The finalists for the annual startup pitch competition Pitch Oregon have been named in both the early stage and growth stage competition.
The event is slated for 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Nines Hotel in downtown Portland. It’s organized by the entrepreneurial group TiE Oregon. The member-based group has various training for founders and an angel investing arm. Last year, $875,000 was invested in six different companies.
The growth stage competition is broken into sectors. Here are the finalists in each:
Life Sciences growth-stage:
- Braingrade, a Delaware-based company developing an intelligent brain implant aimed at Alzheimer’s disease treatment.
- Myohealth Technologies Inc, a Portland-based company that makes the Myoaligner, a jaw aligner designed to treat TMJ.
- VitalFlo, with offices in Portland and Raleigh, North Carolina, the company created a remote respiratory monitoring system.
Clean Tech growth-stage:
- Bold Reuse, a Portland-based company that works with enterprise and food service customers to provide reusable food packaging.
- Pure Blue Tech, a Seattle-based company that develops membranes for water purification.
- Ren Energy, a Portland-based company developing tools to help companies decarbonize supply chains.
Tech/Software growth-stage:
- August Partners Inc, dba Membio, is a Portland-based company building a member engagement tool for real estate and multiple listing services.
- Phosio Corp., is a Corvallis-based materials science company developing optical coatings for use in augmented reality hardware, Lidar sensors and LEDs.
- Well Traveled, a Los Angeles-based travel club that helps people discover, plan and book travel.
The event also features pitches from early stage companies. Those finalists are:
- Vobo.com, a Portland-based company that helps customers make branded apps.
- Balak Drishti, a Beaverton-based company making low cost and high quality glasses available to children globally.
- LeapFrog Design, is a Bend-based company developing natural water treatment and reuse systems for homes.
There is one early stage alternate: Hillsboro-based Finnegan the Dragon, a character-based learning tool to help children with language development.
