PopCheck Technologies, Visalaw.ai and Emotional Ideas win DelTech Pitch Competition
Winners in MedTech, General Tech and Entertainment and Tourism each earned $5,000 at Epicenter’s DelTech Conference.
Three Memphis-area startups each took home $5,000 at the DelTech Pitch Competition, a centerpiece of Epicenter Memphis’ second annual DelTech Conference held October 14-16.
PopCheck Technologies won the MedTech category. Founded by Erika Dillard, the company is developing AI-enabled wearables and a connected platform for remote patient monitoring, aimed at noninvasively predicting and managing surgical complications such as venous clots.
PopCheck recently received a Notice of Award for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Visalaw.ai won General Tech and Innovation. The company spun out of Memphis immigration law firm Siskind Susser and builds AI tools that help immigration attorneys work faster as regulations shift.
Led by co-founder and CEO Josh Waddell, Visalaw.ai raised a $1.6 million seed round led by Valor Ventures and won the $100,000 grand prize at the Sloss.Tech/Ideas Southeast Pitch Competition in June.
Emotional Ideas won Entertainment and Tourism Innovation. The Cordova-based company, led by founder and CEO Joshua Nelson, is developing Battle Racing, a patented combat motorsport that combines go-karts, laser tag, and video game mechanics.
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