A Denver-based phone service provider has launched a business accelerator program aimed at growing nonprofit organizations that are applying mobile technology to social issues.
Visible, an app-based mobile carrier that launched earlier this year with backing from its owner Verizon, last week announced the first nine startups selected for its . The nonprofits will receive $10,000 and participate in a boot camp that will connect them with mentors who can help them expand, according to a news release.
Participants include Feeding Children Everywhere. Its Fed40 app that are then shipped to their door at no cost. Talking Points, another participant, designed to help teachers communicate with their students’ parents in the parents’ native language.
A full list of nonprofits can be found at .
The program was developed in partnership with Uncharted. The company, also based in Denver, . Uncharted will be sharing access to its network of mentors, the news release said.
The program’s boot camp will be held in Denver on Aug. 13- 17. A event dedicated to connecting the organizations with funders is planned for October.
