Accelerator Launching First Three Companies
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA new accelerator in Indianapolis has announced its first class of startups. VentureCamp says the high-tech companies, which are demonstrating their concepts today, have developed services including a platform to connect tourists to natives and diet-specific recipe database applications.
July 25, 2013
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Indianapolis, Ind. — VentureCamp will host a Demo Day for potential investors to hear from 3 startup companies built over 8 weeks at the Kessler Mansion Thursday, July 25th. Following the pitches there will be a media availability with the entrepreneurs of VentureCamp and Jeff Hoffman, founding member of Priceline and VentureCamp Co-founder along with other officials, including VentureCamp CEO Giadha DeCarcer.
VentureCamp is a new one of a kind startup accelerator at the Kessler Mansion in Indianapolis over the last 8 weeks. A docu-series journals the live and work environment as the companies create new economy companies with mentoring, coaching and counseling from a range of experts and successful entrepreneurs. Demo Day represents the culmination of the past 2 months of hard work and dedication for VentureCamp’s first class of entrepreneurs.
WHO: VentureCamp teams PlanSoon, TourNative, YumDom
WHAT: Investor Demo Day
WHEN: 12 Noon, Thursday, July 24th
WHERE: The Speak Easy, 5255 Winthrop Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46220
The 3 high tech companies chosen by VentureCamp's entrepreneurs to launch are:
• TourNative: is a marketplace to help tourists reach natives and share a true, unique local experience – creating jobs locally and connecting people worldwide
• YumDom: helps the home cook find the recipes they can actually cook for their lifestyle with over 250,000 thousand recipes and 6 diet specific iPhone Apps.
• PlanSoon: Helping connect people with someone they haven’t met yet to go do something fun— without dating, groups, or lengthy scheduling requirements.
Source: VentureCamp