NewMe Accelerator

NewME Accelerator is an intensive 12-week residential program that aims to accelerate, educate, and empower underrepresented tech entrepreneurs globally, with a focus on minority and women-led startups. The program is designed to make the technology industry and its wealth creating opportunities accessible to all. As a values-based, impact-driven, and growth-oriented social enterprise, NewME has garnered significant support from top investors, prominent media outlets, and reputable partners. They are committed to their mission of fostering diversity and inclusion in the tech industry and are always seeking individuals who share their values and vision.
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Angela Benton

Managing Partner

27 past transactions

Rippld

Seed Round in 2013
Rippld is a platform for highly talented creative professionals (designers, animators, writers, videographers, photographers, etc.) to network, present their talents, and find professional opportunities.

vocaltap

Seed Round in 2013
We help business owners get mentored by their peers through private, facilitated video calls.

Sparkroad

Seed Round in 2013
Sparkroad is a Teacher-Parent Engagement tool. We let parents choose precisely how they want to receive updates from the their school and all teachers have to do is write it once on our platform.

Dwllr

Seed Round in 2012
DWLLR Inc. is a technology company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, with additional offices in the San Francisco Bay Area. It specializes in developing Web-based business management systems (BMS) and customer relationship management (CRM) software tailored for real estate professionals, including agents, brokers, and multiple listing service (MLS) organizations. DWLLR's software solutions are designed to streamline real estate transactions, enhance sales efforts, and facilitate the marketing process, ultimately enabling users to sell and rent more homes efficiently. The company also offers customizable applications and builds tailored solutions for MLS associations and brokerages, focusing on reducing paper usage and saving time and money for its clients.

Derbywire

Seed Round in 2012
Derbywire operates as a digital creative marketplace, catering to a diverse community of creators including photographers, graphic designers, writers, musicians, and filmmakers. The platform allows users to easily buy and sell digital content, offering a virtual space where creators can showcase their work in personalized stalls. Users can browse an extensive array of digital goods, subscribe to their favorite creators, and access trending content through a mobile application. Derbywire aims to facilitate financial opportunities for both established and emerging artists, providing them with a dynamic environment to monetize their creative outputs while connecting with fans and peers.

Plisten

Seed Round in 2012
Plisten is an online platform that aggregates content from users' favorite brands, streamlining access to news, product releases, promotions, and coupons in one central location. This service enables consumers to stay informed about the latest updates from brands they love while managing their deals and promotions effectively. Additionally, Plisten helps to declutter users' inboxes by consolidating brand-related information, allowing for a more organized and efficient experience. The platform also offers features for users to rate and review brands, products, and services, enhancing the overall discovery process.

Travtar

Seed Round in 2012
A secondary marketplace for travelers to buy and sell prepaid hotel reservations around the world.

Spriggle Kids

Seed Round in 2012
Spriggle Kids is showcasing products that allow science, technology, engineering and math learning through play. Spriggles wants to host tupperware type parties so that children and can try products which encourage learning. Their science products will help children learn essential skills such as logic, problem solving, creativity, and imagination. Spriggle kids was developed out of [Newme Accelerator](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/newme-accelerator).

Given.to

Seed Round in 2012
Given.to is a crowd gifting platform that takes the stressing and guessing out of gift giving. It was created so that never again would anyone have to deal with the struggles of not knowing what gift to give or face the awkward moment of receiving a gift they really don't like.

Pigeonly

Seed Round in 2012
Pigeonly operates a subscription-based platform that helps people search for and communicate with inmates across federal, state, and local systems. The service organizes data about incarcerated individuals and enables friends and family to stay connected by sending letters, printed photos, greeting cards, and other items via digital channels on phones, tablets, or computers. Fotopigeon prints and delivers photos, and Telepigeon provides a cost-effective long-distance calling option. Founded in 2013 and based in Las Vegas, Nevada, Pigeonly serves families and supporters who are underserved by traditional inmate communications.

Kairos AR

Seed Round in 2012
Kairos AR, Inc. is an artificial intelligence company based in Miami, Florida, specializing in face recognition and behavior analysis technologies. Established in 2010, the company develops software tools that enable developers to integrate advanced face recognition capabilities into their applications. Its offerings include a cloud-based face recognition API, a crowd analytics SDK that provides insights on demographics and focus in images and videos, and a server-based emotional analysis API for recognizing facial expressions. Additionally, Kairos AR provides IMRSV, a camera-enabled crowd analytics solution designed for marketers to gather continuous audience analytics. With a remote team operating globally, Kairos AR aims to simplify the complexities of face analysis technology for its diverse customer base.

AgLocal

Seed Round in 2012
AgLocal wants consumers to understand what they eat, where it comes from and teach consumers how they can support these family farms.

