2012 Merage Business Plan Competition

2012 NVC

Grand Prize

Team	Prize	Project
Prescient Imaging Farhad Daghighian (Co-Founder, CEO; founded Prescient Imaging in 2008), Ariel Beroukhim (originally developed the business model for a class project, then joined Daghighian's NVC team)	Not Disclosed	Compact PET-imaging hardware for medical diagnostics

Post-competition outcomes

• Prescient Imaging Operating Received 510(k) FDA clearance in March 2021 for the BBX-PET portable PET scanner. Founders and private investors have put in over $8M total; focused on Alzheimer's neurology applications.