- ABOUT REVTECH LABSRevTech Labs is geared toward Charlotte’s developer community and provides a place for tech startups to launch.The three-month program focuses on early-stage mobile, software and web companies. RevTech Labs provides free work space, mentorship and programming all geared toward revolutionary technology startups. All companies will be required to locate within the same community space. The 4,000 square foot space, located within Packard Place, provides shared desks, break space, and casual meeting space. Mentorship from local, regional, and national tech talent will help to guide startups as they focus on building their products and defining their business models. The program will culminate in a launch day, where the startups can connect with local and regional investors and customers.Rev Tech Labs has three component programs as part of the Labs
- The Accelerator
- The Incubator
- QCFinTechThe Accelerator is our most advance program for companies who are already off and running. The focus of this program is explosive growth not proof of concept. Connections to national mentors and financing
The Incbubator is focused on earlier stage companies that are working on MVP or gaining traction in the marketing place. Their 12 week exeperience is more structured and intense to make sure that all the bases are covered for future growth
QCFinTech is program focused on Financial Services Tech Innovation. The goal is make Charlotte one of the international hot beds for Financial Services Tech Innovation leverage the large financial services company and talent base in the Charlotte region.
- Program SupportersThank you to our Program Supporters! Their support helps our companies grow their skills in business plan development, marketing, leadership, development outsourcing, and public speaking.
- LOCAL ADVISORSDan RoselliCo-founder of Packard Place and RevTech LabsDan Roselli is a co-founder of Packard Place, a hub for entrepreneurs in Charlotte and the home of RevTech Labs.Adam HillDirector of Packard Place and co-founder of RevTech LabsAdam is the director of Packard Place, a hub for entrepeneurs and the home of RevTech Labs.Doug LebdaFounder and CEO of LendingTreeAfter experiencing the frustrations and complexities of getting his first mortgage, Doug Lebda envisioned a way to empower consumers in the loan process where banks compete for the customers' business. In 1996, Doug founded LendingTree which revolutionized how consumers shop for loans and how lenders reach new customers.Igor JablokovEIR at Blackstone ENIgor is an Entrepreneur in Residence for Blackstone EN, a collaboration between the region’s major universities, its entrepreneurial community and the private sector.Michael PraegerCo-founder, CEO of AvidXchangeSince founding AvidXchange in 2000, Michael has been an active participant and speaker on "payables and payment automation" at various industry conferences and considered a thought leader within the industry in developing creative solutions and best practices for payables and payment automation.Addy KapurCheck AppointmentsAddy is the founder of checkappointments.com and a co-founder of mailvu.com.Brian M. DavisAttorney & Partner VLP Law GroupBrian is a partner at VLP and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.John BradberryCo-Founder ReadyFounderJohn Bradberry is a co-founder and leader of ReadyFounder Services, a provider of tools and services for entrepreneurs and investors.Lenore VassilFounder of The TorchLenore is the founder of The Torch, an online personal organizer you share with your loved ones so they can navigate your life if something happens to you.Don MingesCFODon Minges is a fractional CFO with twenty years of leadership experience in Management and Finance at Wachovia Corporation.Andrew SobelVP at The Brixton Group Inc.Andrew is no stranger to start-ups having been involved in three others including an IT hardware firm, an eco-friendly clothing line and a non-profit.Paolo NagariCEO & Founder of InterCultural GroupPaolo Nagari is the CEO & Founder of InterCultural Group a management consulting firm based in Charlotte, NC.David MillerCo-Founder AvidXchangeDavid co-founded AvidXchange where he ran product strategy, and is now a mentor, coach, and advisor to startups and growth-stage companies.Kevin GarrisonCPA & Co-Founder R&G, LLPKevin co-founded R&G LLP, a full-service accounting firm providing assurance, tax and consulting services.Chris BoggianoCo-Founder EverblueChris and his brother, Jon, are entrepreneurs who have started their own sustainable building consulting company.Jon BoggianoCo-Founder EverblueJon and his brother, Chris, are entrepreneurs who have started their own sustainable building consulting company.Lou SolomonFounder Interact, Your Authentic Learning Style SeriesLou teaches an authentic approach to speaking, presenting, presence