Precision Surgery Technologies and Concrete.ai win Draper Innovation Showcase 2024

Maie St John of Precision Surgery Technologies wins First Place

                      Photo of Maie St John of Percision Surgery Technologies accepting the First Place award

Los Angeles, CA October 24, 2024 --- Precision Surgery Technologies wins First Place and Concrete.ai wins Third Place at the Draper Innovation Showcase! 

Congratulations to Precision Surgery Technologies and Concrete.ai for clinching the First Place and Third Place awards respectively at the Draper Innovation Showcase 2024.

Precision Surgery Technologies has developed a patented system that differentiates between cancerous and noncancerous tissue in real time, without chemical markers, thereby improving patient outcomes and reducing costs. The company founded by Maie St John, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Head & Neck Surgery won First Place with $200K investment.

Concrete.ai is a generative AI software-as-a-service that reduces concrete's costs and carbon footprint. The company founded by Mathieu Bauchy, Associate Professor, UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering won Third Place at the showcase with $100K investment.

About Draper Innovation Showcase

  • The UCLA Innovation Showcase is an invite-only pitch event spotlighting startups from across the UCLA innovation ecosystem, including from the School of Engineering, UCLA Health, Magnify at CNSI and more.
  • Experience 10 of UCLA’s top early-stage companies as they pitch and demo for a chance to secure $250,000 in investments from the Draper family.
  • Enjoy a distinguished panel featuring experts from across Los Angeles.
  • Showcase is co-hosted by the Venture Accelerator at UCLA Anderson and the Draper Foundation — featuring Tim Draper (Draper Associates), Jesse Draper (B.A. ’06, Halogen VC), Billy Draper (B.A. ’11, Path Ventures), Adam Draper (B.A. ’09, Boost VC) and Eleanor Draper Vaughan.