WINDSOR, ON (August 31st, 2020) - WEtech Alliance is pleased to announce Cohort 4 of the ScaleUP accelerator program, powered by Libro Credit Union. These 5 companies will receive four-months of intensive business mentoring, in-kind services valued at $15,000, access to a global network of support, access to $500,000 in discounts and tech perks, 3 months of complimentary hot desk space at SOAR Innovation, and the opportunity to pitch for a $15,000 top prize in front of the Windsor Essex Capital Angel Network (WECAN) and members of the Windsor Essex Regional Alliance during Global Entrepreneurship Week in November 2020. The Scale(Back)UP program will assist regional tech and tech-enabled companies in bringing new products to market, adopting new revenue streams and/or scaling back up amid the new realities of the economy.
“The ScaleUP program has always been about working together with our entrepreneurs, matching their needs to world class resources, and pushing them to grow fast, scale fast, and learn deeply” said Adam Castle, Director of Venture Services at WEtech Alliance. “With Cohort 4, the goal is to help these companies rebuild in new ways, for the new world. I predict the experience of these companies to be filled with greater success, exciting product pivots, and that they will become a community of sorts, working together to create something unique and more sustainable than what came before.”
ScaleUP has supported 14 companies to date with impressive results.
“We’re excited by the success of ScaleUP as we move into the fourth iteration of the program in partnership with WEtech; the potential for positive impact and prosperous growth for businesses scaling (back) up in a COVID-centric world is huge.” said Lori Atkinson, Regional Manager Windsor-Essex at Libro Credit Union. “Last year’s winner, IPM Scoutek™, continues to grow and provide home grown, cutting edge technology to the greenhouse sector, and ScaleUP was nationally recognized in March as a Concentra Empowering Your Community Award recipient”.
Without further adieu, meet the 2020 Scale(BACK)UP Cohort:
Embrace Health
With one tap on any device, Embrace Health allows you to be on top of the most important thing in the world – your family’s health. Their custom-made trackers track everything from basic injuries, illnesses, and appointments to chronic health conditions.
Fetch Moto
Fetch Moto is the fastest and easiest way to get the best deal on your next vehicle. Their consumer-driven reverse auction website saves vehicle buyers an average of 89 days spent in the market and 15 hours normally spent shopping and negotiating.
iDream Interactive
Dream Interactive is a software and game development studio that specializes in the creation of visually engaging, interactive experiences that are highly scalable and measured for success. During ScaleUP, iDream Interactive will use the program to relaunch a new game for the consumer market.
Mentur
Mentur is an online career coaching and self-development platform designed for international students and new graduates. Mentur aims to provided an immersive learning experience for job seekers to improve their core competencies and communications skills as well as their professional skillsets.
Red Piston
Red Piston is a tenured digital agency that provides expert development services for everything from mobile gaming to virtual and augmented reality applications. During ScaleUP, Red Piston will be launching a new product to for mobile game developers that provides them with previously unheard of time and efficiency savings, designed for the management of 3D assets.