Our Dayton Inno Madness competition is underway. And we have four remaining local startups vying for the coveted title of 2022 Inno Madness champion.
Inno Madness is our friendly, bracket-style challenge where readers vote to advance companies based on one question: Who would you invest in? Whether you believe in one mission or product slightly over the other or would prefer to back a more established company versus an early-stage startup, how you answer that question is entirely up to you. The bracket is designed to shine a spotlight on 16 innovative, fast-growing local businesses.
The bracket is assembled based on reader nominations, as well as editorial input from the Dayton Inno team. Seeding was determined randomly. Meet the participants below and read the content rules here.
The goal of Inno Madness is to give a snapshot of some of the most-promising tech companies in Dayton. It is by no means a complete list of Dayton's best startups.
Instead, the bracket is meant to represent the full breadth and diversity of the ecosystem. In the end, think of the bracket as just a fun look into tech local companies you need to know in 2022.
Related: 18 Dayton-area startups to watch in 2022
Third-round voting begins at 12:01 a.m. March 16 and continues until 12 p.m. March 21. We'll open up voting round by round, ultimately crowning an INNO MADNESS winner on March 25.
Let's get into Round 3...
Meet the remaining players:
Tumble LLC
Co-founders and owners Charles Wheeler and Jeffrey Caldwell, created this local on-demand laundry and dry-cleaning service in 2019 which saw a boom in sales during the pandemic.
Website: https://www.tumblego.com/
New Season Wellness
The alternative health store, founded by Anikka and Thomas Masey, provides a range of CBD products to spotlight the benefits of cannabinoids.
Website: https://newseasonwellnesscbd.com/
MinedXAI
This new Dayton-area startup led by CEO Morley Stone and founder Ryan Kramer focuses on "reimagining explainable artificial intelligence offerings to build autonomous and continuous learning cognitive architectures to exploit and interact with data," according to its website.
Website: https://www.minedxai.com/
Ceremony
This local guided-ceremony box kit company was founded in 2019 by Candace Dalmagne-Rouge to help individuals go through experiences of loss and healing as well as events deserving celebration.
Website: https://www.holdceremony.com/
Read contest rules here.
