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High Tech Council's TechOut Competition Underway

Published Friday Aug 31, 2018

High Tech Council's TechOut Competition Underway

The application period is underway for the NH High Tech Council TechOut, a startup competition aimed at enhancing the state’s tech ecosystem by awarding young startups with significant investment capital prizes. Now in its seventh year, this year’s event features a $300,000 investment pool to be given out in the form of investment capital awards to the winners.

The Mill Works Fund II, a partnership among NH investors, and the NH Business Finance Authority is providing the $300,000 in investment funds: $200,000 for first place, and $100,000 for second place. The first-place prize in the 2017 competition was awarded to Kantum Diagnostics, Inc., a biotechnology company that is developing a diagnostic and therapeutic combination to prevent and treat Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). Second place went to Datanomix, a company offering a fog computing system that helps simplify and accelerate how companies extract value from machine-generated data.

Each year, TechOut identifies talented, hungry tech entrepreneurs and funds them through investment capital awards. The competition culminates with an event on Thursday, November 15 that features live pitches by the finalists, displays of their innovations and networking opportunities with like-minded innovators, entrepreneurs and investors.

The application period for TechOut is now open for startups that have been in business for less than five years, have raised less than $250,000 and have earned less than $250,000 in revenue. The culminating TechOut event will be held on Thursday, November 15, 2018 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at Oracle+Dyn, 150 Dow Street in Manchester.

Completed 2018 TechOut applications can be submitted no later than Friday, September 21, 2018.

The 2018 TechOut competition has been generously sponsored by Borealis Ventures, Oracle + Dyn, Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson, p.l.l.c., Consolidated Communications and the Entrepreneurs’ Fund of New Hampshire. Additional sponsorship opportunities are still available by emailing kathleen@cooksonstrategies.com or calling 603.935.8951.

The New Hampshire High Tech Council engages, connects, and supports member companies throughout New Hampshire. Since 1983, the Council has supported education, research, innovation, and economic development efforts that have helped New Hampshire become a national leader in entrepreneurship and business. For more information, or to learn about sponsorship opportunities, please visit nhhtc.org, email info@NHHTC.org or connect via Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn.

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