Winners in the contest will be announced Tuesday, June 12, at the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference in
“Our sponsors help make this contest very worthwhile for entrants who reach the final round,” said Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology Council. “They support the contest because they know it has a track record for building the state’s tech-based economy.”
Prizes include cash, four separate offers of a year’s free rent in a business or tech park, legal services, accounting services, web site and information technology services and media-related services. Please see a full list of sponsors below.
Twenty-six entries from 16 communities are competing in the finalist round of the fourth annual BPC.
The contestants have survived two rounds of judging in the contest organized through the Tech Council, which is producing the contest in conjunction with its membership subsidiary, the Wisconsin Innovation Network, the Wisconsin Angel Network and other statewide affiliates. The contest began in late January with nearly 300 entries statewide.
The 26 remaining plans include ideas for products or services in energy generation or conservation, “green” building, disease management, information technology systems and security, drug research and production, nanotechnology products and personal safety.
Contestants have submitted a 20-page business plan for review by a panel of 65 judges established by the Tech Council, which is the independent, non-profit and non-partisan science and technology adviser to the Governor and the Legislature. The finalists’ executive summaries as well as those filed by semi-finalists are available for inspection by accredited investors through the Wisconsin Angel Network, which has 25 member angel networks, private equity funds or corporate strategic partners.
Cities with finalists in the contest are:
Reporters wishing to contact individual contestants or learn more about their plans should contact Tom Still or Joe Kremer at 608-442-7557.
Finalists are:
AMW NF Nonwovens (nanotech products) Bob Waldron Appleton
DLJ Solutions/Benequant (health data) Deb Matz Appleton
Bayland LLC (green building materials) CJ Schmidt De Pere
LogCentric (data “mining” and analysis) Dan Nickchen Greenville
Household Energy Use Monitor Brad Rake Hubertus
Elimanure (turning manure to energy) Paul Schneider Kaukauna
Staff Management Systems (web-enabled scheduling) Cheryl Vickroy
Extract Systems/ID Shield (identity theft protection) David Rasmussen
Health Innovation Technologies, Inc. (optometry) Scott Jens
JotChat(personal information manager) Karen Blaedow
ProSentinel Prostate Cancer Vaccine Benjamin Lap
Stemina Biomarker Discovery (drug screening)
WindLift LLC (wind energy) Robert Creighton
10H Inc. (microscope sample handling) Mark Nelson
SiteHound Inspection Software (building inspection) Dave Neuman Menomonee Falls
Promentis Pharmaceuticals (anti-psychotic drugs) David Baker Milwaukee
Donate A Card(redeeming unused gift cards) George Holtz Milwaukee
Fahlgreen Solutions (biometric identification) Susanne Kufahl Montello
Vector Surgical(cancer surgical tools) Janet Phillips Oconomowoc
Stealth Therapeutics (cancer surgery access port) Bradley Glenn
NIR Inspection System (pharmaceutical process) Joseph Trygar Pleasant Prairie
Package Filling System (pharmaceutical process) Kimberly Trygar Pleasant Prairie
Medication Liquefier Manufacturing System Kimberly Trygar Pleasant Prairie
Muth Global Vision (night driving aid) Kristi Lawrence Sheboygan
JunTech (video surveillance tracking system) Jun Zhang Shorewood
Cardiopoietis (heart disease drugs) John Baker Wauwatosa
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