and other executive communication skills.Matthew TyndallPartner Priceless MiscellaneousMatthew hopes to help people better connect with others through the web and help design ways for individuals to fully represent who they are online.Jeremy OlsonFounder TapityJeremy is the founder and lead designer at Tapity, an Apple Design award-winning app company based in North Carolina, USA.Jim Van FleetFounder of it's bspokeJim Van Fleet has been a contract software developer for over 20 years, most recently as founder of it’s bspoke.Dan BlackClient Engagement Manager at TortalDan intends to help businesses grow through additional perspective or by developing correct and clear messaging in order to maximize the performance of their people.Juan GarzonBranding and Messaging StrategistJuan has spent over a decade in various aspects of communications, including starting his own business and spearheading a global re-branding effort and marketing overhaul that contributed to an almost 400% revenue growth in 3 years at a previous employer.David PhillipsInnovation Provocateur at Faster Glass Consulting LLCDavid is a creative solution finder who specializes in helping organizations apply the principles of innovation and people-centered design to their most pressing challenges.Jack WoernerCEO Strategic Edge LLCJack Woerner is a seasoned leader with extensive experience in management strategy with emphasis on “turn around” engagements and growth opportunities.George McAllisterRegional Director SBTDCGeorge is the Regional Director of the Small Business and Technology Development Center at UNC Charlotte.Aditya KhurjekarEVP at nD bancgroupAditya Khurjekar is executive vice president at nD bancgroup, focused on building the infrastructure to enable frictionless and innovative mobile money experiences. Aditya has also been involved in various NYC mobile startups; he serves on the advisory board of Thinaire and other companies at the intersection of mobility and commerce.Jay S. BendisPresident at Transfer Technology ConsultantsJay’s experience for the past 30 years has been in the areas of marketing, sales and operations from Fortune 500 to start-up companies in both domestic and international markets.Garth MoultonCo-founder of JigsawIn addition to investing in and advising a growing number of technology startups, Garth runs business development for ScanBizCards, which has a wildly popular app that turns your smartphone into a business card reader and contact management solution.Chris HartEntrepreneurChris Hart is a 16 year financial services veteran who has helped institutions like Bank of America, Wells-Fargo, and TIAA-CREF use technology to drive business innovation. Chris spent much of his career focusing on the technology used for consumer payment products like person-to-person transfers, electronic bill payment, and mobile wallets. Chris left the banking industry in 2012 and is now the co-founder of Reward Summit, a platform that helps consumers optimize their credit card rewards.Steve NolanManaging Principle - Binary VenturesAs Co-founder and Managing Principal of Binary Ventures, Steve oversees the development of Proof of Concepts to Minimal Viable ProductsChristy HarnerCo-Founder & Creative Principle - Binary VenturesAs Co-founder and Creative Principal of Binary Ventures, Christy oversees the all things creative from Design, Brand Management, Social Media, Film, and MarketingAndy HilliardPresident - Accelerance, Inc.
Andy Hilliard is President of Accelerance, Inc. Prior to Accelerance, he was CEO, Oneworld Technology, Inc, a firm which provides operational and business development consulting services to offshore IT service firms. His experience includes being a Director, Co-Founder, and Chief Business Development Officer of IsThmus Inc., an offshore technology services provider based in Costa Rica. He specializes in global technology outsourcing, business process outsourcing, competitive positioning among offshore providers, and tradeoffs between global offshore outsourcing destinations.
Previously, he was a Division Manager at Cognizant Technology Solutions; Regional Manager at Siebel; Director of Latin America at YOUcentric; and Vice President at Bank of America. He attended the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern, London Business School, University of Denver and Phillips Academy.
Jeremy DavidsBrand and Marketing Strategist, VISA Inc.
Jeremy is known for applying human insight, creativity, and common sense toward solving marketing challenges, and for a record of guiding companies across multiple categories in the development of breakthrough communications to increase awareness and usage of their products and services. He currently oversees direction of brand strategy and implementation of large-scale payment marketing efforts for Visa’s top regional bank issuers.
