Those startups are:

Meta Construction LLCÌý($350,000). Nick McRae and Max Kommor founded Meta Construction, a construction technology company, as students in the UofL Entrepreneurship MBA program. They , BlackTop, a software platform that lets asphalt contractors locate dump trucks and get the right number to construction sites. They also previously participated in UofL’s (I-Corps) site program. 

Innovative TherapeutixÌý($250,000). Innovative Therapeutix is collaborating with UofL to develop , a . The company was founded by Michael Detmer, a UofL adjunct professor of music therapy, and Rebekah Gossom, a Norton Healthcare speech-language pathologist. They worked with the UofL Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) to protect and commercialize the technology, and also participated in the  site and  programs at UofL.

VivorteÌý($800,000). Vivorte  invented by UofL associate professor of bioengineering, Dr. Michael Voor. Voor worked with the OTT to protect the intellectual property and come up with a commercialization strategy, resulting in licensing to the UofL start-up company, Vivorte.  Vivorte has received FDA clearance to .