Presenter Profiles

Over 30% of gift cards are never redeemed.  Americans are holding on to over $21B in unused gift cards.  Corporations send out millions in gift cards to customers and prospects with no insight into whether those gift cards were redeemed or how much of their gifting budget was wasted.  Favordrop solves this problem.  

Jib Sheet offers best-in-class Graphic design, website development and copywriting services at a fraction of the cost charged by traditional agencies by connecting businesses and pre-vetted freelance creatives.

Revival plans to be the first minority, physician-led cannabis microbusiness in Western New York.

 Paradigm designs and manufactures diesel emissions controls which decarbonize diesel emissions. 

KHIO by Prolivio is a hyper cooling wearable headband for individuals suffering from migraines that are looking for on-the-go cooling therapy and to gain a better understanding of their condition.

Immunaeon is a Buffalo-based patient advocacy organization that provides educational resources about the growing applications of immunotherapy for patients and their families. The Company is also building an infrastructure to store cells that make up a person's immune system for future use against potentially life-threatening illnesses.

appétit is the restaurant ordering and delivery platform that is turning the industry on its head. We bring easy ordering, content rich restaurant profiles, and local delivery fulfillment to the Western New York market and eventually, across the nation.

 Arbol is a two-sided market network that uses technology, finance, and the power of the crowd to enable striving Students of low socioeconomic backgrounds to obtain the financial and community support they need by connecting them with their biggest supporters online.

 The Dipit® Brand Condiment Caddy provides individuals with a convenient and cleaner method of enjoying a variety of finger foods.

 Packhouse Technology Solutions is a company dedicated to the safe handling of difficult to convey perishable materials such as produce and processed foods.

 Mentor Deck is a Buffalo based software company that's created the world's leading platform for organizing, connecting, scheduling and measuring the quality of mentor networks.

 Ognomy is the first telemedicine/virtual practice tool to entirely shift the diagnosis and care of sleep apnea from a clinical setting to the home, by removing the need for overnight stays at sleep centers through home-based sleep tests and virtual consultations, saving patients both time and money.

 Braidbabes is a woman-owned mobile braiding company that creates high-quality custom braids on demand at the customer's location.

 Ellicottville Greens is an early-revenue indoor vertical (and mobile) farming company based in Buffalo, NY that produces high-quality, organic, chemical-free leafy green vegetables (currently lettuce, basil, and microgreens) year-round in repurposed shipping containers. 

 Machine Document is a cloud based system that allows Field Service persons to instantly access technical information (think manuals, schematics, 3D print files as well as latest Technical/Service Bulletins) for most efficient use of time when installing/moving/maintaining high value complex machinery and equipment.

 ZIZO Technologies is launching a workforce management and gamification platform designed to engage the modern workforce and reduce attrition.

 After a severe ski accident, involving one of AvR's founders, Hilary and Remy set out on a mission to develop the fastest, most accurate and most reliable way for millions of skiers and snowboarders to directly alert ski patrol of their emergency and their precise location on the mountain, without the use of cell technology, and even when they are unconscious.

 HELIXintel is the first B2B marketplace for equipment operators to purchase aftercare services from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their authorized network.

 CLIP is a fork-mounted portable e-motor device that upgrades any bicycle with 26" to 28" wheels into an e-bike.

 STC's unique noise control products are simple, cost-effective and high performing for developers and architects.

WindowSkin® by WexEnergy is an affordable, featherweight transparent insulation panel that easily attaches to a windowpane interior surface.

Sky Canoe Inc. is a Canadian company producing one of the world's most advanced unmanned cargo aircraft.

 With a mission to help college students have a more fulfilling and less isolated college experience, the team at Laila has created a social initiator.

 VeriTX is a trusted marketplace for digital assets utilizing a platform-based business model to enable the aerospace digital supply chains of Industry 4.0. 

With a mission to feed the world and improve health for all, FoodNerd has developed the most nutritious, affordable, and delectable offerings available to everyone.

Rora Systems is a technology company, founded on the principle of making technology consumable. With our combined backgrounds in IoT, Housing, and Network Automation, we are delivering the tools and technology for both home builders and home remodelers to be the go-to workforce in the birth of the Smart Home Services market.

      CrowFly is the first online marketplace transforming the way structured settlements are bought and sold. We aim to creatively destruct and dramatically transform what can be an abusive industry that today transacts approximately $2 billion worth of business.

 Empire State Brands is a vertically integrated grower, processor and packaging enterprise providing quality hops, malted barley, wheat, rye and other grains ingredients to the craft brewery, distillery and bakery industries. 

 The number one challenge facing construction companies across the Nation is workforce shortages.  Our solution, aQuiRe©, is an app-based skill-sharing platform. 

