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Alabama-based Acclinate selected for international investment, innovation program By Alabama NewsCenter Staff Del Smith, chief executive officer, and Tiffany Whitlow, chief development officer of Acclinate. (contributed) Acclinate has been selected for the 2021 class of the Cox EnterprisesSocial Impact Accelerator, powered by Techstars. Acclinate is a minority-owned, Alabama-based company that strives to achieve health equity and personalized health care for all by diversifying genomic data and...

Date Time UNDP partners with Norrsken Foundation to support world’s most promising impact start-ups Stockholm – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is partnering withNorrsken Foundation in the launch of the globalImpact Accelerator; a pre-seed accelerator investing in the best impact start-ups who contribute to solving the biggest challenges facing the world, including poverty, climate change and food security. A unique group of world-class entrepreneurs, leading investors and e...

  Apple has added a new page to its website detailing its Racial Equity and Justice Initiative efforts, and has opened up applications to its Impact Accelerator program to Black- and Brown-owned businesses. In an update to its website, Apple has introduced a page about the Racial Equity and Justice Initiative, detailing its $100 million effort to "dismantle systemic racism and grow opportunities for people confronting it every day." The page includes explanations for areas the initiative will...

Friday, January 22, 2021   View Larger +Social Enterprise Greenhouse (SEG) is now accepting applications for its Spring 2021 Impact Accelerator program.  According to SEG, "Motivated and coachable entrepreneurs who are in the process of building a business or nonprofit with a focus on social impact are encouraged to apply." The program will be conducted entirely online using the Zoom virtual platform. Applications are due by February 17, 2021, and the program begins in March. The application ...

Impact Accelerator Helps More Black Entrepreneurs Scale in Connecticut Image: 2020 Alumni (Instagram/resetco) The 2021 Impact Accelerator, organized by reSET, has selected 16 promising entrepreneurs to participate in a program to advance socially conscious startups in Connecticut. Many of the businesses in the program are led by women and people of color. The Impact Accelerator will help startups to identify strategic goals, pitch their business, develop financial projections and create strateg...