Vote for Brighter AB in the semi-finals at DiabetesMine Design Challenge 2011
2011-05-23 Swedish medtech company and STING alumni Brighter AB is one of 20 entries nominated in this year's DiabetesMine Design Challenge. The contest is an online competition aiming to encourage creative new tools for improving life with diabetes.Three winners will be announced this year and will be offered an opportunity to work with health and wellness experts in the global design and innovation company Ideo. Furthermore, the winners will have the opportunity to participate in the "innovation incubator" Health 2.0 Conference in September 2011 in San Francisco, USA, and present their innovations to a number of Silicon Valley-based investors.
"To be nominated for DiabetesMine Design Challenge is a reward in itself, given the number of entries reviewed. For all of us who are involved with Brighters activities, this is a great recognition of our hard work," says Truls Sjöstedt, CEO of Brighter AB.
About DiabetesMine Design Challenge 2011
The contest is sponsored by the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF), an independent philanthropicorganization that is committed to improving the way care is delivered and financed. The competition is also supported by design and innovation company Ideo, based in Palo Alto, California, and Medgadget.com, an Internet magazine for new medical technologies.
Competition entries can be viewed at the DiabetesMine Design Challenge 2011 Youtube-channel.
Brighters contribution can be viewed there or on Brighter Company's own YouTube-channel.
Please do not forget to vote for Brighter One at: http://www.diabetesmine.com/designcontest
The open community vote decides which entries will advance to the final. Voting is open until 6pm Pacific on Thursday, May 26, 2011.
Contact
Truls Sjöstedt, CEO at Brighter AB
Telephone: +46 709 73 46 00
Email: truls.sjostedt@brightercompany.com
About Brighter AB
Brighter develops and commercializes innovative solutions for diabetes self care. Brighter is an alumni company from the STING business incubator and have received funding from ALMI and Innovationsbron. Notable private investors include Lasse Tenerz (founder of Radi Medical) and KAS Innovationsfond (a branch within the Karl-Adam Bonnier foundation).
For more information:
http://www.BrighterCompany.com/
http://www.BrighterCompany.com/video
http://www.facebook.com/brightercompany
http://twitter.com/brightercompany
http://www.youtube.com/brightercompany