Capti Voice is helping to level the playing field for students of all abilities by enabling teachers to: 1) assess students' foundational reading skills, 2) use actionable recommendations to improve those skills, 3) use personalized tools to help develop those skills over any content, and 4) provide reading accommodations - all on the same platform.

     Bestest is an addictive free mobile app available on iOS and Android that lets users poll the public, and vote, in real time.  Polls can be used to crowdsource opinions from the general public, followers or a specific group, can be used to make group decisions, and can obtain live audience voting from on-site attendees or fans at home. 

 Every year, billions of dollars in produced raw materials are marked off as excess and later go unused; creating a variety of costly challenges for manufacturers. To reduce this burden, Material Exchange has developed a B2B marketplace solution that allows them to monetize excess raw inventory. 

 Grit Seed is a talent acquisition platform that focuses on giving every candidate who applies a set of job related tasks to assess their fit for the role.

 CloudInsyte's mission is to modernize the due-diligence process of selecting tech & cybersecurity vendors that match a company's needs and preferences.

CoreHaptics offers the next generation of interfaces and game controllers for Entertainment, VR, Health Care, Education and Research. 

JP Food Trucks works extensively with food truck operators to not only design a highly efficient food truck; it also provides state of the art air handling and comfort systems to reduce operating costs, lower labor costs and reduce transaction times, thus increasing profits.  

 EagleHawk provides a revolutionary preventative maintenance solution for commercial buildings with flat roofs.  

     OpenBottle is a marketplace application that allows restaurants to make every bottle of wine they have available for by-the-glass servings, with zero risk, and provides consumers the ability to experience these amazing wines at price points and varieties like never before.  

      Bitcrusher is innovating electric guitar technology with our platform product; the Bitcrusher. We are bringing the influence of technology in guitars to greater lengths to add value for guitar makers and produce boundless creative opportunities for the user.

    LegWorks is a for-profit social enterprise revolutionizing access to high quality prosthetics for amputees around the world. We believe every amputee, no matter where they live, has the right to walk with confidence.

 Fill Education has designed software that allows teachers to quickly create and administer brief, daily assessments that test whether or not each of their students has retained the skill and knowledge that was taught two days prior. 

 Vista View is a free software system that allows schools and facilities to effortlessly and securely stream footage of live events on the internet. For a small fee, customers can purchase live and downloaded event feeds, and 10-second clips for social media sharing.

 BetterBred LLC makes innovative online breeding software designed to support the sustainability of domestic breeds. 

 NOGGINTECHS is a predictive analytics company that utilizes BIG data, machine learning and process improvements to increase payment rates in the medical financial services market.  

 GRASPIE™ is the first mobile engagement and learning platform for the millennial workforce.

 ShoptoCook provides solutions to independent grocers that enable customers to shop, save and search using online, mobile and in-store digital technology. 

 Yard & Board Games capture a large portion of the $745 Billion spent each year on leisure-time activities in the US.  Parents & Millennials desire to replace mobile device screen activity and console games with something else to reduce screen time.  AKE Games will quickly arm people of all ages with games that build on the latest fad activities. 

 RepHike helps companies to turn students' online networks into their referral and word-of-mouth marketing channel while giving them the ability to scale to thousands of campuses across the US.

Field Nimble was designed to turn small contractors into lean, mean, fighting machines that can go head to head with the "big" boys.

GapGrid, Inc. is building the automation the digital supply chain desperately needs.

FLARE was designed by Firefighters for Firefighters, with input from over 100 fire Chiefs surveyed in client discovery phase, 3AM is leveraging advanced technologies and methods never seen before in tracking systems.

calvIO is creating a programmer-less environment for configuring and maintaining the industrial robotic assembly cycle.

MemoryFox harnesses the SaaS business model and cloud technology to help people record, store and share family stories.

Walkabout Office is a three-dimensional virtual online workplace that makes remote teams feel like they are physically together.

Pointii provides counselors with an online platform that connects their students to local professionals who are available for informational interviews, mentorship, experiential tours, and internships.

Rezedent is the property management and payment platform designed to enable the middle market to effectively compete on quality of services and convenience; and is free for owners and managers to use.

A SaaS platform that allows the use of a tablet or phablet coupled with a peripheral or embedded motion sensor that interprets American Sign Language in real time and outputs it to voice or text.

 Teachers are beginning to look towards what will come after traditional LMS's such as Blackboard, D2L, and Canvas.  interactiveX has discovered the answer by providing a secure cloud-based LCMS (Learning Content Management System) that gives teachers and students the ability to interact with their course material easier, and like never before.

Medical Conservation Devices ($500,000 43North Runner Up in 2014) has developed a next generation anesthesia with endorsements from the top worldwide physician in ICU delirium. 

     Launched in 2013, the ForaHealthyMe platform delivers a suite of cost-effective virtual care applications that extends service beyond the walls of a health facility and into the community and advances person-centered & self-managed health.

