Mesodyne Wins 2nd Prize at the WERCBench Labs Demo Day

Mesodyne Inc. won 2nd place in a competition led by WERCBench Labs as part of its Demo Day. Mesodyne demonstrated its technology that "silently and efficiently converts fuel to electricity in a portable form factor increasing runtime ten times over batteries alone to enable long-endurance portable power for remote applications and mobile platforms like drones and remote sensors."

“This year is the first time three women engineers were awarded these prizes,” said Jacquin Davidson, M-WERC’s Managing Director. “In the male-dominated Energy, Power and Controls industry, it is exciting to see their success and the success of all of the businesses in the WERCBench Labs Accelerator program.”

About Mwerc and MWERCBench Labs

The Midwest Energy Research Consortium  is a Milwaukee-based organization promoting research and innovation in energy power and controls in the Midwest and this year marks the fifth anniversary of the accelerator. In the past five years, 47 startup companies have graduated from the WERCBench 16-week accelerator course. The course is open to companies with innovative products and services to advance technology. The Midwest Energy Research Consortium (M-WERC) uses science and technology–driven innovation to spark economic development and growth for Wisconsin’s Energy, Power, and Controls (EPC) sector, a $38 billion industry made up of 900 Wisconsin companies that employ 100,000 people. WERCBench Labs Accelerator is a program for start-up companies in the Energy, Power and Controls sector with innovative products and services to advance technologies. Our accelerator uses the lean startup method and helps companies advance to investor readiness. Each business receives up to $40,000 in grants and royalty-based financing.