The IPO-hosted National Lab Accelerator Pitch Event, held Sept. 25, angel investors and venture capitalists to watch twelve national lab participants pitch their technologies having the most potential to move from lab-to-market and make a significant market impact. Scott Compel, who had been an LLNL postdoc for the past two and a half years, and Erika Suzuki, a scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, tied for first place in the competition.