Peep the Philly companies nominated for PACT’s 2019 Enterprise Awards

Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technology (PACT) released its list of nominees for the 26th annual Enterprise Awards, PACT’s awards show celebrating venture-backed companies and deals, on Friday.

During the show, happening May 13 at the Kimmel Center, PACT said it will recognize LLR Partners founder Howard Ross as this year’s Legend Award Honoree.

“Howard’s impact on Philadelphia’s entrepreneurial and capital ecosystem is expansive and spans over four decades of dedicated effort,” said Dean Miller, CEO of PACT.  “In his 20 years at LLR, he continues to serve entrepreneurs not only with capital, but also sound advice and counsel that has always been his trademark.”

This year, 21 companies including Guru, Allevi, Neuroflow and Bainbridge Health will compete for the nine awards of the evening. After some 500 companies in tech and healthcare submitted their names, here are this year’s finalists:

Healthcare Innovator

• EIR Healthcare
• Micro Interventional Devices
• Tandigm Health

Healthcare CEO

• Joseph Capper, BioTelemetry
• Mel Sorensen, Galera Therapeutics
• Navneet Puri, Nevakar

Healthcare Emerging

• Allevi
• Tridiuum
• Vybe Urgent Care

Healthcare Startup

• Bainbridge Health
• Praeventix
• Tmunity Therapeutics

Technology Company

• Accolade
• Frontline Education
• InstaMed

Technology CEO

• Ned Moore, Clutch
• Chris McNabb, Dell Boomi
• Andre Golsorkhi, SideCar

Technology Emerging

• AppBus
• Guru
• Phenom People

Technology Startup

• Augean Robotics
• DrayNow
• NeuroFlow

Investment Deal

• Capgemini
• Essential Medical
• Velicept Therapeutics

Last year’s winners included Dell Boomi, Perpay and Relay.