Diabetes Sentry Products Inc. beat out 400 other startups across the country to win the best pitch competition at the The PerfectBusiness Entrepreneur & Investor Conference in Las Vegas. The company, based in Orono, Minnesota, is trying to raise $1 million to $1.5 million to develop a portable device that alerts diabetic patients when their blood sugar levels fall dangerously low.

Has Diabetes Sentry Products Inc.’s time finally come? Or has the start-up already missed the boat?The Orono-based company, a semi-finalist in this year’s Minnesota Cup, hopes to raise $1 million to $1.5 million to develop a portable device that alerts diabetic patients when their blood sugar levels fall dangerously low. But some experts wonder if [...]