Whale Tank
A showcase for innovators, by innovators. We’re not doing “Innovation Theater” here. We’re making game-changing connections between startups/tech companies, investors and industry experts (navigators).
October 8-9, 2025
at the annual Innovation Network Gathering
What is The Whale Tank?
The Whale Tank is more than an event—it's a results-driven acceleration platform designed to address real-world challenges in clinical trials and health innovation.
Built to go beyond networking and pitches, Whale Tank equips startups with practical, hands-on support and direct feedback from customers, investors, and industry leaders. Our aim is to drive impactful solutions that are aligned with real customer needs, creating an ecosystem where startups don’t just showcase ideas but develop viable solutions for the market.
Our Mission
The Whale Tank supports novel solutions in reaching the market faster—because patients are waiting.
We aim to forge powerful connections between cutting-edge tech companies and their ideal partners—whether that's customers, investors, or strategic advisors.
We're not just about a one-off event; we're building relentless, ongoing momentum that fuels innovation before, during, and after Whale Tank.
Everyone who joins our community walks away with something tangible—actionable insights, meaningful connections, and practical steps forward. Get ready to unleash transformative breakthroughs and push the boundaries of what's possible in clinical research.
Get ready to unleash transformative breakthroughs and push the boundaries of what's possible in clinical research.
Why Whale Tank?
Customer-Centric Approach
We prioritize hearing from customers first. By understanding their pain points and unmet needs, we ensure that the solutions address real problems.
Diverse Stakeholder Involvement
We bring together a variety of stakeholders, including customers and investors. This ensures every participant receive comprehensive and valuable feedback.
Substantive Evaluation and Feedback
It's not a “pay to play” popularity contest. We provide ample time for conversations between customers and participants throughout the entire process, from preparation of pitches to after the pitch day and make sure all participants walk away with actionable insights.
2025 Finalists
Operational AI for the Clinical Research Industry
Kenosha AI is transforming clinical research operations with enterprise-grade AI to accelerate clinical trial timelines, enhance decision making ability, and ultimately speed access to life-saving treatments. By integrating advanced AI-powered tools like copilots and GPTs into workflows, we are streamlining some of the most time-consuming, repetitive, and resource-intensive aspects of clinical research operations.
Bill Kish, CEO & Co-founder | Brad Pruitt, M.D., President & Co-founder
Meet Brad Pruitt, M.D., President & Co-founder at the Gathering
Learn more at Kenosha.ai
Learn more about RegChat.com | AI-powered Clinical Regulatory Guidance Assistant
KENOSHA AI
OmniScience is a leading AI organization advancing clinical R&D missions through unparalleled expertise in clinical data science. At OmniScience, we are using AI to revolutionize the way pharma manages clinical trials and employs generative AI, with the industry's first AI control tower for clinical trial operations. OmniScience’s product, Vivo, is the first product to bring clinical trial management into the modern (AI) era. It allows pharma and biotech to automate and accelerate clinical trials, enabling clinical development teams to manage and unify complex data sets from disparate sources, and provide actionable and predictive analytics. Vivo enables unprecedented levels of oversight and quality assurance with notifications, smart data management, and conversational search to better monitor and accelerate clinical trials.
Meet Angela Holmes, CEO at the Gathering
Learn more at omniscience.bio
OMNISCIENCE
TRIALHUB
FindMeCure is on a mission to bring research closer to patients. Through TrialHub, our smart data platform, we combine medical and AI expertise to reshape how clinical trials are planned and run. Since 2019, we’ve supported over 6,000 trials, reducing amendments and speeding up recruitment. By partnering with top CROs and pharmaceutical companies, we’re increasing the success rate of clinical trials and delivering better outcomes for all.
Meet Maya Zlatanova, CEO and CO-Founder at the Gathering
Learn more at trialhub.com
ARTYC
Artyc is building a customizable, on-demand cold chain for healthcare and life sciences. We develop battery-powered shippers designed to address the significant challenges in transporting temperature-sensitive goods, from patient samples, to therapeutics, and reagents. Our shippers are iOT enabled providing real-time track and trace capabilities, chain of custody reporting and supply chain analytics.
Artyc's initial product, the Medstow Micro, is used to support microsampling and enables a new menu of tests for DCTs and direct-to-patient shipping. Artyc's second product, the Medstow 4L supports intra-lab shipments, direct-to-cite shipments, as well as commercial shipments, and is launching in late 2024.
