Congratulations go to...Cincinnati Innovates, the region’s annual online innovation competition, announced the winners of the seventh annual competition. Eight awards totaling $65,000 in grants were announced at LPK’s Brand Innovation Center Thursday evening.The top winner of CincyTech’s $20,000 cash prize was Astronomer, an app that helps online businesses spend more time shipping product and less time integrating the digital tools that manage customer data. Astronomer collects and utilizes real-time customer activity data to the hundreds of cloud-based marketing tools and analytics apps a business might use to track and communicate with customers. Second place $10,000 from LPK went to CarPal, the Uber for packages - a same-day delivery courier and transforms the way goods move around cities by enabling anyone to get a product delivered on the day of purchase. Third place $10,000 from Taft to UltraFlo Systems, a LEED Platinum plumbing system that cuts water consumption and plumbing labor and materials in homes and commercial buildings almost using a one pipe system to deliver hot and cold water by mixing in one central mixing valve. Fourth place $8,000 from First Batch, a product accelerator, as well as the $2,000 Queen City Angels Community Choice Award went to Bailout, a pocket-sized self-rescue device which will allow firefighters and other safety workers to escape from elevated environments greater than 100 feet quickly and safely. |
Congratulations to all winners!
