Two East Coast medtech entrepreneurs claimed the top prizes in the Canadian edition of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, or GSEA, and will now proceed to the international finals.
David Hodgson, CEO and Co-Founder of Halifax-based Hollo Medical, won the $50,000 first prize. Bronwyn Bridges, Co-Founder and CEO of St. John’s-based PragmaClin Research, claimed the second prize, which is worth $25 000.
A third Atlantic Canadian won the $5,000 Grit Award. It was captured by Jaime Landry, the Founder of Black Harbour Distillery in Hubbards, NS. The total prize purse at the event was