

2021 Conference
$255,000 was awarded during the 2021 Conference
The 2021 Flywheel Investment Conference was livestreamed online. This year’s conference had 50 startup companies from across Washington State apply to compete. Those applications were then carefully narrowed down to just the top six companies who competed live during the conference.
Congratulations to our 2021 winner, Syncfloor, which took home an investment of $150,000!
2021 WINNER
SyncFloor
Seattle, WA
Founder: Kirt Debique
Awarded: $150,000 investment
SyncFloor enables businesses of all kinds, including websites, services and apps, to “use music everywhere,” by aggregating content from the world’s best independent catalogs and creating a streamlined discovery and licensing experience via their proprietary technology and platform. SyncFloor currently offers two online marketplaces for music discovery and are actively building out their platform capabilities so that businesses can integrate SyncFloor’s discovery and licensing experience directly into their website, app or service.


2021 WINNER
Iasis Molecular Science
Spokane, WA
Founder: David J. Vachon
Awarded: $50,000 investment
Iasis Molecular Sciences is an advanced materials company developing and commercializing materials science-based solutions to prevent the transmission of infectious pathogens from surfaces. Their advanced materials solutions are broadly applicable across different industries and products. Their primary product development focus targets disposable urological medical devices; a product group where healthcare-associated infections are prevalent, expensive, and deadly
2020 WINNER
PetHub
Wenatchee, WA
Founder: Tom Arnold
Awarded: $5,000 Fan Favorite Cash Prize
PetHub is a data platform that puts your pet at the center for all aspects of their life from the time they’ve joined your family. Their mission is to make it quick, easy and safe to find and use your pet’s data. Today, PetHub has 700-800 new pets joining the site daily and over 600 communities using PetHub’s ID tags as their license or rabies tag.

2021 SPEAKERS
Dave Parker
Founder, Author, and Investor / DKParker, LLC
Max Martina
President, Cambridge Leadership Associates
Minda Brusse
Founding Partner, First Row Partners
Martha Montoya
Founder and CEO, Agtools
Brian Vierra
Venture Catalyst, EDCO
James Dorsey
President and CEO, College Success Foundation
Virginia Emery
Founder and CEO, Beta Hatch
Dr. Lisa Brown
Director, Washington State Department of Commerce
Tim Jenkins
President, Colchuck
Glenn D. Prestwich
Founder and Director, sp3nw
Bealinda Tidd
Flywheel Angel Network
Karen Rutherford
Flywheel Angel Network
Lisa Karstetter
Microsoft
Frank Kuntz
Mayor, City of Wenatchee
Cyndi Donahue
Community Engagement & Marketing Director, Ignite
Tegan Peterson
Moss Adams
JC Baldwin
Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority
Rob Tidd
Flywheel Angel Network
Dr. Doug Wilson
Confluence Health
Julie Norton
Ogden Murphy Wallace
Jeff Ostenson
Northy Forty Productions
Jenny Rojanasthien
Conference Director, NCW Tech Alliance
2021 SPONSORS
Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority
City of Wenatchee
Karr Tuttle Campbell
Numerica Credit Union
North Forty Productions
Flywheel Angel Network
Laura Mounter Real Estate & Company
Native Network
Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA)
LocalTel Communications
Colchuck
GeekWire
Washington State Department of Commerce
Clark Nuber PS
AHT Insurance
Cambridge Leadership Associates
Brighton Jones