Raleigh startup UTTy began with a stench – one so bad that Mark Uttridge, founder and CEO, said it was like “living in a dumpster.” “It’s absolutely disgusting,” he said. The stench was emanating from hockey equipment. Uttridge’s sons both played competitive hockey, a sport that requires equipment Uttridge compares to a “mobile petri dish.” If the equipment doesn’t dry properly between uses, the smell gets worse.