DEMO DAY 2023

13 STARTUPS | VILLAGEx 2023 | PITCH SHOWCASE

NEW ORLEANS, LA | THURSDAY, MAY 11TH | THE CIVIC THEATER

Demo Day marks the culmination of The Idea Village's intensive four-month VILLAGEx accelerator program for high-growth, tech-enabled companies.

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CLICK BELOW TO WATCH THE FULL VIDEO SHOWCASE OF 12 FOUNDERS PITCH AT DEMO DAY 2023

WATCH THE 2023 VILLAGEX FOUNDERS PITCH:

 
  • Wake Up & Read the Labels: 06:55

  • Ceres: 12:00

  • Bea's Bayou Skincare 15:55

  • OS BENEFiTS 21: 00

  • Bomb Ass Fro 33:35

  • The Safety Pouch 39:20

 
  • iCAN Technologies 46:00

  • Carmigo 52:25

  • RCOAST 01:02:45

  • Glass Half Full 01:09:55

  • Jurisdeed 1:15:00

  • Kubanda Cryotherapy 1:22:00

 

THE VILLAGEx 2023 COHORT


Below are the profiles of the 2023 VILLAGEx startups poised to lead across the Climate-Tech, Health-Tech, CPG, and SaaS Industries. To view their website, simply click on their logo. To learn about the company, their founder(s), and access contact information, expand their company name.

 

+ BEA'S BAYOU SKINCARE

Founded in 2020, Bea's Bayou Skincare is an eczema-focused skincare brand that merges Louisiana's bayou herbs with probiotics for natural relief from itchy scalp & skin.


Website

Arielle Brown
Founder, CEO
hello@beasbayouskincare.com

+GLASS HALF FULL

Glass Half Full recycles glass into sand and gravel for coastal restoration, disaster relief, new glass products, and more.

Website

Franziska Trautmann
Founder, CEO
Franziska@glasshalffull.co

+KUBANDA CRYOTHERAPY

Kubanda Cryotherapy is revolutionizing veterinary tumor care with minimally invasive cryotherapy for lumps, bumps, and cancers in pets.

Website

Bailey Surtees
Co-Founder, CEO
bailey@kubandacryo.com

Clarisse Hu
Co-Founder, CTO
Clarisse@kubandacryo.com

+WAKE UP AND READ THE LABELS

Wake Up and Read the Labels empowers people to feel good by educating them on clean eating with products, community and a coaching network.

Website

Jen Smiley
Founder, CEO
jws@jensmiley.com

+ BOMB ASS FRO

Bomb Ass Fro is a natural hair care company with non toxic hair products for the perfect wash and go hair style.

Website

Sydni Raymond
Founder, CEO
sydnir@bombassfro.com

+GNOMIC

Gnomic is making industry-oriented computer science education accessible to high schools, utilizing modern tech like AI.

Website

Joshua Anderson
Co-Founder
joshua@gnomic.education

Robert Ismo
Co-Founder
robert@gnomic.education

+OS BENEFiTS

OS BENEFiTS is the first outsourced lifestyle benefits program for the hospitality industry, connecting teams to affordably priced preventative care, crisis insurance, and lifestyle services.

Website

Elizabeth Tilton
Founder, CEO
elizabeth@oystersunday.com

+ CARMIGO

Carmigo's online vehicle marketplace connects private-party sellers to dealers in the easiest way possible.

Website

Andrew Warmath
Co-Founder, CEO
andrew@carmigo.io

Sean Peoples
Co-Founder, Head of Product
sean@carmigo.io

Daniel Kim
Co-Founder, COO
daniel@carmigo.io

+ iCAN TECHNOLOGIES

iCAN's mission is to improve the safety, skills, and retention of your skilled workforce through a comprehensive, methodical and seamless full cycle approach to training and competency backed and validated through data analytics.

Website

David Decuir
Founder, CEO
David.Decuir@icanhiot.com

+RCOAST

RCOAST is a sustainability company that automates coastal monitoring and erosion mitigation.

Website

Christy Swann
Co-Founder
swann@r-coast.com

Trey Cloutier
Co-Founder
trey@r-coast.com

+ CERES

Ceres is the 1st cereal with 20 grams of plant protein and 0 grams of sugar. Created to be just as sustainable for the planet as it is for people, Ceres is 100% plant-based, vegan, non-GMO, and gluten-free. Because we believe that sustainable, plant-based nutrition should be available to everyone, everywhere, we place a particular emphasis on bringing our cereals to underserved communities.

Website

Rich Simmerman
Co-Founder, CEO
rich@enjoyceres.com

Branson Morgan
Co-Founder, COO
branson@enjoyceres.com

+ JURISDEED

JurisDeed is a online property intelligence platform dynamically connecting real estate's historical records with its current legal interest-holders, empowering real estate professionals, local government, and other stakeholders with an accurate, digital research alternative to static public records systems, enabling dramatic gains in work efficiency and unlocking otherwise trapped opportunities for wealth creation and community redevelopment.

Website

Stephen Morel
Co-Founder, CEO
smorel@jurisdeed.com

Lydia McEvoy
CoFounder, COO

+SAFTEY POUCH

The Safety Pouch is a removable pouch that stores and presents essential driving credentials needed for traffic stops and to prevent active reaching.

Website

David Price
Founder, CEO
dtprice@thesafetypouch.com

For in-depth profiles on each company,

visit the ‘Founder Fridays’ series on The Idea Village’s blog.


INTERESTED IN BECOMING A VILLAGEX FOUNDER?
fill out the villagex interest form here.

For more on The Idea Village’s programs, mission, and impact, visit www.ideavillage.org.


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