Brave Launch Pitch Day Takes Place November 10

The Illinois Small Business Development Center and the Turner Center for Entrepreneurship at Bradley University invite the public to attend the Brave Launch final pitch day on Thursday, November 10, at the Michel Student Center on the Bradley campus.

Brave Launch is the first program of its kind in Central Illinois, designed to assist entrepreneurs accelerate their business through innovative curriculum and real world interaction. Participants are from a variety of backgrounds—startups, small businesses, corporate innovation teams, Bradley students and faculty.

Ten teams will give their final pitch in front of investors during the event.  The teams have worked over the past 7 weeks, focusing on customer discovery and fine tuning their business models, for a chance to win over potential investors.  In addition to witnessing the final pitch for each team, participants will have a chance to ask questions of team members at their display tables.

The cost to attend is $35 which includes lunch. Registration is required by Thursday, November 3, at noon. To register go to bradley.edu/bravelaunch.

The Pitch Day agenda follows.

 

9 a.m. - Team presentations

Noon - Lunch

12:45 - Award Ceremony

2 p.m. - Adjourn

The list of teams involved in Brave Launch follows.

EatandEvolve – East Peoria, IL.

A nutrition-focused company that is the first and only healthy meal delivery service in the Peoria area delivering freshness, quality and convenience.

 

Golf Score Changer – Clinton, IL.

An innovative company working to help improve the game of golf with simple solutions for any level golfer.

 

Natural Fiber Welding – Peoria, IL.

Technology company focused on the production and manufacture of sustainable materials that outperform petroleum-based analogues for applications ranging from building materials to wearable electronics.

 

Neuroquantel -  Peoria, IL

Multi-disciplinary team from OSF Healthcare developing a user-friendly medical device capable of providing a near real-time quantitative measure of strength in patients suffering from ALS, while also being suitable for providing telehealth consults to rural physicians.

 

Notionovus – Morton, IL.

Technology company building a software platform for democratizing middleware. It is expected to drastically reduce information technology costs.

 

PopXFit – Peoria, IL.

Fitness focused company transforming the lives of individuals by redefining exercise as fun, affordable, convenient, and accessible.

 

SAE – Peoria, IL.

A magazine publishing company that is shaping and equipping the minds of the future generation, by strategically promoting biblical principles and influencing readers to pursue, discover and fulfill their purpose.

 

The Oakford Group – Peoria, IL.

Founded by licensed physical therapists, The Oakford Group, LLC, has created a home exercise product designed to provide quality manual therapy treatment techniques that were once only available in the therapy clinic.

 

The Pizza Peel – Lacon, IL.

A family-owned pizza restaurant with great customer focus and regional recognition, offering dine-in, carry-out and delivery of hand crafted, fresh pizzas.

 

Weightmaster – Peoria, IL.

Fitness focused team developing an innovative device that allows gym users to quickly break through plateaus and increase strength using a wide variety of gym equipment.

 

The Brave Launch platinum sponsor is OSF. 

For more information, see https://.bradley.edu/bravelaunch .