OKLAHOMA VENTURE FORUM HOSTS VENTURE OF THE YEAR AND MOST PROMISING NEW BUSINESS AWARDS
Announcing the finalists for the 2020 PVF Venture of the Year
and Most Promising New Business Awards
OKLAHOMA CITY 03-04-2020 – Oklahoma Venture Forum will host Oklahoma’s 16th Venture of the Year and Most Promising New Business awards ceremony on May 13th, 2020 at the Oklahoma History Center. Featuring keynote speaker Scott Klososky, Founding Partner with Future Point of View.
The Oklahoma Venture Forum is a non-profit organization formed in 1987 to encourage economic development in Oklahoma. The organization provides opportunities for investors, entrepreneurs, and others to exchange ideas and experiences to grow new and existing small businesses.
The Venture of the Year and Most Promising New Business Award are two of the most prestigious recognitions a company can receive because they represent the triumph of the entrepreneurial dream and spirit. Evaluation criteria for the Most Promising New Business Award will be based on: product or service innovation, market potential, potential economic impact, and more.
2020 Venture of the Year finalists include: Insights to Behavior and SendaRide. Insights to Behavior is an innovative behavior management company offering an exciting, new technology-based solution for developing behavior interventions for K-12 school districts. SendaRide provides customized non-emergency medical transport for the health care industry through use of an online technology platform.
The 2020 finalists for Most Promising New Business include Galvanic Energy and Canopy Weather. Galvanic Energy addresses economic and technical barriers to create an abundant domestic supply of raw materials for alternative-energy future. Canopy Weather identifies roof condition and damage within 1 hour of hailstorms by using innovation within the data science and AI required to create the original dataset.
“We are always blown away by the competition and look forward to seeing what new innovations will come next. Historically this event was held biannually but considering Oklahoma’s entrepreneurial growth OVF will now be seeking submissions for these awards each year. Each round of nominations & applications reveals a new group of entrepreneurial pioneers who deserve to be publicly recognized for their achievements.” explains Che’ Loessberg, Executive Director of Oklahoma Venture Forum.
The Oklahoma Venture Forum will have special keynote speaker Scott Klososky, Founding Partner of Future Point of View. The 2020 Venture of the Year and Most Promising New Business Awards will be hosted on May 13th, 2020 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The ceremony will take place at the Oklahoma History Center. Registration for this event must be done online through the website: www.ovf.org. For any inquiries about the awards event, please contact Che’ Loessberg at che@ovf.org.
