Sprint Accelerator Announces 2017 Class
April 03 2017 - 10:38AM
Business Wire
7 Startups From Across the Country Selected For
Revamped Program
Sprint (NYSE:S) and Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) today
announced the seven companies participating in the fourth annual
accelerator program, which launches today and continues through
June. The Sprint Accelerator is located in the heart of the
Crossroads Arts District in Kansas City, MO.
“We are very excited for the launch of our restructured program
so that the 2017 Corporate Accelerator program can better position
our entrepreneurs to meet the needs of our corporate sponsors and,
hopefully, develop long-term partnerships,” said Kevin McGinnis,
vice president of Pinsight Media+ and managing executive of the
Sprint Accelerator.
“We’re thrilled to partner with Sprint on the 2017 Accelerator
program,” said Kevin Strathman, senior vice president of Finance at
Dairy Farmers of America. “There is tremendous innovation happening
in the agriculture space, and we’re looking forward to
collaborating with and helping mentor these startup companies.”
The Corporate Accelerator is a 90-day, immersive program.
Startups in two verticals — Digital and Ag Tech — will work
directly with leaders from Sprint, DFA, Pinsight Media+, Virgin
Mobile USA, and Dairy One. This year’s participants come from
cities around the U.S. and are working to develop both hardware and
software-based solutions.
"We’ve made some big changes to our program for the fourth
year,” said Doug Dresslaer, managing director of the Corporate
Accelerator. “Some of the goals and technologies of these two
independent vertical programs are strikingly complementary, which
means these entrepreneurs have more access to the resources they
need to grow. And, with even more mentorship from experts than in
the past, we expect the collaborations between the startups and
corporations to be incredibly productive for both sides."
“Our goal, is to deliver on strategic outcomes shared by both
the corporation and the startup,” said McGinnis. “Together, we hope
to bring innovations to market that will be transformational to
digital and agricultural businesses.”
Visit the Sprint Accelerator calendar for public opportunities
to engage with these companies at sprintaccelerator.com.
The 2017 Class of the Corporate
Accelerator
AgTech Vertical Participants
- AgVoice from Altanta, GA.
AgVoice is a mobile voice-interaction service designed for food and
agriculture professionals to capture insights on the go.
- HerdDogg from Longmont, CO.
HerdDogg builds state-of-the-art smart ear tags and readers for
livestock ID and health monitoring.
- My Dairy Dashboard from Frisco,
TX. My Dairy Dashboard connects your data to simplify your
dairy decisions through a visual dashboard of aggregated herd,
feed, milk, and weather data.
- TradeLanes from Miami, FL.
TradeLanes digitizes and automates the supply chain for shippers,
merchants, and traders.
Digital Vertical Participants
- Centiment from New York, NY.
Centiment is an advertising platform powered by second-generation
artificial intelligence (AI) that analyzes emotion, going beyond
the constraints of current sentiment analysis.
- DART Technologies from New York,
NY. A digital product studio at the intersection of new media
(x) mobility, DART Technologies builds location-based solutions for
modern transit and urban development.
- Oodles Rewards from Austin, TX.
A customer loyalty platform that connects brands and retailers with
local shoppers.
About Sprint and its Support for Entrepreneurship
Sprint has a strong history of working with startups in Silicon
Valley, Kansas City and around the globe, helping young companies
navigate the corporate world and build momentum behind their new
businesses. Sprint is committed to supporting the entrepreneurial
movement across the country, delivering new business opportunities,
and spurring the startup spirit within the company. In 2014, Sprint
opened the award-winning Sprint Accelerator in Kansas City – home
of the Corporate Accelerator. The accelerator space is used to
deliver year-round programming, including mentor engagement, STEM
programs, entrepreneurial community collaboration, and community
coworking space.
About Sprint:
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company
that creates more and better ways to connect its customers to
the things they care about most. Sprint served 59.5 million
connections as of Dec. 31, 2016 and is widely recognized for
developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies,
including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in
the United States; leading no-contract brands including Virgin
Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national
and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1
Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past five years.
You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or
www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.
About Dairy Farmers of America:
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) is a national dairy marketing
cooperative that serves and is owned by more than 13,000 members on
nearly 8,000 farms in 48 states. DFA also is one of the country’s
most diversified manufacturers of dairy products, food components
and ingredients, and is a leader in formulating and packaging
shelf-stable dairy products. For more information, call
1-888-DFA-MILK (332-6455) or visit www.dfamilk.com.
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Sprint AcceleratorDoug Dresslaer,
816-885-1814doug.d.dresslaer@sprint.com
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