Fort Collins, Longmont startups take 2nd, 3rd in UNC business pitch finals

GREELEY – Startups from Fort Collins and Longmont took second and third on Sunday in the $50,000 University of Northern Colorado Monfort College of Business Entrepreneurial Challenge.

The sixth-annual event pitted five finalists pitching their business plans to a panel of judges. In addition to prize money, winners received a suite of incubator services from UNC BizHub, the university’s business incubator.

Parker-based QB Labs took home the top prize of $25,000. The company makes a wearable device called MovementTek that empowers physicians, trainers and physical therapists to quantify and streamline client progress for better movement analysis and improved treatment outcomes.

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Fort Collins-based GameCentrics took second place and $15,000. The company, founded by Colorado State University students, makes software that incorporates elements from popular games into daily workflow, integrating a company’s data stream that represents production and creating player vs. player, team vs. team and company vs. environment achievements.

Longmont startup Change Composites took home the third-place prize of $10,000 for its new bike helmet with a composite outer shell designed to reduce the chances of traumatic brain injury by responding to the force applied to the user’s head.

The other two finalists in the competition were Greeley-based Lucan Technologies and VisePower.com.

Judges for the event included Peter Adams, executive director of Rockies Venture Club; Kevin Ahern, founder, chairman and CEO of CIC Bancshares and a UNC alum and Board of Trustees member; and Brad Florin, a serial entrepreneur and strategic advisor.