Folx Table and Spikey win the 3686 Pitch Competition
One brings people together, the other is a strip to protect victims of date rape.
Folx Table captured the $10,000 cash prize, and Spikey won the audience favorite award and in-kind services valued at up to $5,000 from The Operations Guide during the 3686 Pitch Competition held Tuesday at Cannery Hall in downtown Nashville.
The competition brought to a close the first day of the annual event with a series of pop-ups in various locations, occupying Wednesday’s programming.
Folx Table, co-founded by Emma McCallie and Dallas Condra, is a platform that helps communities spark real connections through small-group, in-person conversations at local restaurants. In their pitch, the Co-Founders noted that they pivoted two months ago and are initially focused on the Nashville market.
Spiky, founded by Abigail Goddard, a high school senior, has developed a strip that allows anyone to determine in 15 seconds if their drink has been spiked with a date rape drug.
Presented by Amazon, the Pitch Competition featured five companies. In addition to Folx Table and Spikey, the others were:
Adele Health: A diabetes management platform that makes it easy for patients to measure and understand their health | Founder: Mark Norton.
Express Wages: Cutting-edge platform designed to revolutionize how businesses manage payroll and wage distributions | Founder: Alfred Milan.
JamJuice: An artificial intelligence-powered live entertainment booking platform that simplifies finding, scheduling, and paying musicians by offering vetted talent, payment processing, and organizational tools in one place | Founder: Matthew Romero.
Athlete-specific and Knoxville-based tele-mental health solution Onrise won last year’s pitch competition and went on to secure funding from LaunchTN’s $70-million equity investment fund, InvestTN. Bi-lingual tax refund company MasRefund was the audience choice pick. Founder Dr. Simon Karmarkar created the app to help users overcome barriers they face when filing taxes.
Judges for the competition are:
- Mike Dirla, Edison Partners;
- Jay Teamer, Launch Tennessee;
- Ian Villa, Whisper Aero; and
- Haley “Zap” Zapolski, The Lighthouse.
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