World-class mentoring for emerging technologies...
by investors and licensees, for investors and licensees
The WBTshowcase is the nation's premier event showcasing the largest collection of vetted and mentored companies and technologies emanating from top universities, labs, research institutions, and the private sector from across the country and around the globe.
Now Accepting Early Bird Applications to Present at the WBT2010
Only 100 Presenters will be selected
To increase your chances of being selected Apply Early.
10 Early Bird Applicants will be Pre-Selected and secure their spot at the Showcase in March.
Early Bird Deadline Ends September 14th and pre-selected technologies will be announced in October.
Visit Submit Your Technology to Apply Now.
What Our Participants Said at the WBT09
The WBTshowcase is not only a business plan competition; you actually practice your concept and access licensees, so it’s very attractive and effective.
-- Sten Wendel, TamperSeal, Sweden
As a venture capitalist, I’ve see thousands of business plans. The WBTshowcase helps entrepreneurs realign their thinking by taking them outside of their work. Great scientists are not yet necessarily great business people.
-- Richard Helfrich, Alameda Advisors, Inc.
The WBTshowcase is one of the year's most interesting collections because it brings together both academics and federal labs to talk about subjects far off the beaten path of Silicon Valley. It fits our charter better than other conferences.
-- Bill Reichert, Garage Technology Ventures
The DoD gets a lot of leverage from the WBTshowcase, from identifying technologies that might fit a military need to moving the technologies in which we're invested.
-- David Appler, U.S Department of Defense
This event has opened my eyes to a new way of thinking about technology. We are hoping to commercialize within three years, so I have a lot to learn! We’ve made some excellent contacts with VCs and others that can help us with our commercialization – people that we wouldn’t have been able to meet elsewhere, all in one place.
-- Dimitri Karamanev, University of Western Ontario
The U.S. is under tremendous competitive stress; we require the replacement of old technologies by new innovations. The WBTshowcase does a great job by representing a nice mix of disciplines and industries, and I was also impressed by its international dimension.
-- Dr. Mihail C. Roco, National Science Foundation
As a startup company looking towards the next stage of commercialization, our WBTshowcase award should be critical. I will make sure that others in Wisconsin hear about and attend this event – the WBTshowcase makes the market for us.
-- Dr. Ayla Annac, Invivosciences LLC