22/11/2017
Facing formidable competition, Cogentis Therapeutics, Inc. just returned from Cambridge at the MIT-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (MIT-CHIEF) Business Plan Contest as overall winners with a Grand Prize of $30k. We won 1st of 8 finalists chosen from >200 start-ups. We pitched at MIT to a panel of judges with wide tech venture expertise including some of the world's foremost Chinese and Boston-affiliated investment firms. The prize money and new connections made at MIT-CHIEF will help to accelerate our vision of bringing a cure to patients and families suffering from Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Special thanks to Tian Xia and his team at MIT-CHIEF for organizing a brilliant weekend with top-notch speakers. Also thanks to the judges and sponsors such as Peter Miller, Charles Hsu, Hua Zhang, and MassChallenge for making it possible. And finally thanks to our mentors/advisors/supporters including Bruce Morimoto, Sanjeev Thohan, Li-Huei Tsai, Rosemarie Truman, Yvonne Angell, Chris Adams, Cydan Development, Inc., Dione T. Kobayashi, Barbara Slusher, Solomon Snyder, Ajay Verma, Stephen Haggarty.