Startupalooza Finalist in Crain's: Bustripping

Bustripping - one of the 4 finalists at last week's Startupalooza is featured in the current Crain's Business Magazine.

A previous winner, CreativeWorx was featured in Forbes.

Startupalooza has emerged as the leading mediacentric event for startups where every plan is rated in detail by VCs so the entrepreneurs can learn how to improve their Fundability options.

Here are the results of the past Startupalooza at Mercy College in NYC.

QoL Devices, LLC  - Mobile based Respiratory Training and Therapy device.

The Finalists were:

Bustripping - "Kayak" for city-to-city bus riders

Studio7 - a music enabling technology and training for the disabled

WhisperShout - an app for telling stories with video

Average VC Scores

ENTREPRENEUR	Fundability	Idea	Presentation	Execution
bustripping	19.6	6.6	6.4	6.6
QoL Devices, LLC	19.8	7.6	7.4	7.6
Studio7Music	19	6.8	5.4	5
WhisperShout	20	7	6.4	6

Report from STARTUPALOOZA NJ

122 attendees and 43 startups filled the NJIT Campus Center Atrium on February 9th for STARTUPALOOZA NJ hosted by The Enterprise Development Center at NJIT. With two minute pitches for innovations ranging from robots to electronic health record solutions, the disruptive power residing in NJ’s digital and healthcare community was once again proven. 6 finalists presented Digital finalists: Qrious, Allweb Technologies and My Venue Menu. Healthcare finalists: Vyzin, Epion Health and Assistive Innovations In presentations moderated by iBreakfast’s Alan Brody, they presented to investors including Kamran Hasmi, Heather Gilchrist, Zev Scherl (with protege Sam Scherl), Rick Pinto, Glenn Fratangelo and John Ason.

Congrats to the winners: Digital startup Qrious and healthcare firm Epion Health! Our thanks go to all attendees, exhibitors and investors as well as to Judith Sheft, Jerry Creighton and the hardworking staff of NJIT. Stay tuned for announcements of upcoming events and check out video coverage of three companies from yesterday’s StartupaloozaNJ that appears today in MedCity News  and click below for video coverage from our media sponsor NJorg

 

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