Announcing Our 2017 Finalists! The journey began back in March when we launched Year Four of the 43North competition. And now, it’s time to announce the 16 startups that are moving on to 43North Finals! The competition will be fierce as they pitch live on stage at Shea’s Performing Arts Center, with 8 winning a cut of $5 million – including the $1 million grand prize. The stakes are high – but we know these Finalists are going to bring it on October 5: Burner Fitness – Buffalo, NY Cellular Preservation Technologies – Buffalo, NY Doblet – San Francisco, CA Dozop – Watertown, MA Femi Secrets – Atlanta, GA Fig Loans – New York, NY Kangarootime – Long Beach, CA MobioSense – Boston, MA Qidni Labs – San Francisco, CA Selfycart – San Mateo, CA SomaDetect – Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Squire – New York, NY Suncayr – Kitchener, Ontario, Canada TARA.ai – San Jose, CA Vivacelle Bio – Chicago, IL Water Hero – Beverly, MA To learn more about each startup moving on to the Finals, click the link below! Meet The Finalists Latitude Episode 26: Let’s Meet the Finalists And for even more about our Finalists, tune in to the latest episode of Latitude. 43North Director of Operations, Dan Greene, talks about the judging process, each of our Finalists, and what’s in store for 43North Finals on October 5. Listen via the link below, and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Podbean, and Stitcher Radio! Thank you to Kaleida Health for sponsoring this week’s episode! Listen Here