FoundersBoost Alumni Updates March 2024

7 FoundersBoost Alumni accepted to Techstars Spring Programs

Techstars Los Angeles Accelerator

• Intrinsic Power, Inc. ?( FoundersBoost Los Angeles Fall 2023)

Techstars Atlanta Powered by J.P. Morgan

• HubIQ ( FoundersBoost Kenya Fall 2022)?
• Exchange Robotics ( FoundersBoost NYC Spring 2023)
• Mimrr ?founded by Olaoluwa Ogundeji , FoundersBoost alumnus with his previous startup?Huriti ( FoundersBoost Zambia Spring 2023)

Techstars London

• CoachCorner | The platform elevating youth sports ?( FoundersBoost Chicago Fall 2023)?

Build in Tulsa Techstars Accelerator

• Gilly ( FoundersBoost South Florida Fall 2021)?

Techstars Detroit

• Konnected with Care ( FoundersBoost Detroit Spring 2023)

?? Investment & Accelerator Highlights:

• Avol Aerospace (NYC Spring 2023) accepted to the inaugural cohort of the Sustainable Aviation Technologies and Energies Accelerator .
• Granularity (Toronto Spring 2022) joined the inaugural batch of the Vector Institute’s FastLane program as well as the Q1 cohort of Forum Venture’s Accelerator program .
• GenGle (Italy Fall 2022) was recently acquired by?Meeters? , a community platform dedicated to building connections and group experiences.
• Dimply (Ireland Fall 2020) raised?€1.5 million in top-up funding and aims for expansion in the US and Britain .
• BLNG AI (LA Spring 2022) fashionably announced their new $2m+ seed funding in Vogue Business .
• HyperTribe (London Spring 2018) accepted to the 2024 SoundTech Accelerator Program by Sound Hub Denmark.

?? Partnerships and Updates

• Zendawa (Kenya Fall 2023) announced launch of Zental.AI in partnership with FAST Accelerator to revolutionize pharmacy operations.
• Softdrive (Toronto Fall 2020) announced new partnership with Oracle .
• Motivote (NYC Spring 2019) integrated with Anthology Engage , the leading co-curricular platform for student affairs with 600+ institutions and 1.8M active users.
• Vments INC (NYC Spring 2019) joined with OurBanc to bring inclusive payments to underserved communities.
• goPeer (Toronto Spring 2020) partnered with Wealthica, Canada’s leading finance tracking app to help Canadians better managed their investments .

??Awards and Recognition:

• MADE Outdoor (Vancouver Fall 2022) awarded 1st place in the Pitch Deck Competition at Utah Tech Week.
• Stefania Di Bartolomeo , founder of Physis Investment (NYC Fall 2019) was selected to the Innovate Finance Women in Fintech Powerlist .
• Jennifer Huynh , co-founder of Adaptive Pulse (Toronto Fall 2020) nominated for the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards .
• EasyChamp (South Florida Spring 2023) founder Anton Abyzov has been elected to the prestigious grade of Senior Member by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers .
• MAXPRO (Detroit Fall 2018) won the 2024 Stevie Awards for Sales and Customer Service for Customer Service Department of the Year .
• Maya AI (South Florida Spring 2021) awarded first runner up at the Innov8 pitch competition held at the Arab Health Exhibition in Dubai.

?? Product Updates & Startup News:

• Busylike (Austin Fall 2021) announced the launch of their new Pro Smart Dashboard at SXSW .
• Zurney (Italy Fall 2023) announced the launch of a new interactive website .
• Plateful LLC (Chicago Fall 2023) took the stage at the mHub HardTech Summit startup showcase .
• Homewise (Toronto Spring 2018) opened a new office and was?nominated by the Canadian Mortgage Awards for two awards: Top Brokerage of the Year and Digital Innovator (for the third year counting!).
• Jessica Willis , founder of pocketnest (Detroit Fall 2018) recognized as “Michigan’s Female Founder to Know” .
• BrandXR (Detroit Fall 2017) named as one of the 2024 Best Places to Work by Purpose Jobs .