Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator: Meet the Graduating Startups

Market disruption often benefits newer, smaller companies, and the recent pandemic has undoubtedly caused significant disruption. Consequently, it’s logical that accelerator and incubator programs are producing a wave of startups prepared to address the challenges of the current environment.

The Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator is one such program, and today it is showcasing 11 emerging companies as graduates of its Summer 2020 Demo Day. Throughout its history, ERA has supported over 215 startups, which have collectively secured more than $500 million in funding.

Let’s take a closer look at these companies:

Aires Medical is a hardware-focused company that has created a portable ventilator designed for individuals with COPD. This device offers increased mobility compared to traditional, more cumbersome medical equipment. The company is presently working to obtain FDA 510(k) clearance and intends to distribute its product through medical equipment suppliers once approved.

Alaffia streamlines the health insurance claims auditing process. Utilizing a machine learning-powered dashboard, the company efficiently identifies incorrect payments, conducts clinical claim reviews, and generates comprehensive reports. This approach aims to improve the speed and accuracy of a traditionally manual and inefficient system, with revenue generated by recovering overpayments from health insurance providers.

Caire is a direct-to-consumer brand specializing in skincare solutions for women aged 40 and above. The company’s unique product formulations are specifically designed to address the skin changes associated with menopause and the related decline in hormone levels. Caire operates on a subscription basis, with the initial Defiance Science Duo available for $80 per month.

ChalkTalk is responding to the evolving edtech landscape by providing personalized curricula and lesson planning tools. The platform transforms information into customized instructional materials, group activities, and practice exercises covering K-12 Math and English Language Arts. Its goal is to free up teachers’ time, allowing them to focus on building meaningful relationships with students rather than creating lesson plans and assignments.

Cquence is a SaaS platform entering the video creation market. Leveraging machine learning, Cquence reviews and organizes video footage during the editing process, indexing and tagging content across numerous metadata points. This provides editors with a well-organized library, enabling them to quickly locate specific people, objects, or quotes. Cquence’s pricing is based on the number of users and the amount of footage processed.

Flourish Savings partners with banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial institutions to encourage positive financial behaviors through gamification. Flourish licenses its technology to these partners and charges a fee based on the number of active users.

Masonry offers a software solution for automating the management of multi-family properties. The platform streamlines the diverse tasks involved in property maintenance and provides a comprehensive data analytics and insights dashboard for property managers. Masonry’s pricing is determined on a per-unit, per-month basis.

Mosaic aims to optimize the most critical asset for individuals and organizations: time. The company employs AI to update work schedules based on task assignments and timelines, providing feedback on the productivity and profitability of time management practices. Mosaic charges an annual fee per user.

OLIMP is a platform connecting truck drivers with short-term warehousing solutions when deliveries are refused. This service saves fleets both time and money, and OLIMP also facilitates online payments to simplify the process for drivers after long hauls.

StartSure is focused on the growing insurtech sector, offering insurance policies specifically tailored for startups. The company utilizes a concise, five-question survey to generate a policy covering fundamental liability and property needs. It also provides an AI-powered assistant to address the unique requirements of each business. StartSure policies begin at $25 per month.

Virtuleap is a diagnostic tool utilizing VR technology to assist pharmaceutical companies in evaluating the effectiveness of drugs designed to treat cognitive disorders. The startup has developed a library of VR games, created in collaboration with neuroscientists, to assess a range of cognitive abilities, helping drug developers measure the impact of their medications.