TROY – Six finalists have been named by Kyyba Innovations to compete for a $50,000 investment, mentoring and so much more at a competition that will be held April 4 at IoT TechConnect at the Troy Marriott.

IoT TechConnect is a day-long conference focused on highlighting Michigan IoT companies. Six of Michigan’s most promising ones will be judged starting at 4 pm by a panel of technology experts who will decide if any should get funding from Kyyba Innovations.

For a full day pass (Just $20), click on https://iottechconnect.com/ticket-checkout/. The show is free of charge at 3 pm. The Pitch Competition starts at 4 pm. A VIP Reception follows at 6:30 and the list of confirmed attendees is a who’s who of Michigan technology.

The judges are:

Zhe Huang, Investment Manager, Corporate Venture at DENSO

David B. Stout, Independent Consultant, David B. Stout Associates LLC

Mike Miotto, Global Infrastructure and Collaboration Fulfillment Manager at Ford Motor Company

Eric Davis, Technology Investment Analyst at Automation Alley

David Kramer, Smart Living Research Lead at Ford Motor Company

Now, a drum roll. The finalists are:

Shopify for AR/VR Experiences. BrandVR is a software platform that makes Augmented Reality (AR) & Virtual Reality (VR) enterprise content creation and publishing super easy. We work with organizations like NASA, GM, and US National Parks to demonstrate how immersive technologies can be used to increase sales and drive cost efficiencies through applications like virtual tours, virtual product showrooms, virtual training & simulations. http://brandvr.co

We operate a visual road sensor network built on top of safety monitoring services for professional fleets, to gather updated 3D scene, change detection and analytics data for city street. Our machine vision pipelines extract rich texture and insight for autonomous vehicle mapping, as well as a broader set of architecture, construction, real estate, urban design and planning uses not served until now. http://www.carmera.com

Inspired Biometrics has developed a patent-pending pediatric wearable biometric sensor, which utilizes proprietary analytics to enable telemedicine. This system empowers parents with real-time biometric data (heart rate, respiratory rate, temperature, oxygen saturation, position, activity), proprietary analytics to identify normal and abnormal values and trends, and enables telemedicine support when parents and their doctors need it most. https://inspiredbiometrics.com

AvidCor is a cardiac monitoring device capable of measuring heart rate and rhythm, pulse oximetry, and temperature. Data is transferred securely via a Bluetooth connection to a smartphone with our proprietary app and saved in our cloud platform. The data is then assessed by our machine learning algorithms and is available for viewing by a healthcare professional as well as the patient. https://www.avidcor.com

All environmental issues and decisions are based on environmental sampling and testing. Our web and mobile platform facilitates the management, collection, labeling, and reporting of both environmental field data and laboratory data. The “free” white-labeled platform is offered through labs, as their own branded app. Our product facilitates planning, sampling and the reporting for engineers. Revenue comes from the sale of info-graphical reports. https://www.sampleserve.com

Giggso is a unified enterprise A.I. platform aimed at helping businesses optimize their digital workplace productivity with social intelligence. We combine the power of enterprise social knowledge with incentivized engagement and unified smart collaboration to improve team and business efficiency over a simple Twitter-like platform. http://www.giggso.com

To buy tickets click on https://iottechconnect.com/ticket-checkout/