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At the DC to VC health tech startup showcase Wednesday in San Francisco, ten startups (selected from a pool of 200), pitched their plans to a panel of judges from the health venture capital community. The annual event, which coincides with the annual Health 2.0 conference, was started three years ago by Morgenthaler Ventures to bring Washington, D.C. -based policy wonks together with Silicon Valley investors and entrepreneurs. With help from the audience — who texted in their top picks American Idol-style — the judges announced two winners (one from each round) and a fan favorite. Take a look at the three featured startups below. Round 1 winner — Beyond Lucid Technologies Round 2 overall winner and People’s Choice winner — Aidin. LayerVault aspires to be a designer’s best friend.
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Editor’s note: Guest authors Gang Lu, Ben Jiang and Jason Lim are the editors of TechNode, a bilingual blog based in China.
ChinaBang conference, an annual two-day event with a focus on local startups, innovation and entrepreneurship, was held last weekend in Beijing. With a mixture of keynote and panel discussions from local startup founders and entrepreneurs, the awards ceremony recognized the best Chinese startups and founders in 2011 and featured a startup launchpad contest. Organized by TechNode, ChinaBang’s Launchpad competition had 16 teams pitch to 14 judges (from GSR Ventures, IDG, Qiming, Matrix Ventures, Atomico, Singtel, Paypal, Innovation Works, CyberAgent, Rovio, Infinity Ventures, Taishan, CSDN) and a live audience. Each team was given 10 minutes to present on stage – five minutes pitch time and five minutes for answering judges’ questions.
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