[New] Element 46 Tech Accelerator concludes 4th cohort with Demo Day

On Wednesday, Dec. 14, Westchester County’s Element 46 Tech Accelerator Powered by Cela presented the program’s Fall 2022 Demo Day, where each startup selected for the program presented on recent progress and future plans to investors and others.

Westchester County Executive George Latimer said, “It has been a pleasure to witness the growth of the 11 startups who participated in the fourth cohort of the Element 46 Tech Accelerator. Westchester County is home to a vibrant community of entrepreneurs who are leveraging technology in innovative ways and we are proud to have these ventures as part of that community.”

Members of the Fall 2022 Element 46 Tech Accelerator cohort were selected in a competitive, county-wide selection process this past summer and early fall. Eleven startups from across the County were selected, and range from pre-seed to investor-backed, grant-funded, and revenue-generating operations. All startup founders in Element 46 are Westchester County residents.

Deborah Novick, Westchester County Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, said, “The Element 46 Tech Accelerator is a vital component of our technology ecosystem. We are excited to have these 11 companies doing business in Westchester and wish them well as they build upon their early successes.”

In the program, each founder was matched with hand-picked mentors who are leaders in technology, finance, business strategy, venture capital, marketing and other key areas. Participants also gained access to a world-class curriculum on fundraising, customer development, executive management, product iteration, branding, marketing and more.

The Element 46 Tech Accelerator Powered by Cela runs for 12 weeks every spring and fall. This was the first program produced in partnership with Cela Innovation, experts in tech accelerator programming and operations.

At the program’s final Demo Day, the Fall 2022 Element 46 cohort delivered their pitches live in front of investors, corporate partners, potential key customers and press. After each company pitched, attendees were able to meet the founders and begin building new opportunities for funding, partnership, and other business outcomes heading into the post-program phase.

The members of Element 46’s fourth cohort, which include seven minority- and women-owned businesses and six ventures led by female CEOs are: Bridget Johns-Pavlopoulos, To&From,

With the first comprehensive gifting tool for consumers, To&From solves problems like “I don’t know what to buy”, “I never remember the important dates” or “I try but always end up getting it wrong.” To&From launched in June 2022 and is bringing solutions to this $800B market with its patent-pending Gifting Intelligence.

Caroline McCaffery, ClearOps.io, The ClearOPS platform automates manual tasks for virtual Chief Information Security Officers (vCISOs), accelerating the growth of their business and increasing the number of CISOs they can support.

Mousa Ahmadi, PHD, Laronix, Laronix is a world-leading Med-Tech startup with effective voice technologies for people suffering permanent voice loss and chronic voice deficiencies.

Greg Perlman, EngagePlay Therapy, Engage Play Therapy is a telehealth platform for play therapy.

Joshua Nunberg, Urbanvie, Urbanvie has created a simple-to-use and powerful property management software platform that is integrated with a Human Network of local real estate professionals and contractors, to help Do it Yourself Property Owners and Independent Real Estate Investors (DIYs) buy, rent, sell, manage, and fix their properties.

Imani Schectman, Open Market, The Open Market platform allows BIPOC-owned businesses to go beyond their geographic limitations. BIPOC businesses can now competitively participate in the e-commerce ecosystem with Open Market’s access to resources, capital, and an engaged audience.

Marc Saulino, StatementGames, StatementGames Inc. is B2B SAAS gaming platform leveraging its own patented sports gaming technology.

Mark Ferguson, Innervation Finance, Innervation Finance (IF) is a cloud-based Fintech platform focused on addressing the access to capital challenges of small and medium sized businesses, particularly those run by women and people of color.

Michael Bifolco, Sheperd, Sheperd is a personalized recommendation engine that helps people make better decisions.

Susan Joseph, Healthtrends.ai, Healthtrends combats misinformation by providing critical datasets with integrity.

Traci Jones, Everfoam Products, EverFoam’s mission is to provide a solution to dwindling helium availability through our innovative alternatives, and to build products that delight event planners and party decor retailers, while driving down use of critical helium reserves.