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EVENTS

OHIO TECH INTERNSHIP  
A program connecting college students with early stage OH tech companies.  Eligible businesses can receive up to $10K to support each position. 

APPLICATIONS OPEN

  
EXPLORE Phase
Spring 2016
New entrepreneur? Learn how to create a business plan and more in this 9-week course.

STARTS: Thurs. April 7
TIME:      6- 9 PM
PLACE: HCDC Business Center
1776 Mentor Avenue
Cincinnati OH 452 12

LEARN MORE HERE            



eKickStart: NEW RULES FOR CROWDFUNDING
Business Attorney Paul Spitz reviews SEC's latest rules on crowdfunding and discusses pros and cons.  

DATE: Friday,  April 8
TIME:  8 am- 9 am
PLACE: HCDC Business Center  
1776 Mentor Avenue
Cincinnati OH 45212



The Cincinnati Business Courier celebrates startups and entrepreneurs at the 6th Annual Innovation & Technology Awards.

DATE: Thurs. April 21
TIME: 5:30- 8:30 pm
PLACE: Sharonville Convention Center
11355 Chester Road
 Cincinnati   OH , 45246




OCEAN Demo Day 
Meet the faith-based accelerator's Class of 2016.

DATE: Thurs.  April 28
TIME: 1pm 
PLACE: Crossroads Oakley Auditorium
3500 Madison Road
Cincinnati OH 45209




APPLICATION PROCESS IS OPEN
for the nationally ranked Brandery accelerator's 2016 class.

DEADLINE: April 29

 
MARCH 2016

NOTES

SWEAT TECH ON A BIG STAGE: A STORY BEHIND THE STORY    
     
At South by Southwest this month, sports drink pioneer Gatorade made a big splash with a well choreographed and widely covered leap into the tech space.  CNBC declared it among the   best brand experiences of SXSW Interactive .   

Much of the buzz centered on  the sensor-equipped "smart cap" bottle  Gatorade is developing to deliver customized hydration to individual athletes. It links with an electronic sweat sensing patch worn on the skin, that measures and transmits real time information about sodium, potassium and chloride levels in sweat.  That information would guide an athlete to whichever one of 12 different fluid formulas would best help them to replenish and recover.  You can see the cap and patch in a Macworld video  here . 

This is exciting news here at CincyTech, as we are very familiar with the foundational sweat sensing technology that has become a key aspect of Gatorade's push.  If you were among the hundreds who attended our   2015 Annual Big Breakfast + Startup Showcase , you might have seen an earlier version of the underlying technology in action.  It's the innovative work of  Eccrine Systems , a portfolio company built around technology and IP licensed exclusively out of the University of Cincinnati. The company is developing non-invasive sweat sensing systems for medicine, industry and sport.

Last May, Eccrine Systems  announced it had selected Virginia-based CoreSyte  as its worldwide athletic partner.  This aligns with its business plan to closely collaborate with downstream, market-savvy partners in different verticals, each of whom would integrate Eccrine's technology innovations into their products.  This month in Austin, Texas, it proved to be a prescient choice.   Here's why:  as part of its tech splash, Gatorade announced partnerships with four technology companies .   Three are widely recognizable: Facebook, Twitter, and Spotify.  The fourth is CoreSyte, which is providing the biosensing sweat patch.

"I can't imagine a better start for our athletics collaboration," comments Robert Beech, Eccrine's CEO and co-founder. "CoreSyte and Eccrine have taken a big step forward together in a large market space that increasingly demands the best science and physiological data.  It's a great example of the world-class applications and opportunities that will be enabled by this next generation of non-invasive biosensing wearables."

PORTFOLIO COMPANIES AMONG FINALISTS FOR INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY AWARDS

     
            

Congratulations to our portfolio companies on the finalists list for the 2016 Innovation & Technology Awards, presented by the Cincinnati Business Courier.  In alphabetical order they are:

 

--Assurex Health Tech Company of the Year,      Outstanding CTO/CIO (shout out to Don Wright)

--Batterii  Best Software Product

--BlackbookHR  Tech Team of the Year

--ChoreMonster  Best Software Product

--Enable Injections  Bioscience Innovation

--Frameri  Advanced Engineering Innovation

--LISNR  Outstanding Marketing Innovation,  Advanced Engineering Innovation, Tech    Company of the Year, Tech Team of the Year, Best  Device/Application, Most Promising Startup

--Strap  Outstanding Marketing Innovation, Most Promising Startup

--StreamSpot  Best Software Product

--WorkFlex Solutions  Best Device/Application

--Zipscene  Tech Team of the Year, Outstanding    CTO/CIO (shout out to Mark Schneider)


 Winners will be announced on April 21.  See the events column on the left for details.
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