NewME Accelerator Named BreakOut Startup of the Year
Earlier this month Black Enterprise in their 2011 Year in Review Through Technology named NewME Accelerator BreakOut Startup of the year. BREAKOUT STARTUP OF THE YEAR: The NewMe Accelerator. The first minority-led tech accelerator launched in June 2011 with the first class of 11-startups and helped shine national light on the fact that there are [...]
Read MoreNewME Community Entrepreneurs and Startup Directory Updated
Earlier this month we announced the NewME Community website at NewMECommunity.org. The site features a community forum, an entrepreneurs and startup Directory. We launched with an empty directory as part of goal is for founders to submit to the database for visibility and let others know if they’re seeking funding and/or hiring. We’re pleased to [...]
Read MoreAisleFinder Launches Supermarket API
Finding information on groceries at your favorite market like Whole Foods or Trader Joes can be a task. NewMe Accelerator startup, AisleFinder is making that task easier. They have launched a Supermarket API, an open source API for the grocery industry. Since founder and CEO of AisleFinder, Curtiss Pope’s work during the NewMe Accelerator this summer his company [...]
Read MoreTurntable.fm Upgrades, Aims to Make DJing Easier
Turntable, the most original and interesting music service to come along in years, launched an overhaul of its interface Thursday in a bid to make itself less intimidating to newcomers. Once you get inside a Turntable room, everything’s peachy: avatars cluster together amiably, chatting and listening to tunes spun by up to 5 DJs, bobbing [...]
Read MoreMobile Startup Paga Provides Banking Services for Nigerians
It is evident that Nigeria has numerous mobile users. The country currently has over 90 million cellular phone users and is not just Africa’s largest mobile phone market but one of the fastest growing mobile markets in the world. But banking is where Nigeria’s numbers are not as high with only 20 million having bank [...]
Read MoreAisleFinder Takes Unique Route in Raising Angel Round
NewMe Accelerator startup, AisleFinder received funding the non-traditional way and announced they have raised an angel round. Instead of Venture Capital investors, AisleFinder Founder and CEO, Curtiss Pope, decided to pursue opportunities for funding through private individuals that had capital to invest in startups. He sought out groups and individuals such as Stanford doctors, neuro [...]
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