CHICAGO, Nov. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- International law
firm McDermott Will & Emery is
proud to announce that the first 10 McDermott Rise Members have
been selected. Each of the McDermott Rise participants will receive
access to McDermott's world-class legal services to help them
launch and scale their businesses and fuel their pathway to
success. The program, which was announced in July, is designed
to support BIPOC business founders and their leadership teams as
they start, scale and grow their ventures.
"The program is born out of McDermott's commitment to knock down
unfair barriers faced by people of color and to more broadly help
combat inequality," Marshall E. Jackson,
Jr., Health Industry Advisory partner and member of the
McDermott Rise steering committee, noted. "McDermott Rise Members will be supported by our
team's passion, creativity and commitment to fighting systemic
racism through the provision of world-class legal services."
The first 10 McDermott Rise Members include:
- AgentsMe – Helping consumers locate a Medicare
insurance agent so they can purchase supplemental coverage,
AgentsMe is an easy and effective digital platform to find and
connect with a Medicare agent, read reviews, ask questions and book
virtual meetings. Learn more by visiting the AgentsMe website.
- Candi – Candi is a social network that allows fans
to virtually meet their favorite celebrities and
influencers. Learn more about Candi through the platform's
submission video, featuring owner and founder Keithan Hedrick, or by visiting the Candi
website.
- Clinify Health – Clinify is a digital health
company that combines healthcare expertise and analytics to unify,
automate and optimize multiple forms of communication to deliver
individualized, patient-oriented care. View CEO Nathan Pelzer's submission video here and
learn more about Clinify on its website.
- Health In Her HUE – Health In Her HUE is a digital platform that connects Black
women to Black healthcare providers, offering culturally relevant,
evidence-based health content. The team strives to reduce racial
health disparities by leveraging the power of technology, media and
community to improve health outcomes for women. Founder
Ashlee Wisdom was honored by tennis
star Serena Williams as a woman of
color promoting hope and optimism. See the People magazine story
here.
- Base One Gaming – Base One Gaming is a gaming
platform where people can engage in gaming and learn how to develop
and commercialize games. The company strongly welcomes people from
diverse backgrounds to dive into the world of gaming and aims to
provide all people with access to the highest quality gaming
experience as well as the skills necessary to develop and
commercialize games.
- LionHead Real Estate Designs – LionHead is
disrupting the multi-billion dollar construction industry with a
technologically advanced manufacturing facility and superior
products that can shorten building time with greater energy
efficiency. Learn more from CEO and cofounder Tukes Ayangbile on
the LionHead website, LHRED.com.
- Nour – Mae
Abdelrahman created Nour, a mineral sunscreen
specifically suited for the needs of Black women, after searching
and failing for years to find sunscreen that matched her needs.
Nour strives to create skin care that will empower people of all
shades to have healthy, beautiful skin. Learn more about Nour
through Mae's application video here.
- Porshair – Porshair is creating the first smart
hair styling tool made especially for thicker and textured hair
types. With only a handful of Black innovators in the beauty tech
space, CEO Porsha Bursey plans to
focus on those who have been overlooked in the current market by
providing a product that is both portable and sufficient. You can
find Porsha on LinkedIn.
- Supply Factory Brands – Keenan Beasley founded Supply Factory
Brands, a Black-owned consumer packaged goods (CPG) venture studio
to operate at the intersection of culture and innovation. The
studio has "committed their efforts to finding powerhouse players
across all genders, ethnicities, identities, nationalities,
sexualities and intersectionalities." Learn more about Supply
Factory and its brands on the venture studio's website.
- Tynt Technologies, Inc – Dynamic windows can change
the amount of light transmitted through them on demand. The market
for this technology is sizeable ($8.6
billion of serviceable available market) but plagued with
inadequate, overpriced products. Tynt Technologies aims to
revolutionize the industry with perfectly neutral color, high
clarity in the transparent state and true privacy in the dark
state. Tynt's first product is scheduled to launch in 2023. Follow
CEO Ameen Saafir on LinkedIn
here.
McDermott Rise is one of several Firm initiatives designed
to advance racial equality and social justice. The Firm and Firm
personnel are also donating to organizations on the front lines of
this fight, including Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Under Law, Southern Poverty Law Center and Equal
Justice Works.
Qualified BIPOC-led businesses can learn more and apply on
our website.
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