Speakers Style II – Impact Ventures Spring 2021 Startup Showcase

LISTEN TO THE Keynote Speakers

Bryon Pierson

Founder, EDURain

EDUrain (St. Louis, MO) – EDUrain is a marketplace that aggregates financial aid, scholarships and off-campus housing to provide unprecedented ease of access for college-bound students.

SWYE360 (Frisco, TX) – An all-in-one collaborative e-learning platform for teachers to deliver teaching to students anywhere, synchronously and asynchronously. With one login, teachers, students and parents will have access to their daily needs, combining the fragmented world of online education.

Kedreon Cole

Founder, XR Sports Group

Kedreon Cole

Founder, XR Sports Group

XR Sports Group (Frisco, TX) – XR Sports is a B2B white label software solution that hosts and powers digital gaming platforms for traditional entertainment properties, such as pro sports teams, college conferences, celebrity influencers and physical venues, such as movie theaters.

LISTEN TO THE Event Speakers

Bryon Pierson

Founder, EDURain

Bryon Pierson

Founder, EDURain

EDUrain (St. Louis, MO) – EDUrain is a marketplace that aggregates financial aid, scholarships and off-campus housing to provide unprecedented ease of access for college-bound students.

Gary Lewis

Founder, Neo Curly

Gary Lewis

Founder, Neo Curly

NeoCurly (Richardson, TX) – A platform that educates African-American women about their hair, conducts surveys to gather data about each customer and formulates products that cater to women.

Mehmet Günal

Founder, AccessMyResearch

Mehmet Günal

Founder, AccessMyResearch

AccessMyResearch (Richardson, TX) – A nonprofit social network platform removing barriers between academia, industry and the public. The social platform simplifies sharing research for academics and offers free services to tech and medical companies, research labs and institutes and individuals who are seeking access to cutting edge research across the globe.

Darrel Frater

Founder, TheClub App

Darrel Frater

Founder, TheClub App

TheClub (Ewing, NJ) – TheClub is an interactive live streaming app that enables DJs and other entertainers to seamlessly earn income while streaming.

Jacob Makuvire

Founder, SWYE360

Jacob Makuvire

Founder, SWYE360

Eric Adolphe

Founder, Forward Edge AI

Eric Adolphe

Founder, Forward Edge AI

ForwardEdge AI (San Antonio, TX) – Leverage emerging technologies including AI, blockchain, machine learning, robotic process automation, and swarm intelligence to solve complex problems of social consequence.

Alexander Deeb

Founder, ClassHook

Alexander Deeb

Founder, ClassHook

ClassHook (San Francisco, CA) – ClassHook helps teachers find educational scenes from popular TV shows and movies to meaningfully engage their students and spark their curiosity. Teachers in over 12,000 schools use ClassHook’s web-based platform to increase student engagement by 66 percent on average.