The 43North competition is officially over. Yesterday ASi, LLC was awarded $1 million, and a host of other competitors walked away with additional hefty sums. Out of 6932 applicants, representing 96 countries, and 50 states, with 113 semifinalists, and 11 finalists pitching their cases, the following winners emerged:
$250K
KeepUp
Genetesis (also won $10K from Larkin Square Development for the People’s Choice Award)
Hemogenyx
Asana Medical
$500K
EcoBreeze
triMirror
Raland Therapeutics
Energy Intelligence
Medical Conservation Devices
Eulysis UK
$1M
ASi, LLC
ASI, LLC is a company based in Tonawanda that has proposed production of a metal that is lighter, stronger and less expensive. It’s interesting that this winner was chosen, considering that Buffalo was a former blue collar steel town. It’s almost as if to say,”We understand what this sort of industry can do for an economy… we lost our steel plants, and now we’re going to lay claim to reinvention the wheel… or reinventing the steel.”
To see a short breakdown of the winners and their businesses, click here.