $5 million, including a top prize of $1 million.
These startups originate from across the United States, as well as Canada and the United Kingdom, and cover an extensive set of industries, from clinical testing to fintech services, sustainable farming, artificial intelligence, and consumer tools.
Attendees at this year's 43North Finals event will cheer on a new crop of competitors vying for a place in 43North's portfolio and meet new judges. In addition to a top investment of $1 million, and seven $500,000 prizes, winners receive free space in 43North's new incubator in Seneca One Tower, guidance from experienced mentors in their field, and access to other business incentive programs.
Akala Beverly Hills, CA
Akala is a college admissions platform that provides customized guidance to students as early as the 8th grade, in order to optimize their college applications.
BetterMynd Buffalo, NY
BetterMynd is an online therapy platform that partners directly with universities to provide their students access to a diverse network of licensed mental health counselors from the privacy and convenience of their laptops and mobile devices.
Big Wheelbarrow Austin, TX
Big Wheelbarrow is a software as a service platform that enables food distributors and grocers to manage supply chains in order to meet consumer demand for local food profitably, efficiently, and safely.
BotFactory New York, NY
BotFactory's 3D printer product uses conductive ink to allow anyone to prototype printed circuit boards in minutes instead of weeks.
Cheelcare Richmond Hill, Canada
Cheelcare's 3 lines of mobility devices make any manual wheelchair, a powered wheelchair increasing users' independence and comfort while preventing shoulder pain typically caused by the lifelong use of a wheelchair.
FLOX London, UK
FLOX's machine vision technology enables welfare first farming; allowing poultry farm owners to improve chicken health and wellbeing, while also operating more ethically, profitably & sustainably.
Infiuss Health San Jose, CA
Infiuss Health powers remote research clinical trials with their Software as a service platform, connecting clinical researchers in the US and EU to patient participants in Africa.
Kapitalwise New York, NY
Kapitalwise's micro investment platform helps financial institutions pilot and deploy financial wellness tools to their existing customers, such as calculators, content, and templates.[break]
Kilter Madison, WI
Kilter is a mobile platform that enables people to turn their everyday activities into opportunities to drive charitable dollars to their favorite cause while building culture and community to make a global impact.
Laundris Manor, TX
Laundris is a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that helps hotels optimize and streamline linen management, reducing expenses and operating costs by up to 40%.
Metabob, Inc. Mountain View, CA
Metabob is an AI assisted tool that cuts debugging in half by reviewing Python code for hidden errors and performance sinks.
Ognomy Williamsville, NY
Ognomy's HIPAA compliant telemedicine platform helps people to get tested, diagnosed, and treated for sleep apnea from the comfort of home.
Ontopical Inc. Calgary, Canada
Ontopical uses machine learning and natural language processing to monitor local governments in order to help customers gain extremely valuable signals of upcoming contract opportunities and business risks related to policy.
ShearShare, Inc. McKinney, TX
ShearShare is a business to business (B2B) mobile platform helping Salon owners drive additional revenue through filling empty salon chairs on demand, through their matching of salon barbershop owners with vetted licensed beauty professionals.
Tequity, LLC Kalamazoo, MI
Tequity's platform gives its clients a no code solution to building and deploying a successful mobile app in a fraction of the time.
Top Seedz Buffalo, NY
Top Seedz produces artisan crackers and roasted seeds packed with nutrition and flavor using the simplest ingredients that nature provides.
VeriTX Corp East Aurora, NY
VeriTX is a marketplace of digital schematics serving supply chain solutions to customers across the aerospace, medical and industrial markets.
Verivend Buffalo, NY
Verivend offers the quickest way available to pay and get paid, allowing businesses to transact with all customers and vendors and a digital wallet powering instant B2B and business to consumer (B2C) payments.
Zealot Interactive Arlington, TX
The best way to learn guitar, Zealot's app offers augmented reality video lessons for real life musical instruments paired with state of the art hardware. ■