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Hillman Accelerator focuses on companies led by underrepresented individuals in tech by developing venture backable companies. Established in 2017, this statewide effort will display how the state of Ohio strives to move the needle on diversity with this new program to address the lack of capital and business education that limits our ability to maximize the economic benefits of women and minority led tech startups.
Founded by Dhani Jones, Ebow Vroom and Candice Matthews, the Hillman Accelerator will be the only full time program focused on developing teams lead by underrepresented leaders delivering high quality programming, mentorship and education to the participants. Sourcing teams nationally, the accelerator will focus on bringing highly scalable, venture back-able companies from around the country to our city of Cincinnati: The Queen City.
Program details
Significant seed investment, high quality mentoring, infrastructure support, education, assessments, and business strategy.
- 4-month program
- Recruits 5 tech/tech-enabled companies
cohort 1
Solo Funds
SoLo is the first mobile based lowvalue lending exchange platform. SoLo’s lenders profit interest based returns. SoLo’s borrowers solve
shortterm cash needs while increasing their FICO credit score with timely repayments.
Warmilu
Warmilu is a non-electric warming technology company, specializing in manufacturing a safe, reusable heat pack called the InstaWarmer. The InstaWarmer is a durable and reusable heat pack, that can generate safely regulated warmth in seconds, with the simple click of the disk the pack begins to warm up, and stays warm for 3-6 hours.
Ilearsoft
Ilerasoft’s software centralizes a health system’s equipment data on one platform to improve FDA safety recalls. We have built a better way to link and match FDA Safety Recalls to relevant hospital inventory to identify defectivemedical equipment earlier and more accurately.
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Connect with other ambitious individuals in a variety of different fields. Gain access to other perspectives and brainstorm for your passion projects. 9/10 there is someone available who has had some skin in the field, no cost to you.
blk hack
BLK hack is an event based network that is engaged in the latest business, technology news and curator of black digital culture. We are committed to innovating the digital business culture for black millennials while creating more solutions for inclusion.