Jeff HayPartner, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLPJeff Hay has represented corporate clients, private equity and venture capital funds for more than 30 years. He has extensive experience in representing middle market, emerging growth and technology companies in venture capital and private equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing, joint ventures and securities matters. His multidisciplinary practice includes addressing the varied needs of middle market corporate clients and he regularly represents international clients with respect to their U.S. and cross-border legal needs. - Capital MENTORSMatt HarrisManaging Director - Bain Capital VenturesMatt joined Bain Capital Ventures in 2012, to lead the NYC office and focus on business services companies, with a particular interest in financial services. Most recently, Matt co-founded and ran Village Ventures, where he focused on the same sectors and invested in such companies as BlueTarp, Consumer United, Dwolla, iSend, On Deck Capital, Simple, TxVia and Zipmark. Earlier in his career, Matt worked at Bain Capital in the private equity group.David JonesBull City Venture PartnersPrior to joining Bull City VP, David was with Southern Capitol Ventures & Deloitte Consulting practice in Washington, DC where he managed strategic technology projects for the newly formed Department of Homeland Security.Lister DelgadoManaging Partner Idea Fund PartnersLister is a managing partner at IDEA Fund Partners and a member of the founding team. During his career, Lister has led the evaluation of over 1,000 companies and has been a close advisor to more than 50 startups across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.Paul GrimFounder/General Partner SunBridgePaul Grim is a founder/General Partner of SunBridge Partners with an investment focus in wireless communications and retail systems. Paul co-founded SunBridge Partners and its predecessor Equitek Capital, and has been actively involved in each of the firm’s investments from initial sourcing through due diligence to post-investment strategic guidance.Bob CreedenExecutive Director - Blackstone Entrepreneur NetworkBob Creeden, now Executive Director of the Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network, is the Founder and former Managing Partner for the Partners Innovation Fund (PIF), at Partners Healthcare in Boston.David GilroyCo-Founder & Managing Director of Scale Finance LLCDavid has over 18 years experience in principal venture capital investing, corporate M&A, and investment banking, and currently serves as Managing Director of Scale Finance LLC – a firm that provides professional CFO and Controller services and balance sheet problem-solving to more than 100 entrepreneurial companies.Cameron NewtonInvestment Manager Relevance CapitalCameron is an Investment Manager based in Nashville, TN. Cameron is a founding member and managing partner of Relevance Capital and President/COO of Nest-TN, LLC a State of Tennessee certified TNInvestco.Joanna LinsleySenior AssociateJoanna Linsley joined Baird Capital's Venture Capital team in 2014 and concentrates on technology and services investments. Prior to joining Baird Capital, Joanna worked as an Equity Research Analyst at Baird specializing in semiconductor companies. Additionally, Joanna served as an Associate in Baird's Investment Banking and Business Development departments focusing on strategic investments and initiatives. She earned a BS in Management and International Business from Indiana University and holds an MBA from The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School with majors in Finance and Entrepreneurship.Sarah KunstPartner, Fortis PartnersSarah Kunst is from rural Michigan and attended Michigan State University. She has worked at Apple, Red Bull, Chanel, Mohr Davidow Ventures and a number of media and consumer startups including Guest of a Guest and Abrams Media where she led revenue growth. She is currently a partner at Fortis. She mentors and advises racially, geographically and gender diverse startups through NewMe, Digital Undivided, Mergelane, The Startup Factory, Boost.vc, Techstar's Patriot Bootcamp, and QC FinTech.Peter Wright
Managing Director,
Anderson LeNeave & Co, Investment Bankers
Mr. Wright joined Anderson LeNeave & Co. in 2008. Mr. Wright has been an entrepreneur and key executive at several public and privately held companies throughout his career. Most recently he led Diebold Incorporated’s (NYSE:DBD) acquisition expansion efforts in the Carolinas. Prior to Diebold, Mr. Wright was President and CEO of Trinity Security, a company he formed to acquire fire and security products distributors and integrators, which was successfully built and sold to Diebold. - Class 4Current Class Runs from March 2, 2015 to Demo Day on May 20, 2015FlyInStyleYour Personal Shopper & Entertainment Director at the AirportFort Lauderdale, FLVeriFreightVeriFreight Helps Freight Brokers Find Reliable and Safe Motor CarriersCharlotte, NC
- Class 3 AlumnieCampus provides mobile and web products that enhance the college experience.
