Announcing the Rise of the Rest 8.0 Finalists
Meet the companies that will pitch Steve Case and the Revolution team on the upcoming Rise of the Rest Road Trip.
In a few weeks, the Rise of the Rest Road Trip heads to Florida and Puerto Rico! The bus is hitting the road from April 29 to May 3 to make stops in Orlando, Tampa Bay, Miami, and the Space Coast, a set of counties on Florida’s east coast. The tour will end the week with a visit to Puerto Rico to explore innovation and entrepreneurship with Chef José Andrés. At each stop, we will host a fireside chat, a community celebration, and a pitch competition where eight startups will compete for a $100,000 investment from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund.
For the pitch competitions in Orlando, Tampa Bay, Miami, and Puerto Rico, innovative startups based within a 100-mile radius of a tour stop were invited to apply. Our pitch competition in the Space Coast will feature startups from the Space Coast region and other rising cities whose core focus relates to space, drone, aviation technologies, or adjacent focus areas.
The Rise of the Rest investment team has been reviewing hundreds of applications to pitch Steve Case on the upcoming tour. And today, we’re thrilled to announce the finalists who will be pitching at each location.
Orlando, FL | April 29
Register for free to watch these startups pitch for a $100,000 investment.
1. AireHealth | About: AireHealth is revolutionizing care management and drug delivery for respiratory illness via a connected-portable nebulizer.
2. Alertgy |About: Alertgy has developed a non-invasive continuous blood glucose monitor and alert system.
3. Doghead Simulations | About: Doghead Simulations creates rumii, a social-virtual reality platform that enables people to educate and collaborate in a 3D virtual environment.
4. Edukate | About: Edukate is a financial wellness platform that empowers employees with personalized financial benefits and guidance.
5. FleetZoo | About: FleetZoo is a platform that delivers increased profitability to fleet owners in the services and last-mile delivery space.
6. InitWeather | About: InitWeather uses artificial intelligence to develop more accurate weather forecasts for the energy and financial industries.
7. Millebot | About: Millebot designs and builds a giant containerized 3D printer for on-demand production.
8. Pangian | About: Pangian is a social network powered by artificial intelligence for millennials telecommuters.
Space Coast, FL | April 30
Register for free to watch these startups pitch for a $100,000 investment.
1. Atomos | HQ: Denver, CO | About: Atomos is building the railroad of space using high-powered electric propulsion space tugs to move satellites to any orbit beyond low Earth orbit.
2. BoMax Hydrogen, LLC | HQ: Space Coast, FL | About: BoMax Hydrogen, LLC develops a patented carbon free light-driven method to make large quantities of pure hydrogen to produce electricity.
3. Helicon Chemical Company | HQ: Space Coast, FL | About: Helicon Chemical Company develops and manufactures next-generation rocket fuel for the military and commercial space industries.
4. Hermeus | HQ: Atlanta, GA | About: Hermeus engineers and manufactures Mach 5 aircrafts.
5. Hydrosat | HQ: Washington, DC | About: Hydrosat brings satellite data and software tools to the agriculture industry.
6. Indemnis| HQ: Anchorage, AK | About: Indemnis develops and manufactures parachute recovery systems for drones.
7. Reaction Dynamics| HQ: Space Coast, FL | About: Reaction Dynamics manufactures space transportation systems for launch providers and the growing small satellite market.
8. Tomahawk Robotics | HQ: Space Coast, FL | About: Tomahawk Robotics provides hardware agnostic control software for enterprises who want to employ robotics to address the dull, dirty, and dangerous.
Tampa Bay, FL | May 1
Register for free to watch these startups pitch for a $100,000 investment.
1. COI Energy Services | About: COI is an enterprise marketplace connecting utilities and businesses to drive energy efficiency in buildings and optimize the electric grid.
2. GuestBox |About: GuestBox creates curated boxes of high-end and eco-conscious items for the hospitality industry.
3. Immertec | About: Immertec empowers companies with real-time 3D and virtual reality training opportunities for employees and customers without the burdens of in-person training.
4. Pocket Network| About: Pocket Network is a platform that makes it easy for any developer to access any blockchain.
5. Presence | About: Presence is a student engagement and learning software that helps universities improve graduation rates, student success, and workforce readiness.
6. RankMiner | About: RankMiner’s patented platform analyzes a person’s voice to reveal speaker intent and predict what that speaker is likely to do.
7. The Natural Nipple | About: The Natural Nipple provides seamless, stress-free breast and bottle feeding with the only bottle that mimics a real mom’s shape, feel, and flow.
8. WorldWatch Plus| About: WorldWatch Plus aggregates and indexes information that the world’s governments, NGO’s, and media companies generate about companies and people to deliver the information to clients.
Miami, FL | May 2
Register for free to watch these startups pitch for a $100,000 investment.
1. Caribshopper | About: Caribshopper is a marketplace that enables the Caribbean consumer to shop their favorite US retailers.
2. Deepblocks |About: Deepblocks is an artificial intelligence company that provides tools to optimize real estate development.
3. DermaSensor | DermaSensor, Inc. enables healthcare professionals to efficiently check for skin cancer by leveraging cutting-edge spectroscopy and machine learning technologies.
4. EPICA | About: EPICA is a platform powered by machine learning algorithms that consolidates, predicts, and activates businesses’ data.
5. Imalac, Inc. | About: Imalac, Inc. improves the efficiency of a breast pump and helps women meet and exceed their breastfeeding goals.
6. Luxe Fête Social | About: Luxe Fête Social is a dinner party in a box rental service secured effortlessly through an e-commerce platform.
7. OBE Power Networks 1, LLC | About: OBE Power Networks 1, LLC provides smart and universal electric vehicle charging with zero upfront and operational costs.
8. Xendoo | About: Xendoo is a cloud-based, flat-rate, monthly subscription providing bookkeeping and accounting to small and medium-sized businesses with less than 20 employees.
San Juan, PR | May 3
Register for free to watch these startups pitch for a $100,000 investment.
1. Abartys Health| About: Abartys Health streamlines communication between insurers, doctors, and patients.
2. Agrobeads | About: Agrobeads are biodegradable spheres that reduce water management in crop irrigation.
3. All_ebt |About: All_ebt is a virtual card for recipients of SNAP benefits to shop online.
4. BrainHi | About: BrainHi is an automated receptionist for doctors’ and dentists’ offices.
5. BUREA | About: BUREA gives consumer packaged goods brands a direct connection to shoppers and consumers to reward their purchases and drive sales.
6. CINCO | About: CINCO is a B2B software company that manages Quality Risk Management data for life sciences companies.
7. Keyband | Keyband builds dedicated hardware for the growing ecosystem of connected devices, including a smartwatch that uses a person’s biometric unique signature to prove identity, sign transactions, and provide secure access to IoT infrastructure.
8. PRoduce HomeBox | About: PRoduce HomeBox is Puerto Rico’s first, technology-led food delivery subscription that connects local producers with consumers.
