Christopher Nilsen, CEO of Pluto Aerospace, makes a pitch to a panel of venture capitalists and angel investors during Purdue Foundry s Boost program. Pluto Aerospace was one of three companies, along with Araqev and ReproHealth Technologies, to receive a $25,000 investment from Purdue Foundry after panelists deemed them ready for investment.
As part of Purdue Foundry's Boost accelerator program, companies pitched ideas and won investments for technology solutions to problems in additive manufacturing, aerospace vehicles and bovine reproduction.
Three Indiana-based, high-tech startup companies with connections to Purdue University each received $25,000 at the conclusion of Purdue Foundry s Boost accelerator.