HATCH Pitch 2016 Winners Announced

BrainCheck Wins Hatch Pitch Competition in Austin

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HATCH pitch, the revolutionary startup pitch competition, announced its
winners at Ballet Austin in Austin, TX held March 13th. BrainCheck,
CarForce, and Artiphon, were selected by the judges as the overall best
of the best! Each of the 12 finalists had four minutes to pitch their
idea before fielding questions from a panel of thirteen corporate,
angel, and venture investor judges.

Finalists were selected from 20 countries and 34 states to participate,
and each received one-on-one coaching from mentors to refine their
presentations prior to competition. Judges evaluated the pitches and
determined companies in which they would invest a virtual $1M.

There were 3 sessions – Digital Health, Connected World, and Mobility.
In Digital Health, BrainCheck took first place. In Connected World,
Artiphon took first place, and CarForce took first place in Mobility.
Prize donations came from companies Microsoft BizSpark, Founder Suite,
and SkillGigs.

“The new venue at Ballet Austin was stunning and our finalists performed
well. I’m excited to watch them progress. I really enjoyed the
thoughtful questions and feedback from our judges,” said Greg Wright,
founder of HATCH pitch.

The HATCH pitch judges were Aya Zook (Microsoft Ventures), Jenny
Fielding (Techstars), Ben Wilson (GE), Craig Cummings (RideScout), Jay
Steinfeld (Blinds.com), Kerry Rupp (True Wealth Ventures), Dylan Boyd
(R/GA Ventures), Lynne Chou (Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers), Jeff
Valk (Admetsys), Dominic Ybarra Ekarius (Technology PR Lead), Krishna
Srinivasan (LiveOak Venture Partners), Justin Graham (Hearst Health),
and Werner Vogels (Amazon).

Providing an opportunity for the audience and “the crowd” to
participate, HATCH pitch and ProTexting partnered to host the Crowd
Favorite and Social Favorite contests. The top places went to Integrated
Bionics for Social Favorite, and Luminostics for the Audience Favorite
prize.

About HATCH pitch

HATCH pitch is the revolutionary pitch competition for tech startup
companies making life better. HATCH pitch is volunteer-run and supported
by sponsors like Qukku, Blue Lance, Osha Liang, Mbira Group, Prezi,
SkillGigs, ProTexting, and University of Houston.

To learn more about HATCH pitch history, coaches, alumni, etc. go to http://www.hatchpitch.com/about/

Connect with us on twitter @HATCHpitch and Facebook at
facebook.com/HatchPitch.

For more information:

www.hatchpitch.com
http://www.hatchpitch.com/event/
http://www.hatchpitch.com/event#finalists-event
http://www.hatchpitch.com/event#judges-event

Expanded announcement on our blog:

http://www.hatchpitch.com/news/sx2016winnerspr

Contacts

HATCH pitch
Greg Wright, (713) 568-7899
greg@hatchpitch.com