Accelerate 2023 Demo Day
To celebrate 10 years of driving innovation through insurance, we took the opportunity to bring back seven of our amazing alumni - three from 2019 and before and three from 2020 forward, to compete in a pitch competition sponsored by our partners at Locke Lord and ManchesterStory. Representatives from Locke Lord, Plug and Play, ManchesterStory, and the University of Iowa participated as judges. You can see all of the amazing pitches below!
Event Sponsors
2019 and Prior
Everyday Life
2019 Cohort
Bringing life insurance within reach of all who need it.
Jake Tamarkin - CEO
Jauntin’
2018 Cohort
An insurance platform that enables carriers to offer, manage and embed short-term coverage into third party platforms.
Rain Takahashi - Founder
Micruity
2019 Cohort
Building the financial infrastructure for a more secure retirement.
Trevor Gary - Founder
SD Refinery AI
2019 Cohort
Refining sentence data one word at a time.
Rock Schindler - Founder
2020 to Present
Lightship Neuroscience
2023 Cohort
The Neuroscience of Safe Driving
Zechari Tempesta - Co-Founder
Sola
2021 Cohort
Sola's mission is to provide quick financial help to homeowners after tornado disasters.
Wesley Pergament - Founder and CEO
Thumbscore
2022 Cohort
We destress personal finance.
David Thorne - Founder