Today, Bixpy LLC announced that Bixpy Jet has been selected as a winner in the Sport and Active Lifestyle Technologies Category at CONNECT’s 29th Annual Most Innovative New Product Awards. CONNECT, a premier innovation company accelerator in San Diego that creates and scales great companies in the technology and life sciences sectors, annually hosts this prestigious competition, which begins in each year in the spring and culminates in the awards ceremony in December, to recognize and laud groundbreaking products released within the last 18 months from San Diego-based innovation companies.

“It means so much. Firstly, it is an honor. I have been truly humbled by the number of incredibly smart and innovative people I have met over the last two years and I am honored that our efforts are recognized as being worthy of acknowledgment within that group. Secondly, it is validation. When you work on a product that has never really existed, there are many instances when you have doubts about your own sanity,” says Houman Nikmanesh, the company’s founder, and CEO.

Winners were selected from the following 10 categories: Bluetech; Cleantech, Sustainability, and Energy; Defense, Transportation, and Cyber Security; Information Communication Technologies; Life Science Diagnostics and Research Tools; Medical Devices; Pharmaceutical Drugs and Biologic Therapies; Robotics and Unmanned Vehicles; Software, Digital Media, and Mobile Apps; and Sport and Active Lifestyle Technologies.

For a complete list of winners and additional information, please visit the Most Innovative New Product Awards Website.

ABOUT BIXPY

The Bixpy Jet is an electric water-jet propulsion system designed to attach to virtually anything that needs a motorized boost in water. You can attach a Bixpy Jet to your kayak, standup paddle board or even hold one underwater as a diver propulsion vehicle (DPV) to boost your snorkeling or scuba diving. The Bixpy Jet is a revolution in the world of water propulsion. At 11″ and weighing 2 lb (1 kg), this mighty motor generates enough power to push a kayak up to 7MPH or a diver up to 2.5 MPH.

ABOUT CONNECT

CONNECT is a premier innovation company accelerator in San Diego that creates and scales great companies in the technology and life sciences sectors. By creating an environment in which entrepreneurs and C-suite executives have access to the people, capital, and technology resources they need for success, CONNECT has assisted in the formation and development of more than 3,000 companies since 1985. Widely regarded as one of the world’s most successful organizations linking entrepreneurs and C-suite executives with the resources they need for the commercialization of innovative products and services; our program has been modeled in more than 50 regions around the world.