Aaron Roy, of Brooklyn, NY, prepares to take a photo of a 3D model of the arterial structure of the brain. 3D Ops, a Chattanooga start-up company, used a 3D printer to create the image.READ MORECook: See Gig City
11 START-UPS PITCH PLANSEleven start-up companies pitched investors at DemoDay.• 3D Ops, Chattanooga: creates 3D anatomical medical models that allow surgeons to plan procedures before operating on patients.• Cognitics, Chattanooga/San Francisco: uses technology to improve mental health care by applying analytics to treat patients with conditions such as depression and PTSD.• Feetz, Chattanooga: creates custom-fit footwear for consumers by using patented algorithms, photos and 3D printing.• GridCure, Chattanooga/Toronto: helps electric utilities assess large amounts of data from smart grids to improve security and reliability of power delivery.• Lathon, Atlanta/San Diego: manufactures affordable, dual-material desktop 3D printers.• Nestegg Biotech, Huntsville, Ala.: creates non-toxic 3D scaffolding that can make it cheaper for companies to bring drugs to market.• KORHealth, Chattanooga/Miami: offers a cloud-based network to educate consumers about healthy choices and care.• Playorities, Miami: offers a Web-based interactive platform to combat child obesity.• SeamBot, Huntsville, Ala.: uses automation technology to customize manufacturing of clothes and textiles.• The Fab Cloud, Chattanooga/Asheville, N.C.: connects partners and customers in the 3D printing industry through an online network.• TrakTek 3D, Knoxville: creates 3D machine replacement parts for industrial, construction and aviation equipment.Source: Co.Lab
Clay Posey is executive vice president at 3D Operations Inc.Life is three-dimensional — and if start-up firms that dominated GigTank’s Demo Day have their way, the future of fashion, manufacturing and medicine will be, too.
That means perfectly custom fit shoes, and surgery based on a lifelike replica of your insides, both thanks to 3-D technology.
Eleven new companies showed their mettle and their major plans on Tuesday at Girls Preparatory School, during the culmination of Co.Lab’s summer-long accelerator program. The goal: woo more than 100 investors and venture capital firms that have an estimated $200 million to put into businesses they deem worthy. To be sure, the fledgling companies wanted barely a sliver of that.