gBETA Beloit’s Startup Accelerator Announces 2021 Cohort
By: Mason Cook, gBETA Beloit Director
BELOIT, WI — Nationally ranked startup accelerator gener8tor announced today the five companies selected for the Fall 2021 gBETA Beloit accelerator cohort. The startups were recruited from Beloit and surrounding areas in the Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois region. The five selected companies represent a wide variety of industries and verticals, ranging from medical-grade storage solutions to mental health focused mobile applications.
The Fall 2021 gBETA Beloit program is the ninth cohort for the Beloit startup accelerator. Since its inception in 2017 through a partnership with Irontek, a coworking space and tech hub in downtown Beloit, gBETA Beloit has worked with 45 companies that have gone on to raise over $13M in growth capital and create over 100 jobs.
gBETA is a free, seven-week accelerator that works with five startups at a time for no fees and no equity. gBETA is a program of gener8tor. Each cohort is kept small to ensure meaningful engagement with the gener8tor team, network and other resources. Participants receive intensive and individualized coaching and access to gener8tor’s national network of mentors, customers, corporate partners and investors.
“gener8tor’s mission is to be the best partner for communities to invest in their best and brightest,” said Mason Cook, gBETA Beloit Director at gener8tor. “This year, we revamped our strategy on how we invest in our community’s talent by introducing business-creation workshops open to the public, leading up to this gBETA cohort. We’re thrilled that four of the five startups accepted into gBETA Beloit’s Fall 2021 cohort were established through our public workshops, and there are several other companies that we are keeping a close eye on for future gBETA cohorts!”
The program kicked off on Sept. 30, and the startups will work with the gener8tor team over the course of seven weeks to meet mentors, gain customer traction and pitch to investors.
“We’re grateful to be hosting gBETA Beloit in person this year and are excited to watch the cohort grow and innovate together,” said Erin Clausen, Investment Manager at Irontek.
“It’s a privilege to work with these inspiring founders year after year and play a part in taking their ideas to the next level.”
The program will culminate on Dec. 1 at the gBETA Beloit Pitch Night, which will highlight each of the five companies. This event will be an opportunity for the public to listen and learn more about the startups and network with the founders and other community members. For more information and to RSVP, visit www.gbetastartups.com/beloit/pitch-night.
The gBETA Beloit program is supported by generous sponsors Hendricks Commercial Properties and Irontek. gBETA Beloit is held twice per year, each time with five companies from across all industries and business models. Those interested in learning more can reach out to gBETA Beloit Director Mason Cook at mason@gener8tor.com or visit www.gbetastartups.com/beloit.
gBETA Beloit Fall 2021 Cohort
Care-Stow designs medical-grade storage solutions for hospitals, nursing homes, and home care facilities. Care-Stow’s products fulfill unmet needs amongst patients and caregivers, ultimately increasing patient satisfaction.
CEO: Roger Crook | roger@care-stow.com | care-stow.com
Dock Clock works with large retailers to offer a simple and robust digital scheduling platform for freight delivery to their many stores’ dock doors. Dock Clock’s SaaS tool makes freight delivery scheduling, tracking, and managing easy for large global retailers and big box stores.
CEO: Mark Losching | mark.losching@dock-clock.com | dock-clock.com
Tad More Tailoring and Alterations provides convenient, online clothing alterations to people all over the United States. Tad More is redefining the tailoring industry by combining the centuries-old craft of tailoring with the cutting edge of technology.
CEO: Sarene Alsharif | info@tmtailor.com | tmtailor.com
TR∆CE allows transgender individuals to track their transition and build a safe community of allies to support their experience in this first-to-market app. There are currently over 2.25M people in the United States who identify as either transgender or non-binary, yet no significant dedicated mobile app exists for this community and their allies. TR∆CE intends to change that, with transgender celebrity Aydian Dowling as CEO and a foundation of trust and loyalty in this community.
CEO: Aydian Dowling | aydian@thetrace.app | thetrace.app
Support.ed’s mobile app provides accessible support, education, and resources to parents who need help handling their children’s big emotions. Because traditional children’s counseling is expensive — costing approximately $600–800 per month — and not accessible to the common family, Support.ed aims to be the better solution for parents.
CEO: Domenica Doro | domenica@supportedapp.com | supportedapp.com
About gener8tor
gener8tor’s turnkey platform for the creative economy connects startup founders, investors, corporations, universities, job seekers, musicians and artists. The gener8tor platform includes accelerators, upskilling, corporate programming, and conferences with content on community growth, impact investing, diversity, equity and inclusion, and innovation across education, agriculture, insurance, healthcare, and more. Recently, gener8tor was named one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators. For more information, visit gener8tor.com.
About gBETA
gBETA accelerates the growth of early-stage companies through its network-driven program. gBETA supports five teams per cohort and requires no fees and no equity. Since launching in 2015, gBETA program alumni have raised $258M+ in capital and created 2,514 jobs across the US and Canada. For more gBETA statistics, visit gbetastartups.com/statistics.
