Eight Chattanooga area startups culled from more than 60 entries are finalists for $100,000 from a seed fund headed by entrepreneur and AOL co-founder Steve Case.
Branch Technology CEO Platt Boyd sits in front of the world’s largest freeform 3D printer inside the Chattanooga-Hamilton County INCubator on Cherokee Boulevard.On May 10, Case and the Rise of the Rest seed fund tour will come to Chattanooga, listen to company officials make their pitches and pick a winner for the $100,000.
Marcus Shaw, chief executive of Chattanooga’s The Company Lab business accelerator, said that while one venture will win the investment, others also could benefit.
“While one company will walk away with the prize that night, we’ve seen in several other cities follow-on investment opportunities from Rise of the Rest or other investors,” Shaw said.
The finalists are: