Four companies have been named finalists in the 2013 BioChallenge. These four companies will go on to pitch for over $25,000 in prizes on November 18:
– Advano, a nanotechnology manufacturing company
– InnoGenomics Technologies, a forensic DNA testing company
– MiniVax, a startup developing treatments for opportunistic infections
– TRUE-See Systems, a digital medical photography calibration startup
November 7, 2013 – Read it now in The Times-Picayune / Nola.com
November 05, 2013 – Silicon Bayou News
Be Well Nutrition beat out 8 other startups to take home the top prize of $20,000 in the first annual Greaux GNO business plan competition.
November 05, 2013 – Gambit / Best of New Orleans
High-protein healthy lifestyle beverage ICONIC has re-launched in Greater New Orleans with two flavors, Chocolate Truffle and Pure Vanilla Bean.
October 31, 2013 – New Orleans Defender
“I personally like to wash down shrimp po-boys with a 20 oz. soft drink, but Billy Bosch of BeWell Nutrition has another alternative for New Orleanians: ICONIC, a healthy protein drink that acts as an on-the-go beverage meal. The drink is unique to an evolving health drink market, but it’s also another example of the potential for start-up businesses in New Orleans to hit it big in ways they can’t in other cities.” – Sam Nelson
October 23, 2013 –Silicon Bayou News
Tulane biomedical engineering students recently won the top prize in a national medical device design competition for their improved endotrachael tube, which the team will now work to commercialize.
October 14, 2013 – The Times-Picayune / Nola.com
“The New Orleans BioInnovation Center incubator for biosciences companies has opened registrations for an entrepreneurship conference taking place November 18-20 and an accompanying pitch contest called the BioChallenge with a prize of $25,000 in cash and services for the winning idea.”
October 11, 2013 – The Times-Picayune / Nola.com
NOBIC President Aaron Miscenich spoke during a panel discussion on entrepreneurship in New Orleans during an event called A Taste of New Orleans, produced by the state chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth.
October 09, 2013 – Silicon Bayou News
New Orleans-based Rebar Interactive partnered with Omniscience Mobile on an app for ADHD teens and young adults that won the top prize of $100,000 in the Shire Pharmaceuticals and Health 2.0 ADHD Transitions Challenge.
October 06, 2013 – NPR
NPR features Bioceptive while taking a look at intrauterine devices, their efficacy, and what it would take to boost usage of the devices in the United States and around the world.
August 30, 2013 – The Times-Picayune / Nola.com
A brief history of Bioceptive’s development and recent progress, including a $1.1 million investment round and a $250,000 product development grant from a coalition of international development organizations.