Meet Hannah Sieber, Co-founder and CEO at the Gathering
Learn more at shipartyc.com
GENO.ME
Geno.Me is a biotechnology company that was born from the idea of empowering people to take greater ownership of their health data, because it is a valuable and necessary asset to advance medical research. With a focus on creating better ways to treat populations that have diseases with a genetic predisposition, the organization allows people to democratize their health data in a safe, secure and meaningful way.
Meet Britt Gottschalk, MBA MIO, CEO at the Gathering
Learn more at yourgeno.me
BENTO BIO
BENTO BIOLOGY PLATFORMS has created a new playbook to move the needle on clinical trial accrual, trial completion and equitable patient-finding so the drugs and therapies patients need can come to market as soon as possible. BENTO transforms clinical trial participation into an immersive user experience, capable of ensuring that participation in clinical trials is accessible and inclusive, from the comfort of participants’ homes, with an engine for building trust in distrustful communities. In 2024, Bento received the Patient Empowerment Platform of the year, as well as a prestigious “Federal 100” technology award for advancing health equity.
Meet Kelly McVearry, Co-founder and Chairman at the Gathering
Learn more at bentobio.com
How It Works
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Call for Solutions
We start by listening—gathering insights from customers and stakeholders to identify pressing needs and opportunities. From there, we issue a targeted call for startups working on solutions that directly align with these challenges.
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Collaborative Preparation
Selected companies go through a structured preparation process that includes curated feedback from customers, investors, and expert navigators. This isn't about perfecting a pitch—it's about refining the solution with the people it’s built for.
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Whale Tank Sessions
During the live event, companies engage in high-touch sessions including Main Stage pitches and deep-dive roundtable discussions ("The Pods") with key stakeholders. These conversations are designed to spark meaningful feedback, real traction, and ongoing collaboration.
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Post-Event Follow Up
Participation doesn’t end at the event. Startups receive:
- Follow-up conversations with interested stakeholders
- A feedback report capturing insights from judges and advisors
- Ongoing engagement as part of the Whale Tank community
2024 Whale Tank Participants
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OmniScience - Blue Whale Ribbon
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TrialHub - Study Feasibility Award
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BENTO Bio - Study Conduct Award
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Artyc - Official Selection
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Geno.Me - Official Selection
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Kenosha AI - Official Selection
What Founders Loved
“It has proven transformative”
Angela Holmes, OmniScience
The insights and advice on our messaging and G2M by our advisors and judges, and the subsequent follow up meetings has been incredibly valuable. The messaging that evolved from Whale Tank has helped us achieve significant milestones — being accepted into life science accelerator program, generating numerous active sales leads and winning a showcase competition at another industry conference. The media coverage and our recent wins have sparked growing interest from investors. I am grateful.
“We felt the team’s love and passion for the industry”
Brad Pruitt, Kenosha AI
All the feedback and prep sessions were very helpful and appreciated. The group feedback session after the pitch was excellent. The feedback form was also very helpful as well as getting the contacts of those interested in followups. We all felt the love and passion for the industry and willingness to help startups. Thank you!
“Great opportunity to pitch directly to buyers”
Hannah Sieber, Artyc
The production value, coaching, and support for Whale Tank was awesome - all the coaches were incredibly supportive and thoughtful in their commentary. The TedX style production value made it easy to present and created a valuable digital asset. Whale Tank is a great opportunity for founders building in the clinical space to pitch their idea directly to buyers!
Turn your idea into market-proven success
October 8-9, 2025
at the annual Innovation Network Gathering
OmniScience is a leading AI organization advancing clinical R&D missions through unparalleled expertise in clinical data science. At OmniScience, we are using AI to revolutionize the way pharma manages clinical trials and employs generative AI, with the industry's first AI control tower for clinical trial operations.
OmniScience is a leading AI organization advancing clinical R&D missions through unparalleled expertise in clinical data science. At OmniScience, we are using AI to revolutionize the way pharma manages clinical trials and employs generative AI, with the industry's first AI control tower for clinical trial operations.
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OmniScience’s product, Vivo, is the first product to bring clinical trial management into the modern (AI) era. It allows pharma and biotech to automate and accelerate clinical trials, enabling clinical development teams to manage and unify complex data sets from disparate sources, and provide actionable and predictive analytics. Vivo enables unprecedented levels of oversight and quality assurance with notifications, smart data management, and conversational search to better monitor and accelerate clinical trials.
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Learn more at omniscience.bio