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Congratulations to the 2009 BPC Winners
 
BPC 1st Place
Audiallo
BPC 2nd Place Syzygy
BPC 3rd Place
FansWanMore
Most Fundable
Syzygy
Judges Choice
Happy hr
BPC Finalist
Happy hr, Nonoshield and BioFuel
UG Award
Happy hr
UG Runner-Ups
Uguide, Big City Farmers and Free Trees
BPC Alumni Innovation Award
Nanoshield
Elevator Pitch Award
Happy hr
Showstopper Award
Syzygy
  
Launched Businesses

 

 Accelereyes - 2007 1st Place Award Winner

  • Initial Product: Software solution for high performance computing
  • Beta release of product Completed. Commercial release scheduled for late 2008.
  • Currently Operating out of the TI:GER Lab at Georgia Tech
  • Employees: 8 

Sentrinsic – 2005 Finalist and Award Winner

  • Initial Product: Position sensors for industrial automation and robotics.
  • Admitted to Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)
  • Money Raised/Grants: National Collegiate Investors, Innovators Alliance ($15K), Georgia Research Alliance ($50K)
  • Status: Operational

VirtualBLUE – 2004 BPC 1st Place Winner

  • Initial Product: Digital blue prints
  • Admitted to Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)
  • Named to "Top 40 Innovative Companies" by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG)
  • Money Raised: $1 M in seed financing agreements
  • Patents: Non-provisional patents pending
  • Development Agreements: With 3M and E-Ink
  • Status: Discontinued Operations 2006

Polytorx – 2003 Finalist and Award Winner

  • Initial Product: Advanced steel fibers for concrete reinforcement
  • NCIIA/DSEF National Marketing Excellence Award – March 2005
  • Money Raised:
    — $800,000 (grants and equity)
    — SBIR Phase I grant complete
    — $1M SBIR Phase II pending
  • Operational
    — Gross sales in US, Europe, Asia
    — 10,000 sq ft production facility in Jackson, MI
    — 15 machines producing 75,000 lbs/month with current demand to add machines
  • Employees: 6

STHENO – 2003 Finalist and Award Winner

  • Initial Product: Detection systems targeted for use in high-pressure liquid chromatography
  • Admitted to Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)
  • Money Raised:
    — $1.4 M (investors: Acorn LLC, Healthcare Partners, New England Partners, ATDC Seed Fund)
    — Awarded 2 SBIR Phase I grants
  • Technology licensed from Georgia Tech
  • Patents: 6 pending and 3 pending trademarks
  • Established early access program with Merck Research Laboratories
    Operational
  • Employees: 5

Radatec – 2001 BPC 1st Place Winner

  • Initial Product: Non-contact microwave-based displacement sensors
  • Admitted to and graduated from Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)
  • Money Raised:
    — $2.7 M in grants and R&D contracts
    — $500,000 development contracts with Rolls Royce and NASA
    — Successful completion of multiple SBIR grants
  • Patents: 2 issued and 2 pending
  • Operational
    — Breakeven operations
    — Sales to Siemens Westinghouse (power generation in Germany)
  • Employees: 4
  • Acquired 2006

Other Operational Companies:

  • Intrinsic Securty -- 2006 BPC 1st Place Winner
  • Travel Relic -- 2007 Semifinalist 
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