ANN ARBOR – Ten promising entrepreneurs have been chosen as ACE Challenge finalists from a broad range of applicants and each will give three-minute presentations to showcase their ventures during the evening program on January 29. With eight hundred attendees expected at ACE?15, the ACE Challenge guarantees the finalists a high visibility opportunity to present their companies to a large and significant audience that will include potential investors.
The finalists include:
Valerie Obenchain, Advanced Interactive Response Systems (Newaygo) www.oxygenalarms.com
Kevin Kesseler, AsystBio (East Lansing)
Andrew Zimmerman, Civionics (Ann Arbor) www.civionics.com
David Porter, Clavis Sinica (Ann Arbor) www.clafisinica.com
Marshall Khwaja, Exo Dynamics (Ann Arbor) www.exodynamicsmedical.com
Nevin Brittain, Health Numeric (East Lansing) www.healthnumeric.com
John Lopes, Microcide, Inc. (Sterling Heights) www.microcide.com
Alex VanDerKolk, Mountain Labs (Ann Arbor) www.mntnlabs.com
Barak Leibovitz, Seat Side Service (Ann Arbor) www.seatsideservice.com
Lauren Shampo, Transcuro, LLC (Fenton) www.transcuro.com
The ACE Challenge winner will receive media recognition, a professionally filmed copy of their presentation on the ACE’15 website for a year, and $5,000 cash. Barak Leibovitz, founder and CEO of Seat Side Service, one of the finalists, captures the spirit of the competition, ?The ACE Challenge provides our organization with a unique opportunity to share our entrepreneurial journey and give back to the local ecosystem that’s fostered our growth.?
ACE ?15 will be Michigan?s standout entrepreneurial event in 2015. It?s a not-to-be-missed opportunity for entrepreneurs to learn, network and make important connections. ACE ?15 attendees will represent a Who’s Who of the Michigan entrepreneurial scene and include innovative entrepreneurs, investors, support professionals, and subject matter experts.
Online registration is only $25; tickets at the door are $40. Registration for ACE?15 is open and details on the Thursday, January 29, event can be found at ACE-Event.Org
