PROVIDENCE – HarborOne Bank recently awarded $17,500 to four business finalists in its first-ever Rhode Island Small Business Pitch Contest, according to a news release.
The event, hosted by the bank in collaboration with Providence Media, featured pitches from eight entrepreneurs out of a group of 20 applicants looking to grow or start their own business.
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The $10,000 first prize was awarded to Azure Cygler, owner of Rhode Wild Sea Gardens in Narragansett, who grows sugar kelp that is sold to local restaurants and markets, or made into other products.
Other finalists each awarded $2,500 prizes were Kemi Asani, of Afrobeat Fit LLC in Providence; Sean Maloney, of 13 Stars Hot Sauce in Cranston; and Victor Regino, Luis Olmo and Travis Escobar, of Papi’s Coquito in Pawtucket.
Nancy Lavin is a PBN staff writer. Email her at Lavin@PBN.com.
