NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The CorpStarter
North America Venture Contest presented the Fifth Annual
CorpStarter Star Show at Microsoft's flagship store in Midtown New
York City on Aug 18th,
which featured presentations by four companies in the General
Aviation, FinTech, Healthcare, and Technology industries.
Lijie Zhu, Managing
Director at CorpStarter's organizer Dragon Gate Investment
Partners, welcomed the audience as opening remarks. "We are pleased
to see more and more industry leaders such as Microsoft join the
family of CorpStarter, explore and cultivate more future business
leaders with us," said Lijie Zhu.
"We hope to match the best entrepreneurs with the best
investors."
Joseph Lubin, the
Co-founder of Ethereum and the founder of ConsenSys, greeted the
audiences and shared his perspective of blockchain trend. In
Joseph Lubin's keynote speech, he
stated the latest developments of blockchain in business industry
and deciphered the potential influence of encryption in blockchain
technology.
Two panel discussions followed, featuring trending topics of
Navigate a Unique Mix of Technology and Craftsmanship
and the Tech and Art in the AI
Industry.
Panellists, judges, and investors included Carl Dan Killian, Jr, President of Harvard
Investors Group, Barry Sine,
Managing Director of Drexel Hamilton LLC, Ken Walker, Managing Director of State
Street Global Exchange, Jijun
Xing, Counselor Consul of Consulate General of
the People's Republic of China in
New York, Bill Hobrecht, Founder and CIO of Managed
Care Advisory Group, David
McLaughlin, Founder and CEO of QuantaVerse,
Kamil Kaluza, Director of
Business Development of QuantaVerse, Simon Moss, Managing Director of Grant
Thornton LLP, and Harumi
Urata-Thompson, Former COO of CFA Society New York.
An art exhibition was introduced to the event for the first
time, featuring Sculpture Artist Garret
Kane and Oil Painting Artist Jillian Dyson. Garret Kane's new series Four Seasons debuted in
the exhibition.
Bianca Chen, financial
commentator of Thomson Reuters, hosted the awarding ceremony.
Lijie Zhu, Managing Director
at CorpStarter's organizer Dragon Gate Investment Partners,
Ken Walker, Managing Director
of State Street Global Exchange, Barry
Sine, Managing Director of Drexel Hamilton LLC,
Jiangang Luo, Partner of
Faith Assets, issued certificate to winning group.
As a part of CorpStarter's annual events, CorpStarter North
America Venture Contest was organized by Dragon Gate Investment
Partners. A cocktail party followed, featuring the networking
events with thought leaders, industry pioneers, and influential
investors. A Skydiving Challenge event wrapped up this year's
Star Show on August 19th in Gardiner, New York. Participants were sent up
to 13,500 feet and enjoyed the Skydiving adventure.
Winners
First Place
SPACES is a technology company that sits between Parking
Garages and underserved consumers. Its on-demand parking technology
platform empowers consumers to manage their experience seamlessly
via a smart phone application. The platform provides operating
efficiencies, business intelligence and revenue opportunities for
garages. SPACES solves the pain points of consumers and garages,
delivering a unified experience on a single platform, while
promoting a smarter, greener urban setting.
Second Place
Parallel Testing Inc.'s MedCheck™ enables consumers to
match their prescription medications to their genetic profile,
determining if they are effective and safe. 70% of us have genetic
variants making a drug dangerous for one person, safe for another,
and ineffective for a third. MedChecks™ will reduce the 350 people
who die and 7,400 hospitalized daily from adverse drug reactions.
The market is enormous: 205,000,000 Americans take 2+ meds,
35,000,000 average 14 meds. Parallel's business saves lives and
generates extraordinary financial returns.
Third Place (Tied)
Airacer is the first and only online marketplace in the
General Aviation industry. Currently Airacer has been funded by the
Chinese investor iBeehub and the Saudi-American investor Asad.
Airacer is the one-stop shopping site for the overall aviation
experience. By seamlessly connecting flight service providers to
future pilots, flight enthusiasts and AvGeeks, we make flying more
accessible to everyone.
Longfin is a US based Global Alternative Finance and
Technology Services Company specializing in Structured Commodity
Trade Finance (Alternative Finance / Shadow Banking) powered by
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Our core global
infrastructure is powered by Ultra Low-latency & High Frequency
Electronic Market Making platform connected to major Global
Exchanges / International Banks.
About CorpStarter™
CorpStarter™ is a New York City
based accelerator for growing companies, with an open application
process, taking in earlier stage companies consisting of small
teams, supporting them with funding, mentoring, training and global
resources. CorpStarter™ is dedicated to bringing together
China and US capital and consumer
market and helping find companies with vision and incremental value
to expand in the global market.
About Dragon Gate Investment Partners
Headquartered in New York
City's midtown Manhattan,
Dragon Gate Investment Partners is a unique investment firm with a
special focus on globalizing and localizing sustainable and
promising companies in the US and China. Our team has well-earned reputation of
excellence in providing sensible and cost-effective cross-border
business solutions for a wide breadth of clientele, including
public companies, financial institutions, and high-net-worth
individuals.
For further information contact:
(646) 801-2803
CorpStarter@dgipl.com
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