Six Pressure Chamber finalists announced

At Pressure Chamber, emerging companies will pitch in front of national investors and a live audience. The winning company receives the “golden suitcase,” representing a reserved spot in the Chamber’s Greater Madison startup meetings with top Silicon Valley investment firms this fall.

The 2024 Pressure Chamber finalists are:

• CranioSure (Madison) — A mobile application that screens the head shapes of infants to distinguish between benign, self-resolving head shape differences and craniosynostosis, helping provide guidance to health care providers and parents;

• Cubby (Madison) — Helps busy families with active kids stay on top of events and incoming messages, with software that leverages integrations, AI, and community to make parenting easier;

• Maize (Verona) — Maps the local food system to show users where their food comes from while giving small food businesses a platform to build community around sustainable practices;

• SideShift (Madison) — Revolutionizes the part-time job search for Gen Z and the hiring process for local businesses through a universal application for students to apply to multiple jobs with one tap;

• SixLine Semiconductor (Madison) — Commercializes breakthroughs in carbon nanotube processing to unlock the next generation of high-performance, cost-effective semiconductor devices; and

• Terra Bioforge (Middleton) — Pioneers next-generation genome engineering tools to discover and overproduce billion-dollar bioactive compounds and therapeutic drugs, thus improving product yield, decreasing costs, and increasing revenues for agrichemical and pharma companies.

To register to attend the Pressure Chamber finals, click here.