Oska Wellness, a health-tech, wearable pain relief device startup based out of Carlsbad, CA, is the 2017 Startup of the Year winner.
The announcement, made at the Innovate Celebrate conference held by TechCo in partnership with CTA, came following a three-day event attended by 100 startup semifinalists, and eventually narrowed down to five finalist startups today. Of all contestants at the wide-sweeping startup competition, Oska Wellness has officially risen to the top.
As the first-place winner, Oska Wellness will receive a prize package worth potentially $150,000 and from a list of companies including Start Co., 500 Startups, Techstars, Dreamit Ventures, Business Blocks, American Airlines, and Moo.
Oska Wellness designs a technology that can help areas of the body prone to injury and degeneration. You can listen to their final competition pitch below, and can watch the other four startup of the year finalists pitch here.