Founded in 2013, GCLIProw created a system to enhance a rower's competitive advantage. With the Patented Quick Release Rowing Shoe System by GCLIProw, rowers can eliminate the problems posed by existing ill‐fitting, unhygienic rower's shoes. 

Navigating self-employment taxes is consistently cited as one of the top issues an independent contractor faces every year.  Painless1099 helps these individuals (think: Uber drivers, freelance designers, and real estate agents) set cash aside for tax season.

 Infonaut, $250,000 winners of the 43North 2016 business idea competition, solves the global challenge of deadly hospital infections through a proprietary real-time surveillance, analytics and behavior improvement platform.

Founded in December 2014, Thimble created a series of kits that help users understand the fundamentals of electronics and how hardware and software come together so they can innovate and invent from the comfort of their own home.

Rachel's Remedy is the first and only FDA-cleared wearable moist-heat or cooling therapy that allows nursing mothers to treat their breastfeeding conditions conveniently, discreetly and effectively.

 triMirror has the first real-time solution that allows the try-on of real clothes on real-dimensioned and highly customizable avatar bodies.

Energy Intelligence, one of the 43North winners, is developing an ultra-compact, road-mounted system that harnesses the wasted kinetic energy of braking vehicles to generate electricity.

KORC offers local convenience with easy swiping technology, and it is dedicated to bringing people together for odd jobs such as lawn cutting or moving furniture.

Green Pak Planet manufactures and distributes packaging machinery.  All of the company's equipment utilizes 100% recyclable materials. 

Sensor Films Inc. serves the printable electronics and touch sensor markets with equipment to pattern transparent conductive polymer films. 

Heads Up Display Inc. is creating wearable sensor systems for workers.

A leading provider of predictive online and mobile shopping applications, Rosie launched in July 2013 and enables customers to shop online from their favorite local stores for same-day delivery or in-store pickup.

iActEx provides software, monitoring systems and improvement services for process manufacturers.

The StadiumPark app is "'EZ-PASS for stadium and arena parking."  It is a quick and easy solution which allows it's users to pay for their stadium and arena parking using their phone.

HandStack is a web and mobile platform that enables anyone to turn neighborhoods into a volunteer base. 

An app & web-based platform that enables consumers & brands to buy/sell/donate clothing in a fun, simple, social and secure way.

Audiarchy develops and markets wireless audio technology products to deliver the perfect volume and clearest sound to every individual - regardless of their hearing level. 

BuildingFacts is an interactive, cloud-based construction documentation service that holds and protects critical building information. 

The Laundry Box, which won the University at Buffalo's Panasci Technology Business Plan Competition 2nd prize award, is a completely automated, touchscreen, point-of-sale drop-box that facilitates the provision of laundry services provided by Dorm Mom, a related company.  

     Green Heat Solutions, LLC (GHS) develops, manufactures, and markets safe and environmentally friendly flameless self-heating technologies.

  Third Eye Design, Inc. designs and manufactures cutting edge technology products centered on a patented groundbreaking RF communication protocol.

Started in 2011, City Dining Cards is a customer loyalty marketing company that has expanded to serve 15 metropolitan markets.  

Lithos Robotics Corporation makes tactical mobile robots and secure, rugged video/data sharing equipment that special ops personnel use to increase safety and efficiency in highly dangerous scenarios.

Table 37 offers restaurants an extremely sophisticated reservation, wait list, paging and table management system.

 Worldwide presents a mobile app platform for rising local filmmakers to be sent to Hollywood by popular demand for exclusive meetings with leading industry executives.

 CrowdBouncer is the compliance platform for online capital raises. 

TouchStream is a homecare solution that helps seniors achieve greater independence and gives their families peace of mind.  The service connects seniors with family, friends, or other caregivers through a tablet-like appliance called the TouchStream Companion.   

Refulgent Software develops an easy to use point of sale app, named Ambur, for the food service industry on Apple's iOS platform (iPad/iPod/iPhone).   

Decision Pace is a web platform utilized by organizations, software developers and consultants alike to rapidly create unique, timely and high value business information for decision makers and clients embedded in email, web sites and devices. 

give2gether is a SaaS fundraising platform allowing nonprofits to double revenues at 1/5 of traditional cost. Think of it as Kickstarter on steroids.  

The Center helps athletes of all levels reach their potential by providing a baseline, sport-specific skill measurement through its network of independent testers.

CoachMePlus provides a web-based solution for scheduling, tracking and reporting for strength & conditioning coaches and fitness trainers.

BeetNPath has developed and is selling "proats", a line of healthy, convenient, frozen heat & eat meals made from organic steel cut oats.

OnCore is launching a proprietary hollow metal core golf ball that significantly reduces hook and slice.

Social Bicycles uses mobile technology to enable affordable, scalable and intelligent bikesharing networks