IGERT students and faculty win at Venture Forum’s annual Five-Minute Pitch Contest

On April 14, 2015 The Venture Forum held it’s annual 5 minute Pitch Contest where the 10 finalist are given 5 minutes to pitch their buisness to a panel of judges. VitaThreads, a company that began based on the work of  WPI prof. Glenn Gaudette and George Pins, was awarded second place and a $1,500 cash prize.  AMProtection, a company started by students Lindsay Lozeau and Todd Alexander was awarded the top prize of $500 in the poster competition for the second year in a row.