Eyeonic wins grand prize at the Pitch, with La Foundary named People’s Choice

This evening in Melbourne, SmartCompany hosted its fourth instalment of the Pitch, an early-stage startup competition, with Eyeonic named the winner.

Held at The Commons in Cremorne, the event was created in partnership with AWS, BlueRock and FinTech Australia, with a packed room in attendance to hear five early-stage startups pitch their ideas to an esteemed judging panel.

Our guest judges, Rachel Yang, partner at Giant Leap, Claire Bristow, senior investment associate at Skalata Ventures, Mitch Hancock, director of accounting at BlueRock and Rahul Kesavan, startups advisor at AWS, chose Eyeonic as the winner due to its clear purpose, solution and market opportunity.

Now, Eyeonic will receive AWS Activate credits, mentoring sessions, and a grants review from BlueRock as it works towards its mission of making glaucoma testing easier and more affordable.

Founded by Simon Skalicky, it uses artificial intelligence to enable home glaucoma testing on laptop or tablet screens.

“Large addressable market, ambition, passion, global strategy, and a clear pitch” brought it home for Skalicky, the judges said, in a close contest.