Best practice programs to support early-phase startups from idea to revenue.

RBC SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM

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The RBC Social Enterprise Accelerator Programis a six-month program designed to accelerate startups whose mission is to create social impact while ensuring that profitability is core to their business model. This is a competitive program open to six startups, specifically those with a focus on health and nutrition, persons with disabilities, youth, education, new arrivals, the environment and affordable housing.

CURRENT 2018 COHORT

	Founder: Derek Rogers GenerousTickets makes non-profits more effective by providing tools that help raise money, save time and build stronger relationships. The tools are only part of the story; their business model includes a profit sharing component to produce sustained long term growth, for both GenerousTickets and the non-profit groups they partner with. Learn more at: www.GenerousTickets.com
	Founders: Derek Manns and Kylie Hykawy Lumin is a digital platform that makes it easy for grassroots artists to connect with venues so that they can create and promote live events. Learn more at: http://lumin.life
	Founders: Hafiz Mitha and Laura Sullivan PlayCity is in the business of creating meaningful relationships. Understanding that most of life's best connections are made through a common interest, their goal is to connect as many people as possible through physical activity. Learn more at: www.playcityapp.com
	Founders: Riley Booth and Jacob George Re-able seeks to provide stroke survivors with accessible and affordable technology to help maximize recovery. Their first product, The Move, is designed to maximize upper arm recovery. Through a wearable activity tracker and app, they offer features like exercise and medication scheduling, inactivity alarms (to remind the user to use their affected limb) and activity feedback. The Move presents survivors with quantifiable metrics to motivate arm activity, and can be leveraged to monitor recovery programs. Lear more at: www.re-able.ca
	PowerSwitch is a practical app to help victims of digital harassment - anyone being threatened, abused or persecuted via text, email, social media or voice call. Overwhelmingly in this case, the victims are women and teenagers. Entirely mobile, the app instantly captures and securely stores all communication (the abuse record) for use by lawyers, the court system or the police service. PowerSwitch gives control back to those who feel like they've lost it, and power back to those who feel like they have none.
	Founders: Sean Crump and Garrett Crump Universal Access (UA) increases accessibility for people with mobility, visual or age related disabilities. They audit and certify spaces based on self-developed universal design standards. Once a business is certified, UA creates awareness of their space through social media, restaurant reservation platforms, wayfinding apps, and partnerships with senior care facilities and disability organizations, and more. Accessible spaces create immersive communities where all people, regardless of age or ability, feel comfortable going out without anxiety regarding the accessibility of the location, and it helps businesses grow their market share by catering to the needs of a unique market segment. Learn more at: www.universalaccess.me