2009 Willamette Angel Conference Winner Announced!

May 14, 2009

Congratulations to the winner of the May 2009 Conference: 

CenterSpace Software, a Corvallis-based company a company that provides numerical components for financial, engineering, and scientific applications, was awarded the top prize at the first annual Willamette Angel Conference.
(www.centerspace.net)

CenterSpace Software, which provides numerical components for financial, engineering, and scientific applications will receive the $125,000 angel award investment. www.centerspace.net

Best Presentation Winner (voted by Audience) is:

Floragenex, Inc., a Eugene based firm that develops and delivers innovative, flexible applications of emerging genomic tools and technology, received a non-monetary vote of confidence, as the winner of audience balloting for the best presentation. Founded in 2006 from U of O research. (www.floragenex.com);

Other 10 minute pitch finalists included:

Wicked Quick, ZAPS Technologies, Zapproved, and Orelle Corporation.

Ignite Angel Winner and Finalists:

Orelle Corporation was winner of the IgniteAngel 3.5 minute presentations, advancing them to the 10 minute presentations.

Other IgniteAngel presenters were: Arcimoto, LLC, GreenLite Motors, GroupThink, Precision Plant Systems and Toggle 3D.

2009 Company Profiles:

CenterSpace Software - Winner of Investment Prize
CenterSpace Software provides numerical components for financial, engineering, and scientific applications on the Microsoft .NET platform. CenterSpace Software develops mathematical and statistical component libraries for the Microsoft .NET platform.. The company has released four products and has over 400 customers in 48 countries, primarily in financial, engineering, scientific, and academic markets.
Trevor Misfeldt www.centerspace.net 866-864-7202

Floragenex, Inc. - Best Presentation as voted by the Audience
Floragenex develops and delivers innovative, flexible applications of emerging genomic tools and technology to researchers and companies working to advance science, create value, and solve problems in agriculture, basic research, and human health. Current revenues come from service engagements in agriculture and research markets. Growth will come from integrating our expertise, microfluidics, and functional reagents into a sample prep device.
Nathan Lillegard www.floragenex.com 541-343-0747

Finalists: (in alphabetical order)

Orelle Corporation Ltd.
FA Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise Training Device (patent pending) for the relief and prevention of stress urinary incontinence in women. Majority ownership and management of Orelle lies with women. The ‘NatraTone program’ consists of an elegant, user-friendly, women designed training device used in conjunction with the Orelle exercise program. Up to 70% of women can expect to be rehabilitated after six weeks.

Ralph Schneideman www.orelleonline.com 206-420-4703

Wicked Quick
Wicked Quick is a premium clothing and accessories brand currently offering men’s and boy’s product at all Nordstrom stores and Metropark (women’s in development). We also are delivering performance product to professional teams including Joe Gibbs Racing (NASCAR). In 2009, we expect to modestly grow the business, run it conservatively and position it for stronger growth in the future.
Eric Happel www.wickedquick.com 503-342-8552

Zapproved
Zapproved is a SaaS co. creating collaborative tools designed to be instantly adopted and improve productivity in work groups of every size. Zapproved has developed AdaptPro, a web-based workflow engine that streamlines processes in businesses. AdaptPro manages the decision lifecycle, which TechCrunch wrote is “a simple concept, but it’s one that could easily help companies cut back on meetings and frivolous email exchanges.” Future apps target legal hold management, e-procurement and corporate governance.
Monica Enand www.zapproved.com 503-351-7102

ZAPS Technologies, Inc
A robust instrument working in real time that optically detects contaminants in water with higher accuracy, unattended operation and lower cost. The LiquID TM instrument replaces antiquated, inaccurate, labor intensive, reagent based aircraft deicing fluid (ADF) test systems for tighter process control enabling operating savings and avoiding environmental catastrophes. Significant revenues are generated by secure data, remote monitoring, and maintenance services.
Chuck Crowe www.zapstechnologies.com 541-929-3678

Ignite Angel Finalists: (in alphabetical order)

Arcimoto
Arcimoto is positioned to be a significant player in the emerging electric vehicle industry. The ongoing troubles of the large automotive manufacturers have opened the door for disruptive innovation in the personal transportation market. Our first vehicle has been designed to capitalize on this unique opportunity.

Emily Ramage www.arcimoto.com 541-683-6293

Green Lite Motors Corporation

Green Lite Motors Corporation has prototyped a breakthrough commuter vehicle that delivers 100 mile per gallon efficiency. This solution combines the comfort, safety, and stability of a car with the driving fun, express lane privileges, and parking ease of a motorcycle. Our 3-wheeled design delivers a natural motorcycle feeling that transitions to a stable, upright stopped position. The team is in place to sell into a $25 Billion segment.

Tim Miller www.greenlitemotors.com 541-683-6293

Groupthink
Groupthink’s Software as a Service platform will enable a new class of coordination and communication applications for SMBs. We’re starting by building applications in a single area with customer pain (staff schedule coordination), and we’ve chosen an initial, readily addressable market (restaurants). From there, we’ll expand our market and work towards the coordination service platform which VARs and other service providers can build upon.

Roy Leban www.groupthink.com 425-894-0689

Precision Plant Systems
Precision Plant Systems is a agricultural management solutions company, with a focus on Specialty Crops. We enable growers to optimize quality and yield while minimizing resource usage through our proprietary leaf scanning technology and crop analysis/decision support software. It is our mission to build a grower-friendly management solution that accurately and quickly monitors crop status from one growing season to another.
John Cronkrite www.precisionplantsystems.com 877-811-7774

Toggle3D
Toggle3D makes software tools enabling 3D content creators manage vast collections of 3D models efficiently. We currently target 3D video game creators where demand is high, since current techniques entail high risk of high cost and missed market opportunities. We have filed a provisional patent on our technology.
Rory Plaire www.toggle3d.com 541-609-0493