A Broken Ankle is the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Partha Unnava
Georgia Tech grad and Atlanta local, Partha Unnava, was inspired to create a better crutch after spending six weeks hobbling around uncomfortably on crutches. His creation, called Better Walk, has landed him in Forbes and given him the opportunity to shake hands with the Leader of the Free World.
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Aside from being covered in the magazine's 2015 30 under 30 , which highlights movers and shakers in the tech world, Unnava has also had the great distinction of meeting President Obama in the White House Maker Faire, the first of it's kind.
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- Better Walk was selected as one of the top companies in Memphis' Zero To 510 accelerator class of 2013. Upon beginning the accelerator, the company began with $50K in seed funding. At the conclusion of the accelerator, after a demo day, the company was chosen as a top company in the program and given an additional $100K.
- At the 2014 TiECONSE Conference, Partha Unnava won 2014 Student Entrepreneur of the Year.
- They were recently named as a semifinalist in the GFHI Challenge Business Plan Competition and were selected to present at a Shark Tank event at the Georgia Bio Life Sciences Conference.
- On May 7th and 8th of 2014 Better Walk was a presenting company at the 2014 Conference of the Southeastern Medical Device Association (SEMDA).
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