Startup South Bend – Elkhart Celebrates First Class of Pre-Accelerator Graduates

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (Aug. 19, 2020) -- Yesterday, Startup South Bend – Elkhart, an initiative of the South Bend - Elkhart Regional Partnership (Regional Partnership), concluded its inaugural pre-accelerator program. Graduating six participants, Startup South Bend - Elkhart’s Pre-Accelerator Program read more...

Startup South Bend – Elkhart Pre-Accelerator Cohort Graduate, Janet Schwind of Gamechanger

Cohort 1 Graduate: Janet Schwind, Founder Company: Gamechanger Contact Gamechanger: Via Email Describe your company: “Think of it as the Kindle of gameboards or the Xbox of tablets. An ultra-thin fold-able tabletop touchscreen device that lets you play unlimited number read more...

Startup South Bend – Elkhart Pre-Accelerator Cohort Graduate, Ryan Ryker of BuilderGoods

Cohort 1 Graduate: Ryan Ryker, Co-Founder Company: BuilderGoods Contact BuilderGoods: Via Email Describe your company: “Buildergoods is an auction-based Shopify and Facebook plugin that allows small to medium sized E-Commerce Businesses to sell their open box returns and excess inventory.” read more...

Startup South Bend – Elkhart Pre-Accelerator Cohort Graduate, Kristopher Rich of GunGuru

Cohort 1 Graduate: Kristopher Rich, Founder and President Company: GunGuru Contact GunGuru: Via Email Describe your company: “GunGuru is an online platform for customized education and safety training for new gun owners.” What have you learned from the Pre-Accelerator Program? read more...

Startup South Bend – Elkhart Pre-Accelerator Cohort Graduate, Daniel Jimenez of Debtly Inc.

Cohort 1 Graduate: Daniel Jimenez, Founder Company: Debtly Inc. Website: debtly.app Contact Debtly Inc: Via Email Describe your company: “We provide a consolidated overview of credit card debt and give personalized recommendations on how to get out of debt faster.” read more...

Startup South Bend – Elkhart Pre-Accelerator Cohort Graduate, Conor Brady of LendingLayer

Cohort 1 Graduate: Conor Brady Company: LendingLayer Website: lendinglayer.com Contact LendingLayer: Via Email Describe your company: “LendingLayer provides lending functionality for businesses, banks and lenders to easily perform due diligence on their borrowers.” What have you learned from the Pre-Accelerator read more...

Startup South Bend – Elkhart Pre-Accelerator Cohort Graduate, Stephen Kabele of Gaitway

Cohort 1 Graduate: Stephen Kabele, Co-Founder Company: Gaitway Contact Gairway: Via Email Describe your company: "Gaitway is a solution to help people with Parkinson's Disease track gait issues, allowing primary care physicians and physical therapists create more individualized treatment plans." read more...

South Bend – Elkhart Region Named Elevate Ventures Region of the Year for the Second Year in a Row

SOUTH BEND - ELKHART REGION, Ind. (July 2, 2020) — The South Bend – Elkhart region has been named the Elevate Ventures Region of the Year for the second year in a row. Awarded to Startup South Bend – Elkhart (SUSBE), an initiative read more...

Five Indiana Startups Awarded $320,000 in Statewide Pitch Competition 

INDIANAPOLIS (June 25, 2020) — Elevate Ventures, through its Elevate Nexus program, has awarded a total of $320,000 in pre-seed and seed funding to five Indiana startups. The winners were chosen from 29 finalists that competed in the inaugural Elevate Nexus Statewide Pitch Competition, which read more...

Tayco Brace wins an OrthoChallenge Award

ALACHUA, Fla., June 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Six innovative ideas to help patients with musculoskeletal conditions have been selected to win the 'For Such A Time As This – OrthoChallenge.' These novel products have the potential to help orthopedic patients during and after the read more...