Idaho start-ups show off breakthroughs in clean technology at the 31st Annual Investors Choice Conference

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Clean technology from two Idaho-based companies will be among the presenting companies at this years annual Investors Choice Conference on February 12, in Midway, Utah.

Precision crop spray technology developed by GenZ Technology in Boise drastically reduces waste in pesticides and other expensive chemicals while attaining superior coverage and capturing and reusing most of the chemicals that miss the target.  This initial target market - 35,000 vineyards and table grape growers in California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho.  It is also ideal for strawberry crops, which are mostly grown in California.  Along with dramatically cutting the use and cost of chemicals, the technology is much safer for farm workers and the environment.

BiologiQ, Inc., based in Idaho Falls, has invented technology that reuses potato starch waste to manufacture biodegradable plastic resin pellets.  The bio-plastics are used in making everything from bags and bottles to cutlery.  All products are competitive with plastics products made from petro-chemicals that are a major cause of pollution.  Proprietary equipment and processes transform the waste starch left over from potato processing plants in Idaho, Oregon and Washington, making it a renewable and sustainable feedstock.

"Last spring, Zions Bank CEO Scott Anderson encouraged our board and the team at The Wayne Brown Institute to set up an office in Boise," said Brad Bertoch, President and CEO of the Wayne Brown Institute.  "Scott's vision paid off immediately this year with GenZ Technology, BiologiQ, Inc. We have three more presenting companies from Idaho, plus companies from surrounding states."

All these companies will pitch to investors and conference attendees during the annual daylong Investors Choices Conference at the Zermatt Resort in Midway, Utah, near Park City.  For information on registration for the conference and other activities including the gala reception and Friday ski day, please click here.

ABOUT THE WAYNE BROWN INSTITUTE (WBI):  The Wayne Brown Institute is America's oldest and most successful non-profit 501(c)(3) venture accelerator.  To date, more than 800 groundbreaking high tech companies have presented in a WBI program; 70% have participated in financial transactions totaling more than $8.5 billion in private equity, accounting for 1/2% - 1% of venture capital deal flow in the U.S.

ABOUT THE SPONSORS:  Zions Bank is the Founding Sponsor of the Investors Choice Conference.  Additional principle sponsors include the law firm Ballard Spahr LLP, Tanner LLC, the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development and the Utah Division of Securities.

For more information, contact:

Brad Bertoch, President
Wayne Brown Institute
801.598.4651
[email protected]

To register for the conference, click here or contact:

Matthew Zitting
Wayne Brown Institute
801.595.1141
[email protected]

SOURCE Wayne Brown Institute