In 2-Minute Drill for Startups, a Winning Pitch for Clinical Trials

2014 TCA Quick Pitch (Xconomy photo by BVBigelow)

print 3-D printing jobs on nearly any 3-D printer from any Web-enabled mobile device. Founder Drew Taylor described AstroPrint as the “Android” of the 3-D printing industry.

—CleverPet is a smart WiFi-connected device that provides treat rewards to entertain and train stay-at-home dogs. Co-founder Dan Kundsen said the device can be remotely controlled by pet owners using a Web-connected mobile device.

—Doctible is a website that helps consumers with high deductible health insurance shop for affordable health and dental care. Founder and CEO Ajit Viswanath said 70 million Americans are on high deductible plans and 90 percent must pay out of pocket because they don’t meet their deductible threshold every year.

—Electrozyme has developed proprietary technology for printable biosensors that are placed like adhesive bandages on users’ skin to assess whether they are dehydrated. Founder and CEO Josh Windmiller said billionaire Mark Cuban has made a seed-round investment and is a strategic partner, and the National Institutes of Health provided funding to explore several healthcare applications of the technology.

—Hush Technology “is the world’s first smart earplugs that combine noise-masking technology with smartphone connectivity,” said co-founder and CEO Daniel Lee. The earbuds can block external sounds or play the sleep-inducing sounds of rain or waves, but still allow important calls to come through, so users are only awakened by the things that matter most.

—StrongVolt has developed advanced portable solar chargers for use outdoors in camping, backpacking, boating, and other active lifestyle activities. Founder and CEO Ian Sells said the company “is poised to do $1 million in sales this year.”

—Wyldfire is a dating app designed to encourage women to participate by screening men for boorish behavior. As founder and CEO Brian Freeman put it, “One of the things that makes us different is that we are creep free.”

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Author: Bruce V. Bigelow

In Memoriam: Our dear friend Bruce V. Bigelow passed away on June 29, 2018. He was the editor of Xconomy San Diego from 2008 to 2018. Read more about his life and work here. Bruce Bigelow joined Xconomy from the business desk of the San Diego Union-Tribune. He was a member of the team of reporters who were awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting for uncovering bribes paid to San Diego Republican Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham in exchange for special legislation earmarks. He also shared a 2006 award for enterprise reporting from the Society of Business Editors and Writers for “In Harm’s Way,” an article about the extraordinary casualty rate among employees working in Iraq for San Diego’s Titan Corp. He has written extensively about the 2002 corporate accounting scandal at software goliath Peregrine Systems. He also was a Gerald Loeb Award finalist and National Headline Award winner for “The Toymaker,” a 14-part chronicle of a San Diego start-up company. He takes special satisfaction, though, that the series was included in the library for nonfiction narrative journalism at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. Bigelow graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 1977 with a degree in English Literature and from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1979. Before joining the Union-Tribune in 1990, he worked for the Associated Press in Los Angeles and The Kansas City Times.