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91社区 Tech Runway庐 Graduates 'Venture Class III' Entrepreneurs

91社区鈥檚 Tech Runway庐 recently celebrated the graduation of 鈥淰enture Class III鈥, a special ceremony to commemorate the third class of companies to complete the 91社区 Tech Runway庐 program.


By brittany sullivan | 11/17/2016

91社区鈥檚 Tech Runway recently celebrated the graduation of 鈥淰enture Class III鈥, a special ceremony to commemorate the third class of companies to complete the 91社区 Tech Runway program.

The founders of the four companies in 鈥淰enture Class III鈥 were honored at the ceremony: Thomas Gregory of Sofla Sunwear, a lifestyle brand of clothing established to represent the unique culture of South Florida; Ray Briant of TiloTag, a patented smartphone app that allows you to discover the memories that surround you; June Adams and James Khalil of PowerCalc, the first SaaS-based software that completely automates the electrical engineering calculations for the building, construction, and facility management industries that is compliant with the National Electrical Code (NEC); and Carly Asher Yoost of The Child Rescue Coalition, a nonprofit organization that builds sophisticated technology to track child predators across the globe.

鈥淲e are incredibly proud of what this third 91社区 Tech Runway Venture Class has accomplished,鈥 said Rhys L. Williams, associate vice president for research and the managing director for 91社区 Tech Runway. 鈥淪everal of these companies were little more than concepts when they began our program.听Now they have products, customers, sales, patents, employees, and have become real businesses. For these four companies that have launched from 91社区 Tech Runway, the sky鈥檚 the limit.鈥

Since its launch in fall 2014, 91社区 Tech Runway has provided financial support, strategic development, entrepreneurial education, free workspace, investor introductions, and expert mentoring for 29 start-up companies. As a result of the program, 239 jobs have been created, 57 91社区 students have been employed, more than $6 million in revenue has been earned, and more than $18 million investment capital has been raised.

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