N2Tec Institute

National Network for Technology
Entrepreneurship and Commercialization

Featured start-ups from the 2009 through 2011 Accelerators

Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota

On Site- Mobile Medical Services (Lauren Anema) provides x-ray and other medical services to individuals with limited mobility due to health or situational constraints. 
PharmaCline  Steven Keough.)(see photo left) has developed a patent-pending drug delivery technology and line of topical antimicrobial drugs that effectively treat the most resistant strains of bacterial infection, such as MRSA and Staph. The company already has over-the-counter (OTC) approval from the FDA. 
Cortext  (Michael Korstjens)  provides rapid, effective, targeted market research for small businesses via text messaging to focus groups. (see photo, L to R, Royce McDaniel and Michael Korstjens) 
Nism (Royce McDaniel) produces and sells a patent-pending bike conversion kit that enables avid mountain bikers and freestyle BMX riders to quickly convert their mountain bikes to ski bikes so that they can do all the tricks  they typically do on bike trails and off road  in the spring and summer on the snow all winter. This product will be the only bike conversion kit endorsed by professional mountain bikers. 
Sandbox (John Meyer), through guides, personalized support, case studies, and weekly seminars, helps small and medium sized business owners understand and use social media and digital tools in as little as 30 minutes a week. 
GalDom (Adam Vandemore) manufactures and sells a network attached storage device that brings enterprise level storage technologies to the small to medium-sized business with needs to securely and quickly deploy a High Availability advanced file server and storage services with remote backup and streaming replication capabilities.  
DataVator Inc., Scott Sandal
DataVator initially will contract as an MSP for data center environment and power management, monitoring and metering within the Dataware Green data center in Yankton, SD and Dataware Services data center in Sioux Falls, SD. DataVator specializes in data center facility design, power management, and physical security.  
2Digit Media, Robert Amundson
2Digit Media is a mobile text solutions company that provides the knowledge and technology healthcare providers and business owners need to connect to patients and customers. 
Bowhunting Science, John Warner and Brandon Bruder
The Bloodhound is BSI’s flagship product that assists bowhunters with tracking and finding their wounded game animal.  The Bloodhound is an ethically necessary tool that ensures the bowhunter every opportunity in retrieving their trophy.  
Edwards Robotics
Edwards Robotics provides robotic solutions to the golf industry.  Its first product is a robot that will replace human-driven golf carts in picking up golf balls off the driving range. 
9Clouds Inc., John Meyer and Scott Meyer
9Clouds is a social media company that acts as as a business's eyes, ears, and voice online.  Their services are designed to make it easier for businesses to reach their customers, increase web traffic, and find innovative ways to market their companies. 
Vero, Jeffery Feferlick
HSP™ is a proprietary technology developed by Vero™ to ensure healthcare claims submitted to insurance companies are for valid services provided. HSP™ uses swipe-card and biometric security measures to ensure the patient was physically present at the provider’s location for services. The provider submitting claims to an insurance company using HSP™ would be required to physically see the patient they are billing for. The multi-level authentication also protects the patient against medical identity theft. 
HeartResolve, Patrick McGowan
HeartResolve is a proprietary mobile database application specifically designed to help people change their behavior in order to reduce the risks of heart disease through positive lifestyle decision making. According to the CDC’s Healthy People 2010 objectives, primary prevention through lifestyle interventions that promote heart-healthy behaviors is a major strategy to reduce the development of heart disease. HeartResolve will help achieve this objective. 
Attach a Glass, Stewart Mooring
Attach a Glass™, LLC is a company created to produce and market an energy saving and green alternative to single pane window replacement. The patented Attach a Glass (AAG) product is a preassembled window retrofit which converts an existing single pane window to a fully functional, hermetically sealed, dual pane window. Our product costs less, conserves energy, reduces the carbon footprint and avoids the construction mess and headaches of window replacement. 
Solid Rock T-shirts, Dustin Pratt
Solid Rock T-shirts utilizes proprietary fabric blends and designs to produce apparel that is functional, has an athletic fit, and uses unique organic dyes.
Eyeballs to the Wall, Ginger Thomson and Jay Vanduch
Eyeballs to the Wall will provide digital signage at the point of wait initially in chiropractic facilities. Digital signs can feature information on new services and products, as well as wellness, nutrition and supplement information. 
Academic Achievement Corporation: The Easy A Program, Ryan VanZee
The Easy A Program is a proprietary research-based student motivational program which improves students’ grades and develops a positive outlook towards school.. The program contains 10 lessons which consist of DVD lessons in combination with a student-driven Successbook.  The program is already being successfully deployed in a number of schools. 
The Palate Cleanser, Lisa Bryan and Cliff Bryan
This proprietary gel permanently removes the taste of onion or coffee from the mouth.