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25 Feb 2021

BoomStartup Pitch Competition Winners Selected

By Tara Spalding

On February 24, 2020, BoomStartup Accelerator held its premier Live Final Pitch Event. Eighteen finalists representing six different categories delivered their most compelling pitch to ten judges and to the general public through video streaming and video conferencing.

Nearly 200 founders, creators, and entrepreneurs from 11 countries entered this competition intending to showcase their potential within Energy, Education, Impact, Health and Wellness, Productivity, and Financials. After the preliminary round of judging, the top three entrants in each category emerged as finalists.

We would like to thank the judges for their time and valuable input:

Chris Badger, Partner, Now CFO

John Richards, Entrepreneur/Angel Investor/Mentor, Startup Ignition

Katie Neilson, Co-founder, CRO, Assure

Sean Warren, Founder, Veyo Partners

Shaykayla Smith, Community and Marketing Lead, STRT

Kyrene Clarke, Manager, Sorenson Impact Center

Lisa Sheeran, Director, Hen House Ventures

Mark Rasich, Partner, Stoel Rives

Mark Tullis, Co-founder/Managing Director, TechBuzz

Robb Kunz, CEO, Glassboard Technologies

This event was BoomStartup’s first 2021 event and we look forward to other upcoming events that will forward our mission of connecting startup companies with the mentors, investors, and industry experts to achieve scale and generate explosive growth.

 

22 Feb 2021

Finalists Announced for Open Pitch Competition

By Tara Spalding

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED. PITCHES HOSTED LIVE FOR PUBLIC AUDIENCE TO WATCH AND VOTE.

BoomStartup Accelerator is pleased with the public support for the Open Pitch Competition. This is the first event for 2021 hosted by BoomStartup, and the response was fantastic. Over 200 founders, creators, and companies applied for this competition, and here are the 18 finalists. The Live Final Pitch Event will be streamed, live on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 from 9am – Noon, MT. Register now to attend.

ENERGY

  • PedalCell, Adam Hokin
  • Blitz, Saivya Chauhan
  • EnerYields, Hetal Parekh

ENERGY

  • Spira, Elliot Roth
  • Miingl, Jake Strack
  • Aspire Ability, Jon Mott

EDUCATION

  • Class Composer, Mike Cronley
  • Utiva, Bode Maxwell-Akinyemi
  • LangInnov, Rocia Rana

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

  • NeVap, Benjamin Wang
  • Inherent Biosciences, Kristin Brogaard
  • Wumgo, Teri Tito

PRODUCTIVITY

  • Freelance for Law, Brian Bedard
  • Skedgit, Mike McVey
  • HatchForm, Sean O’Shea

FINANCIALS

  • Sencha Credit, Christopher Lamarre
  • Nava Ventures, Aman Thind
  • Sontse Technology, Luis Campos Yafar

WATCH THE PITCHES LIVE

The Live Final Pitch Event will be broadcasted through Vimeo streaming service, for anyone in the public to see on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 from 9am – 12:15pm MT. Register now to get your free ticket.

AGENDA

9:00am Welcome
9:20am – First pitch category – Energy
9:40am – Second pitch category – Impact
10:08am – Third pitch category – Education
10:30am – Fourth pitch Category – Health and Wellness
10:55am – Fifth pitch category – Productivity
11:20am – Sixth pitch category – Financials
11:40am – Awards
12pm – Conclusion

JUDGES

POPULAR VOTE

In addition to viewing these pitches, the public is encouraged to support their favorite startup pitch by voting for the best pitch. This is a survey vote where one vote can be casted by each email address. Submit your finalist vote, now.

The winner will be announced during the Awards section at 11:50pm tomorrow.

 

15 Jan 2021

Tara Spalding Joins BoomStartup Accelerator as Managing Director.

By BoomStartup

TARA SPALDING

Assure is pleased to announce the appointment of Tara Spalding as Managing Director. Mrs. Spalding’s appointment is a strategic move to enhance the company’s robust suite of solutions offered to founders, companies, investors and deal organizers. 

Additional services and programs to be launched in 2021 will put critical early-stage capital into the hands of founders, quicker through this new program and Assure’s unique platform. We intend to support founders through every growth stage during this ever-changing economic environment. 

Founded in 2010 and acquired by Assure in 2019, BoomStartup is a startup accelerator and mentorship-driven angel-stage investment program for startups. It operates as an online technology-driven accelerator, providing entrepreneurs a custom business plan including business maturity guidance, investment preparation, and capital structuring relevant to growth, and investment strategies as well as a curated marketplace for services.

BoomStartup has been consistently ranked as a top U.S. accelerator and has helped more than 1,200 companies. BoomStartup graduates have raised more than $55 million in early-stage capital. With its acquisition by Assure, its portfolio companies will now have access to Assure’s industry-leading Glassboard Platform and professional services.

Tara Spalding has a rich and expansive background within the private equity and investment areas. She is the Founder and President of Hen House Ventures, a startup incubator based in Salt Lake City, Utah, that has supported BoomStartup Accelerator program since 2019.

Tara began her high-tech career in Silicon Valley when she taught herself to code software, she became the first employee, and eventually VP of Marketing at SugarCRM. Her experience also includes roles as CMO at GroundWork Open Source, VP Marketing at Magnet Systems, and co-founder and CPO at BenchPick.

Mrs. Spalding is on the board of directors for VentureCapital.org, frequently hosts startup workshops at the University of Utah Lassonde Institute and for the UVU Entrepreneur and WeLIFT programs. She was chosen as a 2020 Utah Business Top 30 Women to Watch. Mrs. Spalding is motivated to help companies who intend to better the world through technological innovations but need a path to fund and grow their business. 

30 Nov 2020

BoomStartup Selected As Top 10 Inspiring Global Accelerator

By BoomStartup

Finding startup inspiration during these challenging times.

In these challenging times, startups, organizations, and other relevant stakeholders in each ecosystem are working together to make our lives easier.

There are plenty of organizations today who take on themselves the mission to lead us through this crisis and help maintain networking opportunities between all stakeholders, to build new business relationships & collaborations. Clique.ai has selected BoomStartup as one of the inspiring and prominent global accelerator for the new economy and capital raising ecosystem. Read the article on the importance of Global Accelerators.

27 Nov 2019

Place Your Bets

By BoomStartup

Here is a little trivia, ladies and gentlemen, to kick off your holiday weekend. Place your bets. In 2020, what is the best state in the country to start a business?

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27 Jun 2019

Assure Acquires BoomStartup, Launches Assure Technology to Digitize a Complete, End-to-End Solution for the Private Investment Marketplace

By BoomStartup

Acquisition catalyzes growth strategy to provide a full suite of services for private investment market participants through every stage of a transaction.

SALT LAKE CITY (June 21, 2019) — Assure, the leading provider of fund administration and transaction services for the private investment marketplace, announced today that it has acquired BoomStartup, one of the top startup accelerators in the United States.

With the acquisition of BoomStartup, Assure now offers a comprehensive platform to founders, companies, investors and deal organizers with a full suite of solutions and services applicable throughout the entire venture life cycle from idea to exit. By maintaining touchpoints throughout this cycle, Assure is positioned to deliver solutions at the exact time of need and in the most efficient and value-additive way.

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