Update on Validide - the Startup

Hello everyone, I know it has been a few weeks since we have messaged everyone so I want to give you all an update. This is a short two minute read or you can listen via the above podcast.

We have just pushed out our new website Validide.com (thank you David and the RidgeMedia team)! Please review it knowing we will be adding more content and features as we go. Definitely check out the videos, explainers, and live interviews.

We wanted to get it out this week because we are pitching two separate 1 Million Cups audiences in Atlanta and the Research Triangle, as well as over 200 early-stage investors through the YoungStartups Summit on Thursday.

We have also been very busy making sure all of our Friends and Family have the opportunity to invest early into Validide at the F&F 20% via our Startup Baby Shower page https://landing.validide.com/friendsandfamily

We have officially raised $40,000 from our F&F! Yeah!!!

We still have many in our Validide Community who have been morally supporting us but who have not yet taken advantage of the opportunity through the F&F campaign. You can either pre-purchase your membership, or you can apply to be an investor. Please let us know if you have any questions about that opportunity.

We have also been accepted by the Silicon Valley based StartupWind Accelerator as one of 10 startups in their first cohort. StartupWind is a platform that aligns with universities around the world to help startups get launched and we were exposed to the opportunity through Dirk Brown and the McNair Institute - thx Dirk.

We have also made our full application to the South Carolina Launch Program of the SCRA. It is disappointing that they have changed their rules recently and focus more on companies already generating revenue rather than true startups, but we'll push through it and exceed their criteria. We need to have South Carolina investors in order to remain a SC company. 

As we get more exposure to outside investors, there is a higher likelihood that we get asked to move to a more tech conducive environment, but our team is committed to South Carolina and we have believers like GrowCo (grow Columbia) who are working to help us.

There is so much more news and you can learn about it all on the new website, but I will end this update for now. Just please go to Validide.com and check it out and also go to our Validide LinkedIn page and follow us.

Thank you! The Validide Team

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