ATTENTION: THE 2020 SHARK TANK EVENT WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY DUE TO THE SPREAD OF COVID-19!!!

Dear All,

As the COVID-19 situation has constantly been changing over the past few days, we have decided to proceed with the PDC Shark tank accelerator pitch competition remotely via Webinar.

The annual UCSF-Stanford Pediatric Device Consortium Pitch Competition will be conducted via Webinar on Monday March 30th from 11am-12:30pm. Ten innovation projects focused on solving unmet pediatric clinical needs will compete for Accelerator Awards. Come, join us to watch the teams pitch their device ideas for a chance to win over $200K in seed funding, prototyping support and customized advising! Please register in advance for this webinar: https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MCSLsRSASPSw0Wf938Jx7g . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Stay tuned for any updates in the coming days and stay well!

Thank you

UCSF – Stanford PDC Team

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Monday, March 30, 2020
Time: 11am - 12:30pm
Virtual Pitch competition via Zoom

TIMELINE

Extended Application deadline: February 04, 2020, 5:00 PM PST
Finalists announced: February 14, 2020
Pitch competition: March 30, 2020

AWARD

  • Up to $50,000 per project (a total of $250,000 available)

  • Advising, prototyping support, and commercialization coaching by the UCSF-Stanford PDC and industry partners

Judges

Marga Ortigas-Wedekind,

Chief Commercial Strategy Officer Fogarty Institute for Innovation

Avi Roop

Managing Director at Research Corporation Technologies, Inc

Elizabeth Gress

Director of Strategy & Operations, The Kidney Project, Dept. of Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences, UCSF

Jo Carol Hiatt

Chair, National Product Council; Chair, Inter-Regional New Technologies Committee

Christine Winoto

Deputy Director, QB3 & Director Rosenman Institute

John Ball

Executive VP and General manager, Salesforce Einstein

Sarah Russell MD

Team Lead, Early Pipeline Google X

2020 PDC ACCELERATOR SHARK TANK FINALISTS

  • myka bio - Transforming neonatal esophageal atresia reapir

  • Eclipse Regenesis, Inc. - Distraction enterogenesis for short bowel syndrome

  • University of California, San Francisco- An electrified catheter that prevents infections

  • Pediatric Medical Devices LLC -  Treatment and prevention of stoma prolapse

  • Core Mobility, Inc - Safe upright handsfree pediatric mobility device

  • Stanford University - Otitis media treatment sippy cup

  • Amnion Life LLC - Fluid incubator to prevent hypothermia in preterm infants 

  • University of California, San Francisco - Silicon membrane artificial placenta oxygenator

  • Immed AI Inc. - Neuromuscular electrical stimulator for gait training

  • Tempo - Reengineered feminine products for active women

The UCSF-Stanford Pediatric Device Consortium is funded by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's Office of Orphan Products Development under grant no. P50FD007967.