Ubi Video

Seed Round in 2012
Ubi Video is a data-driven television platform designed for cable providers, facilitating multi-platform video delivery. The company offers a unique service that allows users to access online videos through a single portal, enhancing the viewing experience by curating a daily list of video content sourced from various locations across the internet. By combining data insights with a comprehensive video delivery system, Ubi Video aims to streamline how cable providers deliver content to their customers, ensuring a more efficient and user-friendly approach to video consumption.

Butlr

Seed Round in 2012
Butlr Technologies Inc. is a technology company based in Burlingame, California, that specializes in wireless sensor devices designed to collect and transmit real-time data. The company's innovative technology utilizes body heat to detect occupancy, headcount, body posture, and activity, offering accurate spatial insights for various industries, including retail, hospitality, healthcare, and sustainable building management. By analyzing location and duration data, Butlr helps optimize retail space layout and enhances understanding of consumer behavior and preferences. Incorporated in 2019, Butlr is focused on providing efficient solutions that improve operational effectiveness and customer experiences.

PictureMenu

Seed Round in 2012
PictureMenu is the simplest way a restaurant can have their menu viewable on a smart phone or tablet.

Citizen Made

Seed Round in 2012
Citizen Made is an eCommerce platform based in New York that specializes in enabling brands to sell custom products online. The company operates in stealth mode, focusing on providing a seamless online shopping experience for customers seeking personalized items. By facilitating the creation and sale of custom products, Citizen Made aims to empower brands to connect more effectively with their consumers in the growing market for personalized goods.

Helpr

Seed Round in 2012
Helpr is a developer of a social media-enabled web and mobile platform designed to enhance customer service experiences. The company addresses the longstanding challenges in customer support by facilitating better connections between consumers and the appropriate resources to resolve their inquiries and complaints. By enabling users to make customer care inquiries and report issues online, rather than relying on traditional telephone helplines, Helpr aims to streamline the customer service process and improve overall satisfaction.

Pencil You In

Seed Round in 2011
The founder, during her senior year in college, always forgot to call her hairstylist at a reasonable hour. No hairstylist, no matter how much they enjoy their clients, wants a phone call at 2:30am to schedule an appointment. With that, she set out to make phone tag, overflowing voicemails, and appointments on awkward days at inconvenient times a thing of the past.

Kloudco

Seed Round in 2011
Kloudco is a technology company that offers a contextual data storage platform designed to enhance the management of professional relationships. Its innovative system creates individual "relationship spaces" for users, which continuously import, organize, and interconnect all communications, such as messages, documents, and images shared through email. This enables users to access a coherent and easily navigable context for each relationship, facilitating better collaboration and connection with professional associates. Users can also share these spaces, ensuring that all parties have a mutual understanding of the context. By integrating information from various cloud services, Kloudco simplifies the process of searching and organizing relevant content, ultimately fostering stronger connections and streamlined collaboration in professional environments.

Soldsie

Seed Round in 2011
Soldsie is a technology company that facilitates social commerce. It enables businesses to sell products directly through Facebook comments. Customers can securely register payment details with Soldsie and then purchase items by commenting on the business's posts. Merchants use Soldsie's dashboard to manage inventory, track sales, and monitor shipping processes. This system increases user engagement, views, and shares for merchants while providing a convenient shopping experience for customers.

Gokit

Seed Round in 2011
Gokit is a blogging platform that offers users insights into a wide range of consumer products. In addition to its blogging features, Gokit has developed a mobile application that facilitates story sharing, allowing users to capture and share their life experiences through personalized personas. This combination of product information and storytelling enables users to engage with content in a meaningful way, enhancing their understanding of consumer goods while fostering a community of shared experiences.

Cued

Seed Round in 2011
Cued gives you recommendations based on what you like and where you are.

AisleFinder

Seed Round in 2011
AisleFinder is a software application designed to assist shoppers in locating products within supermarkets. By providing aisle numbers for items on users' shopping lists, AisleFinder enables customers to quickly and efficiently navigate grocery stores, reducing the time spent searching for products. This online and mobile solution caters to shoppers who frequent supermarkets and seek to streamline their grocery shopping experience. AisleFinder addresses the common challenge of navigating large stores, allowing users to spend less time in aisles and more time on activities they enjoy.

Fetchmob

Seed Round in 2011
FetchMob is Online shopping with instant gratification.

Played

Seed Round in 2011
Playd, allows you to check in to your favorite games like you’d do for venues on Foursquare, whether they’re PC-based, mobile or on console.

BeCouply

Seed Round in 2011
BeCouply is a company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2010. It provides a mobile and web application designed specifically for couples, creating an exclusive social network that encourages users to maintain an active social life. The platform helps couples discover new date spots, plan outings either individually or with friends, and share memorable experiences. By addressing the tendency of couples to become less socially active, BeCouply aims to rejuvenate their social lives and foster connections within the couple community.

Vouch

Seed Round in 2011
Vouch is the unified platform that bridges online recommendations from people and business to the real world. Vouch measures and analyzes online content to provide recommendations based off of relationships and status updates.
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