Read below to learn about this week’s emerging companies and hear 4 entrepreneurs deliver speed pitches of their solutions. Apply to present at the Tech & Innovation Showcase here.
On November 4, 2021, Public Spend Forum and GovShop, our AI-enabled Market Intelligence platform, hosted 3 innovative tech companies as part of our biweekly Emerging Tech and Innovation Showcase (apply or attend a showcase by clicking on the link). The tech pitch showcase was designed as part of our mission to create open government markets and strives to build awareness of innovative tech companies in the market. Through the showcase, Public Spend Forum is lowering the barriers and costs for small businesses to enter the public sector market. Each weekly innovation showcase gives entrepreneurs from emerging companies the opportunity to each deliver a technology pitch in front of a diverse audience of government buyers from the local, state, and federal agencies.
Below are recaps of the companies from this week’s innovation showcase along with 5-minute pitches and links to the pitches.
- Friends With Holograms: AR/VR for child welfare, communication, training, and more
- Emblematic Group: AR/VR recreating actual events, fantasy environments, and data visualizations
- ServiceAlliances International Inc.: XR, VR, AR for virtual learning and training
Friends With Holograms
About the Company
- Type: Software and Services
- Year Founded: 2017
- Sectors Served: Private Sector
- Country of Origin: United States
Friends With Holograms is an AR/VR tech company. The company promotes VR as time-sensitive and money-saving for clients. Friends with Holograms educates companies on AR/VR best practices and uses their solutions to improve child welfare, employee safety, communication, and more. The company also uses VR to address problems in the community such as workplace inclusion, mental health conversations, psychological safety, policing, and patient-provider communication. Watch the video below to hear Founder and CEO Cortney Harding present her solution to government buyers:
Emblematic Group
About the Company
- Type: Software and Services
- Year Founded: 2001
- Sectors Served: US Federal, US State, US Local, Private Sector
- Country of Origin: United States
Emblematic Group is an innovative AR/VR company that is creating powerful virtual experiences to enlighten, empower, and educate audiences. Through the use of photogrammetry and videogrammetry, the company’s solutions are able to recreate events and create fantasy environments and data visualizations. One of the many ways that the Emblematic Group is using their technology is their Greenland Melting project that provides rare views of the quickly disappearing Arctic scenery. Founder and CEO Nonny de la Peña presented this solution to 250+ government buyers at this week’s showcase. Watch the video below to hear her pitch:
ServiceAlliances International Inc.
About the Company
- Type: Software and Services
- Year Founded: 2012
- Sectors Served: Private Sector
- Country of Origin: United States
ServiceAlliances International Inc. is a tech company that is using AR/VR to assess companies’ needs, co-create innovative solutions, and transform training methods. By offering XR, VR, and AR for training and meeting alternatives, the company produces highly customizable results. These training programs improve employee interest, management support, return on investment, and accountability. Watch below to hear Christine Hobbi, Chief Strategist for the company, pitch the solution:
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