Our Orlando Inno Madness competition is here. And we've got eight 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 eight innovative, fast-growing local businesses.
The bracket is assembled based on reader nominations, as well as editorial input from the Orlando Inno team. Seeding was determined by investment raised since the company's launch, based on estimates from Crunchbase.
The goal of Inno Madness is to give a snapshot of some of the most-promising tech companies in Central Florida. It is by no means a complete list of the area's best startups. It's also not just a list of the eight most-funded startups in the region.
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.
Disappointed your company isn't included this year? Be sure to check in with Orlando Inno in early 2023, when we will take nominations for next year's Orlando Inno Madness competition.
First-round voting begins now and continues through March 6. Readers can cast one vote per round. We'll open up voting round by round, ultimately crowning an Orlando Inno Madness winner on March 18.
Let's get into Round 1...
Meet the Players:
- ObvioHealth: An Orlando-based company that enables virtual clinical trials through its mobile app
- OneRail: An Orlando-based firm that developed a last-mile delivery logistics platform
- Beep: An Orlando-based operator of autonomous shuttle networks in Lake Nona and across the U.S.
- WeatherFlow: A weather forecasting data company with 28,000 square feet of operations in Daytona Beach
- ecoSPEARS: An Altamonte Springs-based firm using tech developed by NASA to remove toxins from the environment
- Fluix: An Orlando-based maker of computer liquid cooling systems meant to improve speed and efficiency
- Kismet Technologies: Orlando-based company developing NanoRAD, a patent-pending nanotechnology that continually deactivates viruses and bacteria
- Pink Lotus Technologies: The Orlando-based producer of POMM, a wearable device that can provide health and location data to 5,000 emergency call centers in North America
Read voting rules here.
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