18 Nov RentDrop, Gregor Diagnostics reach top floor during 2016 ‘Elevator Pitch Olympics’
MADISON – A social network to help streamline the apartment search process for landlords and renters alike and an emerging at-home test for prostate cancer emerged as winners in the annual Elevator Pitch Olympics at the Wisconsin Early State Symposium.
Registration for the annual symposium, which connects investors, entrepreneurs and others, totaled 630 people for its two-day run. About 90 people attended a related Tuesday night reception.
RentDrop emerged as the top choice of a panel of investors who served as judges for the pitch event – as well as a separate audience vote for the “People’s Choice” award. Gregor Diagnostics was second on both ballots.
Gregor Diagnostics was pitched by founder Tobias Zutz of Madison. It is developing a test using biomarkers discovered at the UW-Madison Carbone Cancer Center and a sample source that has direct, non-invasive access to prostate seminal fluid. Gregor’s at-home sample collection and biomarker panel will help to detect prostate cancer early and direct those who need treatment to treatment while sparing those who do not need treatment from the possible negative side effects.
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