| What: | You’re invited to NORCAT Innovation’s eighth annual PITCH event where four entrepreneurial startups will pitch their venture to prospective angel investors and compete for $10,000 in cash prizes. Beyond watching and being inspired, attendees also have the power to determine which company goes home with the People’s Choice $5,000 cash prize! |
| Who: | As Sudbury’s Regional Innovation Centre, NORCAT Innovation is focused on supporting early-stage tech startups and the people founding them. We help by providing access to key resources and connections to the networks they need to start, grow and scale their ventures. Finalists include: CircuitIQ: CircuitIQ is a powerful, easy-to-use professional electrical circuit mapping system to locate and map circuits with 100% accuracy. This innovative power mapping tool is good for all property types. GeriMedWorks: GeriMedWorks Inc. is a female-led startup focused on providing frail older adults with evidence-based prehabilitation services that helps them prepare for major surgeries and reduce post-op complications. NTSense Technology: NTSense Technology empowers people to take control of their physical and mental health through innovative and cutting-edge continuous monitoring biosensing systems. WaiveTheWait: WaiveTheWait is a patient communication company dedicated to helping clinics run at optimal efficiency by automating complex patient communication tasks and managing patient flow into the clinic, creating capacity for medical assistants to take care of more critical tasks. |
| When: | Thursday, May 12, at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. |
| Where: | Sudbury Theatre Centre, 170 Shaughnessy St, Greater Sudbury, ON P3E 3E7 |
| Why: | Starting a business and putting your ideas into action is never easy. Many factors contribute to the success of your start-up, including access to the right mentors, customers, and, very often, capital. NORCAT Innovation’s marquee event aims to offer support to address these challenges. |
For further information and to RSVP, please contact: Keltie Melanson, Digital Marketing and Event Specialist | NORCAT | kmelanson@norcat.org | 1 (705) 521-8324 ext. 281
