2019 Conference
$185,000 was awarded during the 2019 Conference
During the third annual Flywheel Investment Conference, six startup companies, competed for funding during a “shark tank” style competition in Wenatchee. For the first time at the Flywheel Investment Conference multiple investment awards were given.
Congratulations to our 2019 winner, Beta Hatch, which took home an investment of $130,000!
2019 WINNER
Beta Hatch
Cashmere, WA
Founder: Virginia Emery
Awarded: $130,000 investment and the $5,000 Audience Favorite Cash Prize
A company that industrializes insect production for animal feed to create more sustainable and predictable nutrients for poultry and aquaculture, including proprietary breeding stock and genomic tools, trade secret processes to grow insects more efficiently and the equipment and know-how to produce protein at 5,000x the acre yield of soy.
2019 WINNER
Prescryptive Health
Redmond, WA
Founder: Chris Blackey
Awarded: $50,000 investment
A company that transforms the traditional pharmacy benefit management model into a cost-effective “software as a service” market platform using a modern cloud-based commerce platform that leverages the transformative capabilities of blockchain technology.
2019 SPEAKERS
Brianna McDonald
Keiretsu Forum
Cole Younger
Arnold Venture Group
Elizabeth Scallon
WeWork
Erik Benson
Voyager Capital
Geoff Entress
Pioneer Square Labs
Jenny Rickel
Native Network
Jolene Anderson
Keiretsu Forum
Karen Rutherford
Flywheel Angel Network
Maggie Reilly
Craft3
Matt Medlin
Clark Nuber
Raj Thiagarajan
Microsoft Startups
Randy Fenich
Moss Adams
Don Black
Ogden Murphy Wallace
Will Clausen
Cartogram
Michael Sieg
Confluence Health
2019 SPONSORS
Cascade Autocenter
North Cascades Bank
Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA)
Karr Tuttle Campbell
North Forty Productions
Washington State Department of Commerce
City of Wenatchee
Clark Nuber PS
Port of Douglas County
Icicle Broadcasting, Inc.
Laura Mounter Real Estate & Company - Christine Douglas, Realtor/Broker