Admit.me
Entrepreneurs: Kofi Kankam, Eric Allen
Email: kofi@admit.me
Website: www.admit.me
City: New York, NY
Admit.me, New York City, is a tools-based admissions social network designed to assist applicants with the college planning and admissions process. At no cost to the student, Admit.me provides a direct connection to other applicants, current students, alumni experts, colleges, and other key admissions stakeholders. The Admit.me platform is designed to level the college admissions playing field by providing structure to one of the most meaningful, competitive, stressful, and misunderstood processes encountered by students.
Blendoor
Entrepreneur: Stephanie Lampkin
Email: slampkin@blendoor.com
Website: www.blendoor.com
City: San Francisco, CA
Blendoor, San Francisco, was created in response to the recent diversity numbers published by top US tech companies (90% White/Asian & 70% Male). It is a mobile job matching app that helps connect tech companies to qualified women, veterans and underrepresented minority candidates. With 1 swipe, recruiters can screen potential candidates, and job seekers can vet relevant opportunities. Whenever there's a match: Success! Recruiters and candidates will then be able to communicate in the app to move forward in the recruiting process. Blendoor integrates with LinkedIn© and Facebook© so setup is simple and seamless.
Capital Magnet
Entrepreneur: Kyle Walton
Email: swalton.kl@gmail.com
Website: www.CapitalMagnet.com
City: Los Angeles, CA
Capital Magnet, Los Angeles, assists individuals, businesses, real estate developers and public officials identify, understand, and access financial resources globally. Capital Magnet’s goal is to connect those seeking capital with those who provide or can facilitate in its delivery. Capital Magnet provides consumers with access to capital and technical expertise; capital providers with access to investment opportunities; and advisors a space to showcase their competencies. This platform creates a transparent and efficient online marketplace for financial resources, consumers, and professionals.
Evolve
Entrepreneurs: Justine Sheu, Myles Morgan, Justin Cook
Email: sheu@pro-up.co, ms.justine.sheu@gmail.com
Website: www.evolveeveryday.com
City: Detroit, MI
Evolve, Detroit, was founded by three millennials, drawn together to create systems that help high school students have better futures. Having served the youth of Detroit as counselors and mentors, the founders witnessed firsthand how the education system struggles to truly ignite students’ passions and develop their talents. The toll is tremendous, whether in terms of reduced quality of life or untapped economic potential. With this, they founded Evolve Lifestyle Group - a company dedicated to creating tools for personal growth, making learning meaningful and relevant, and improving outcomes for all high school students.
FlashDelivery
Entrepreneurs: Tatiana Grant, Ericka Billingslea
Email: tgrant@flashdeliverymi.com, tgrant@infusedpr.com
Website: www.flashdeliverymi.com
City: Detroit, MI
Flash Delivery, Detroit, is a restaurant and grocery delivery service, located in downtown Detroit that services the area's corporations, non-profits, hospitals, hotels and residential developments.
Greedi, Inc
Entrepreneurs: Nyalls Carlton, Dominique Bookman
Email: nyalls@eatgreedi.com
Website: www.EatGreedi.com
City: Dallas, TX
Greedi, Dallas, was founded in October 2014, as a restaurant technology and delivery company. Greedi is able to bring on-demand food delivery to smaller niche-like neighborhoods usually overlooked by larger restaurant delivery services. By charging a flat rate of $6, Greedi delivers food from over 40 restaurants in the DFW metroplex. By focusing on hyper-localization, Greedi is able take advantage of the true concerns of their neighbors’ demographics, needs, habits, and preferences.
Guidesmob
Entrepreneur: Dan Kerbel
Email: nyalls@eatgreedi.com
Website: www.Guidesmob.com
City: Detroit, MI
Guidesmob, Detroit, short for Guides Mobile, makes interactive city guides that connect people to businesses, organizations, and happenings around their cities. The Guidesmob app redefines how visitors, residents, and commuters experience their daily lives in the city.
Hottspot, Inc
Entrepreneur: Vidal Ekechukwu
Email: vidal@hottspot.co
Website: hottspot.co
City: Boston, MA
Hottspot, Boston, is creating the ideal resource for event discovery and promotion. Hottspot is a location-based event aggregator that offers a visually-stimulating interface for connecting users with highly relevant local events. The founders of Hottspot plan to leverage the photos and videos captured at events to create a compelling platform on which users can re-live and discover events through these shared experiences. All these components will make Hottspot the most compelling tool for event organizers to successfully sell tickets to their events and effectively foster a community with their guests.
Networkingout, LLC
Entrepreneur: Terrence J.L. Reeves
Email: treeves@networkingout.com, terrencejlreeves@gmail.com
Website: www.networkingout.com
City: Detroit, MI
Networkingout, Detroit, is LinkedIn plus fitness, acting as a virtual athletic club that allows members to activate their networks for career or fitness whenever and wherever they are. Networkingout helps members live more balanced lifestyles.
Paralee Boyd Salon
Entrepreneur: Dana White
Email: dana@paraleeboydsalon.com
Website: www.paraleeboydsalon.com
City: Detroit, MI
Paralee Boyd Salon, Detroit, was born of the idea that all women deserve timely, affordable and healthy hair care. For years, women have spent several hours in hair salons with an appointment, spending upwards of $75 for basic services, and compromising quality hair care. Opened in 2012, the salon is one of the first of its kind in Michigan to address these issues by offering services for as low as $40, to be open 7 days a week, and to be walk-in only.
QuickShoppie
Entrepreneur: Latrell Garnett
Email: latrell@quickshoppie.com
Website: www.QuickShoppie.com
City: Chicago, IL
QuickShoppie, Chicago, seamlessly enables local consumers to find and buy locally. Using QuickShoppie, users can search for products, businesses, or things-to-do in their neighborhood, checkout in the app at stores without standing in lines, and get products delivered to their door by local deliverers.
Urban Beauty Network
Entrepreneur: Rita Owens
Email: rita@urbanbeautynetwork.com
Website: www.UrbanBeautyNetwork.com
City: Oakland, CA
Urban Beauty Network, Oakland, is an exclusive online beauty concierge for Women of Color. They provide a tailored experience that connects women of color to quality beauty and wellness professionals that offer luxury products & services specific to their needs. Professionals leverage their personalized customer relationship management tools to grow and retain their customers. By connecting professionals and clients, Urban Beauty Network offers the most robust and convenient platform for advancing the client-professional relationship for Women of Color and the professionals that specialize in their needs.
Warranty Ninja, LLC
Entrepreneurs: Edward Carrington, Jerry Rucker
Email: eddie@warranty.ninja
Website: www.warranty.ninja
City: Detroit, MI
Warranty Ninja, Detroit, is an administrative platform that simplifies product registration and warranty management for consumer product companies. Businesses who sign up enter their products into the Warranty Ninja system. Instead of a traditional paper card, their consumers will receive a unique code and an invitation to join the Warranty Ninja platform through the Warranty Ninja app. Consumers will fill out their personal information on the platform just one time, and then will easily be able to register their products by entering that special code.
Whence
Entrepreneur: Web Smith
Email: web@whence.co
Website: www.whence.co
City: Columbus, OH
Whence, Columbus, is a bridge between two missions: to deepen a retail partner's connection with its city and to provide users with the greatest gift, more time to make memories. Whence version 1.2 allows anyone within 33 kilometers of Downtown Columbus to order any item within the local economy and have it to their door within 90 minutes.