Another week, another round of Tech Madness.
It's our reader-driven bracket competition (like March Madness) that aims to champion and highlight local startups — 32 of them, to be exact, and they’ll face off bracket-style over the next few weeks until the winner is determined. See the whole bracket here.
In its second round, Cincy's Tech Madness garnered just under 1,000 votes. There was, once again, a host of tight races. Eccrine Systems beat Enable Injections by just five votes and Cladwell beat out Oros by two votes. A friendly reminder that every vote (like every shot!) counts. Want to see your team - er, startup - advance? Make sure you get clicking.
Here's who we've got in our Elite Eight:
Eccrine Systems versus ReadySet Surgical
NicheFire versus Action Streamer
Cladwell versus Spatial.ai
Tech Elevator versus Wunderfund
Our next round kicks off today and will close March 28 at 11:59 p.m. As usual, we'll write a post just like this one highlighting the results.
If you're not sure who to vote for, keep this in mind: While choosing who to vote for is ultimately subjective, we encourage you to engage by asking yourself, “who would I invest in?” However you interpret that question is correct. Does one company’s core values intrigue you over another’s? Does one “player” already have a stronger showing of venture funding and you want to keep sharing the love? Or perhaps your brother’s company is facing a startup that you’ve never heard of, and you really want him to take home the prize, just ’cause. Or — maybe you love one company to pieces, but realllllyyy feel like its opponent will ultimately go the distance to become the state’s first unicorn. At the end of they day? You do you.
All this voting will conclude on April 5, after which the competition will end and we’ll crown the 2019 Tech Madness winner.
