No doubt there are 16 Northern California startups honing their pitches this week. The 16 semi-finalists for the 2018 Kings Capitalize pitch contest were announced last week and will be presenting to a panel of judges at Capitalize Pitch Day on Friday, March 2.

Earlier this month the Kings put out the call for all startups. Below is a list of the 16 sem-finalists. Pitch day will narrow the bracket of contenders down to four. The winner will be announced at the Kings Tech Night game on March 22.

We wish good luck  to all and we’d like to give a special shout out to six of these startups who have presented at 1 Million Cups Sacramento, designated with an * after their name.

 

Appa11y Inc.

an El Dorado Hills-based developer of games for the visually impaired

 

Aptonomy, Inc.

Aptonomy is a world leader in the development of autonomous industrial-grade Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).

 

Cognivive, inc.

Developing evidence-based digital medicines in virtual reality video game form for cognitive impairments.

 

CySure

Helping companies identify, mitigate and protect themselves from cyber attacks.

 

Dermveda*

Your personalized online integrative skin health education and skin care resource. CEO and cofounder will be our guest speaker at StartupSac Happy Hour this Thursday, the evening prior to pitching.

 

FresherSac*

FresherSac is an initiative of Fresh Producers, a CA based 501(c)(3) non-profit that ensures everyone goes to bed well fed & builds wealth from health.

 

Giving Garden*

Giving Garden helps you grow & share food w neighbors via tech | data | & 💚!

 

Highlands Power

Highlands Power Inc., the advanced Startup Company paving the way to the Electric Vehicles future.

 

HomeZada*

Online & mobile solutions to manage the entire homeowner lifecycle including home improvement projects, home maintenance & home inventory.

 

Inventive Resources, Inc.

Inventive Resources, Inc. provides a broad range of services including: design, drafting, invention development, and assistance on patent development including prototypes. We offer a full line of environmental products from flood control to hydraulic system protectors.

 

ProtXX, Inc.

The Protxx head injury prevention and management system helps to proactively limit cumulative head impact exposure. Our wearable devices and data-driven athlete assessment protocols can make contact sports safer by enabling more informed remove-from-play and return-to-play decisions.

 

Sama Learning

 

SensorSAFE

 

STEMtrunk*

The Subscription Rental Service for Educational STEM Toys.

 

Wisran Corp*

WISRAN measures time variations of farming activities to manage revenue leakage. Provides customers live with financial metrics, including the labor and equipment costs of each tasks during operation.

 

Yellow Circle

Cloud for students to explore the world of IT infrastructure.