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Grand-Prize Business Pitch
Grand-Prize Business Pitch
November 14, 2025 | News, UToday, Alumni, Business and Innovation, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
By Kirk Baird
Dr. Aniruddha Ray, an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UToledo, pitches his technology, VisioCell, to a panel of judges Thursday evening at the UToledo Business Incubator's annual Tech419 Pitch Competition.
Competing against four other regional entrepreneurs, Ray won the grand prize of $10,000 in business funding for VisioCell, a handheld device smaller than a cell phone that delivers lab-grade imaging anywhere.
The second-place prize of $5,000 in business funding went to Ben Saddoris with Badger AI and the third-place prize of $2,500 went to Dr. Caroline Humberston with PlayTime Movement. Both the fourth-place winner, Dr. Paul Morris (BG Biologics), and fifth-place winner, Dr. Youssef Sari (Astromode), a professor in UToledo's College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, each received a 12-month incubator coworking membership worth $1,200.
For more information about Tech419 and the UToledo Business Incubator, visit the Tech419 Competition website.
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