UAS Journal in partnership with the UAS Angel Community and the Grand Forks Area Financial Improvement Company, introduced this week the six corporations chosen to pitch to a gaggle of angel buyers and enterprise capital corporations on the UAS Summit & Expo, happening October 10-11, 2023, in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
“In North Dakota, actual enterprise is occurring inside the UAS business,” mentioned John Nelson, vice chairman of operations, gross sales, and advertising and marketing at UAS Journal. “Giving corporations the chance to pitch new expertise to buyers is a major instance of how there’s a very sturdy dedication to the general UAS ecosystem right here.”
Every firm submitted an software to take part and was chosen by a panel of skilled business buyers and people.
The eight corporations chosen to present an in-person pitch on the UAS Summit & Expo are:
Aerialvantage
Censys Applied sciences
PteroDynamics
MightyFly
Kirkwall
Fenworks
Valqari
Vertipads, Inc.
“We had a ton of curiosity within the UAS Summit Pitch Day occasion from each startups and buyers,” mentioned Craig Mahaney, government director on the UAS Angel Community. “Choice was robust, however I believe the businesses chosen to pitch are numerous in each market enchantment and funding cycle timing.”
The Summit, happening within the authentic epicenter of drone analysis, provides essentially the most open airspace within the nation. The Northern Plains has change into the “Silicon Valley of Drones” and the sky is now full of exercise from industrial, authorities and army customers.
“Within the Grand Forks area, we imagine within the energy of collaboration and innovation to drive financial development,” mentioned Invoice Adams, UAS Improvement Officer on the Grand Forks Area Financial Improvement Company. “The UAS Summit Pitch occasion embodies these ideas, bringing collectively visionaries, buyers, and business leaders to pave the way in which bringing the way forward for UAS right here, now.”
For extra info, go to www.TheUASsummit.com.