Fourteen finalists pitched at Boise Entrepreneur Week pitch competition on Thursday, Oct. 27, each hoping to win funding to accelerate their ventures. The finalists included Librarium, Pay4Me App, Galena Innovations, Shadowscape, Textual, Carehandler, Cafe Mule, Idaho Justice Project, TheOutfitter.Guide, Topline Revenue LLC, Soleni Shoes, Londr, Dharma Dr. and Chatterqant.
Brad Mosell, Founder of Dharma Dr. won $5,000 and earned the title of runner-up in the main pitch competition.
Mosell is a Boise State University alum who earned a master’s of teaching from the College of Education. Mosell also participated in the 2022 Venture College Incubator, Idaho Entrepreneur Challenge and Hackfort Tech Challenge. At the spring 2022 Idaho Entrepreneur Challenge, Mosell won the Trolley House Ventures Award and was the Technology Product Track Winner, earning him $7,000 to pursue his venture.
Dharma Dr.’s handheld “tabs” provide alternating lights and vibrations that help calm the brain, clinically proven to reduce symptoms of anxiety in under 30 seconds, Mosell said.