- Class 2 AlumniAlcohootAlcohoot is a sleek and precise smartphone breathalyzer that fits easily into your pocket and measures your blood alcohol concentration (BAC) on your iPhone, iPad or Android. Alcohoot runs on a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. - See more at: http://www.getalcohoot.com/#sthash.LKevXqtr.dpufCampus CarriersCampus Carriers was born from the idea that summer storage on university campuses can and should be easier. We saw these struggles and knew we needed to find a solution. We pick up your boxed and oversized belongings directly from your residence hall room. We store your belongings over the summer in our secure storage facility. At the end of summer, we deliver your belongings to your new address, on or off campus at your University.eCampus / Room SurfRoomsurf is a social networking resource that helps high school and college students identify and connect with compatible roommates.PlateSharePlateShare aims to assist established hunger relief organizations in their mission to feed every hungry person by crowdsourcing what they need: money to buy food. PlateShare is an app that lets you round your food bill to the nearest dollar to help feed the hungry.Podanizewww.podanize.comPodanize helps you to better manage kids’ group activities by forming private online groups or “Pods”. Say goodbye to annoying email chains! If you’re a parent: Podanize is a place where you can easily keep track of all of your kids’ group activities, all in one place. If you’re a group organizer: Podanize makes it easy to organize events and have ongoing discussions with group members.Proctor FreeProctorFree is an identity verification and student authentication solution that deters cheating and academic fraud in online education. With the rapid proliferation of online course offerings, the potential for cheating has come into focus as a potential barrier to validation and accreditation for higher education. ProctorFree provides a low cost, high fidelity, effective and convenient solution that will transform online education, resulting in increased enrollments, higher integrity and improved public perception of the online education industry.Reward SummitReward programs are confusing and the costs to consumers on average are between $400 and $700 per year in lost rewards. Reward Summit is a mobile and web-based platform that makes it super easy for customers to always pick the right card, and also to find the best new cards to use to further add benefits.InspireInYouInspireInYou is the Pandora Internet Radio for messages centered on self-help and religious and non-religious inspiration. Users are gauged on various preferences and then matched with audio messages arranged into customized channels for each user. Contributors of the content include churches, certified counselors, motivational speakers, and certified life coaches.ShomoLIVEShomoLIVE is a social media platform designed specifically for the local live music community to bring Artists, Venues, Agents, and Fans closer together. Our goal is to help promote the live music scene here in Charlotte.WomadzWomadz is a new tool for sourcing, selecting and spreading original brand content that resonates with its intended target audience. It is particularly effective because it connects consumers and creative members of the public with brands and engages them, through its unique social contesting platform, in the process of producing, choosing and distributing content in a way that is both entertaining and rewarding.
- Class 1 AlumniiMedicareMillions of Medicare patients walk into their pharmacy concerned about their Medicare plan coverage and how to save money. Pharmacists have the expertise to help them more than an insurance broker or a social worker can due to the complexities around Step Therapy, Prior Authorization, and Quantity Limits different plans require.
We make it easy to navigate the complexity of Medicare for your patients, show you preferred networks you are (and are not) in, and which plan reimburses your pharmacy best (and worst).The TorchThe Torch helps you quickly and easily share essential instructions with people close to you, without entering any confidential account numbers, passwords or documents.ViddlzWhether you want to know the daily specials at your favorite restaurants, the location of your favorite food truck or access to "Top Secret", off-the-menu chef specials, Viddlz Alertz is the answer.Auto PilotThe Autopilot platform matches riders and drivers on demand at the push of the button. You use your iPhone to find a driver, get picked up in your car or someone else’s, and get driven wherever you’d like to go; perfect for a night out on the town, a trip to the doctor, or helping aging parents get to the grocery store with real-time tracking, SMS updates, and cashless, automated payments. - Recent Press
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