2018 XI ACCELERATOR
Barn Owl enables smart surveillance of remote assets with a cellular camera platform. They leverage solar-powered cameras, cellular connectivity, and
cloud-based computing for an end-to-end mobile solution. With Barn Owl, cellular data is affordable, secure, and scalable. Barn Owl partners with customers to develop smart surveillance solutions. When automated alerting and reporting creates significant value, their team works closely with experts to develop industry-specific artificial intelligence (AI). Barn Owl has gained initial traction in the livestock ranching industry, but their platform is capable of providing surveillance for a wide variety of businesses with remote assets.
Bytable Foods is making food traceable and transparent. They create trustworthy data chains that track products from farm to fork using blockchain technology. By creating traceable and transparent supply chains for food, Bytable Foods gives consumers the information they need to make an informed choice about the food they buy, the companies they support, and where their money goes – all while making every single stakeholder in the food supply chain more efficient, from the producer all the way to the retailer.
Formed in 2018, Mandy AI is a SaaS solution that simplifies the way employee and customer engagement works. Built on the deep consulting backgrounds of its founders, Stephen Han and Jared Lafitte, Mandy uses proprietary AI-driven language processing to simulate the human interpretation of large amounts of employee and customer sentiment data, guiding companies to make better-informed decisions. Built with an SMS-based messaging platform, Mandy AI allows leaders to engage with customers and employees in order to derive underlying sentiments and engagement data. Mandy has been used by leaders within multiple Fortune 500 organizations.
QBRICS enables freedom from today’s fragmented industry of blockchain, allowing the enterprise the flexibility to focus on creating value in application development and driving ROI through adoption rather than worrying about cost, talent, and technical hurdles of creating a blockchain network. They are introducing business interoperability where the enterprise has the freedom to deploy blockchain-based applications on the protocols of their choice, shielded from the constant changes of rapid innovation.
2019 XI ACCELERATOR
Brainitz is an educational technology platform that allows teachers to easily create interactive lessons for their students. Teachers embed questions throughout videos to ensure comprehension and the smart platform auto-redirects students to missed information. The tool empowers teachers to reach students where they are, leading to a decrease in the dropout rate and an increase in student engagement.
Cannacist is a mobile solution that provides information, support and personalized recommendations for people who use cannabis medically. By matching a user’s symptoms with a complete cannabinoid profile, users are able to make informed decisions about their health. The app also offers resources to ensure success, such as product and dispensary information and a telehealth “ask an expert” feature.
Carbos is creating a new kind of carbon market that allows anyone to play. Landowners are able to easily and cost effectively create small-parcel offsets, while others offset their carbon emissions locally. By leveraging blockchain, these carbon offsets are secure, transparent and peer verified.
Megacity is a social arcade in a cyberpunk, sci-fi setting. Using a familiar social media interface, players are transported into a new world where they can trade cryptocurrencies, fight robots and interact with characters and other players. The free-to-play, ad-free game platform uses blockchain to allow players to own in-game items and use their earned cryptocurrency within the universe.
RootLo is a social platform that simplifies and improves the lives of remote workers around the world. The app matches users with cities based on their preferences, and then connects users within a city to supportive ecosystems. People are also able to access information, share travel costs and book services within the app.
SafeTalpa is a software that ensures PCI-compliance for merchants. Businesses that process credit card data must abide by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI), a complex set of regulations that are usually unit tested. This service seamlessly integrates with a merchant’s infrastructure and automatically tests and remedies non-compliance.
Spark Mindset is creating a bridge from low-income high schools to high-paying cybersecurity careers. The two-year Cyber Space Academy uses immersive virtual reality to prepare students for industry certifications and entry-level cybersecurity careers. Many schools aren’t adequately prepared to create the pipeline to fill millions of unfilled cybersecurity jobs, and Spark Mindset is filling that gap.
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Barn Owl enables smart surveillance of remote assets with a cellular camera platform. They leverage solar-powered cameras, cellular connectivity, and
cloud-based computing for an end-to-end mobile solution. With Barn Owl, cellular data is affordable, secure, and scalable. Barn Owl partners with customers to develop smart surveillance solutions. When automated alerting and reporting creates significant value, their team works closely with experts to develop industry-specific artificial intelligence (AI). Barn Owl has gained initial traction in the livestock ranching industry, but their platform is capable of providing surveillance for a wide variety of businesses with remote assets.
Bytable Foods is making food traceable and transparent. They create trustworthy data chains that track products from farm to fork using blockchain technology. By creating traceable and transparent supply chains for food, Bytable Foods gives consumers the information they need to make an informed choice about the food they buy, the companies they support, and where their money goes – all while making every single stakeholder in the food supply chain more efficient, from the producer all the way to the retailer.
Cannacist is a mobile solution that provides information, support and personalized recommendations for people who use cannabis medically. By matching a user’s symptoms with a complete cannabinoid profile, users are able to make informed decisions about their health. The app also offers resources to ensure success, such as product and dispensary information and a telehealth “ask an expert” feature.
FitSW is a software platform for personal trainers and gyms to manage every aspect of their businesses. FitSW enables trainers to create workouts, track progress, plan meals, accept payments and more all through our iOS, Android and web applications. Their mission is to provide exceptional and simple-to-use software that empowers fitness professionals worldwide to grow their businesses and make the world healthier.
Megacity is a social arcade in a cyberpunk, sci-fi setting. Using a familiar social media interface, players are transported into a new world where they can trade cryptocurrencies, fight robots and interact with characters and other players. The free-to-play, ad-free game platform uses blockchain to allow players to own in-game items and use their earned cryptocurrency within the universe.
Spark Mindset is creating a bridge from low-income high schools to high-paying cybersecurity careers. The two-year Cyber Space Academy uses immersive virtual reality to prepare students for industry certifications and entry-level cybersecurity careers. Many schools aren’t adequately prepared to create the pipeline to fill millions of unfilled cybersecurity jobs, and Spark Mindset is filling that gap.
“Train people well enough so they can leave. Treat them well enough so they don't want to.”
RICHARD BRANSON
JARED LAFITTE PRESIDENT AND CEO, MANDY AI
WE HAVE A CLEAR PATH TO WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
“Exponential Impact has been the single most important facet of my personal entrepreneurial experience thus far, and the single greatest catalyst for our company’s growth. The care and approach by the program’s leadership helped our company to understand and execute the startup journey and process in ways that we undoubtedly would not have been able to on our own, and I know because of our experience trying to do it on our own! The program leaders genuinely cared for me, my co-founder, and our families in ways that went far beyond their obligations or expectations. Their knowledge and experience alone made the accelerator a robust experience, but their quality as people set the experience truly apart. As a result of the summer accelerator, we have company building blocks, knowledge, and access to resources that have expanded our vision, and we have a clear path to where we want to go. I have nothing but the highest recommendations for Exponential Impact and its leadership team.”








