Story excerpt provided by Freshwater Cleveland
Written by Douglas J. Guth
EveryKey, creator of a high-tech wristband that wirelessly syncs with various electronic devices, emerged as the winner of the Incubator at MAGNET's first product-focused pitch contest.
EveryKey was pitted against five other hardware-creating entrepreneurs during the ProtoTech competition held Oct. 21 at the Ariel International Center in Cleveland. The nascent Case Western Reserve University-based company took home $12,000, funds that will be sunk into an invention that holds all of the wearer's online passwords and is designed to lock and unlock everything from doors to phones to computers.
Chris Wentz, CEO of EveryKey, was thankful for the opportunity to put his product before a panel of investors, development specialists and peers interested in supporting physical technology. Now that the contest is over, the startup will focus on its Kickstarter campaign, set to launch Oct. 29.
"This competition meant so much to us," says Wentz, 23. "There were a lot of great companies here with some great ideas."
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