ZINO Society announces finalists for $100,000 investment award

On Thursday, Sept. 17, ZINO Society held its largest investment event of the year, the fourth annual ZINO Zillionaire Investment Forum.

At the forum, 28 early-stage and expansion companies that are seeking funding made presentations to accredited investors/ZINO Society members in attendance. In addition to the individual members and guests who chose to invest directly with presenting entrepreneurs, ZINO Society put together a $100,000 investment fund that will be split 50/50 between the Best Technology Investment Opportunity and the Best Non-Technology Investment Opportunity that presented.

Three tech and three non-tech finalists were announced Thursday afternoon at the end of the forum, and once due diligence is performed, the two fund winners will be announced near the end of October.

The finalists are:

Non-tech: Microgreen Polymers, Zero Crossing, Harbor Wing Technologies

Tech: Giftango, Photon Machines, Enroute Systems

Check out this story on the forum posted by the Puget Sound Business Journal, and this story written by Xconomy.

KOMO Radio also ran this preview the morning of the event:

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Overlake opens new helistop at its Bellevue campus

Earlier this week, Overlake Hospital Medical Center opened a new helistop at its main Bellevue campus to provide more efficient emergency treatment for patients who need to be airlifted.


“This helistop will be a great asset to our community, enabling Overlake to provide faster response times in bringing patients here for treatment, or in some situations, getting patients to other healthcare facilities in the region,” said Craig Hendrickson, Overlake’s president and chief executive officer. “And because Overlake is a Level III trauma center and backup responder to Harborview Medical Center, the helistop will greatly enhance Overlake’s ability to provide emergency treatment for severely ill and injured patients.”

The Seattle Times covered the helistop opening, along with KOMO-TV and KIRO-TV.