Six Finalists have been selected to pitch their impact enterprises to receive seed funding and a full year of Incubation Support from UnLtd USA, Austin’s first incubator for entrepreneurs solving pressing social and environmental problems.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:  We will be pitching Stret¢h to a panel of highly experienced judges on August 2, 2014:

1. Dan Graham, CEO of Build A Sign
2. Jason Seats, Managing Director of TechStars Austin
3. David Porter, Executive Director of A Glimmer of Hope Austin
4. Jennifer Carroll, Executive Director at DLA Piper NEST
5. Randall Kempner, Executive Director of ANDE at The Aspen Institute
6. Steve Wanta, Program Director at Whole Planet Foundation and Founder of Center61
7. Scott Collier, Managing Director at Pasadera Capital and Co-Founder of Slow Money Austin

This is awesome news for Stretch Recipes we are in great company with 5 other social and environmental impact companies based in Austin.  

Here are the list of finalists:

Hudson Baird, PelotonU (http://www.pelotonu.org)
Dustin Fedako, Compost Pedallers (http://www.compostpedallers.com)
Lauren Foster, Stretch (http://www.stretchrecipes.com)
Michael Hanan & Lloyd Minick, Ten Acre Organics (http://www.tenacreorganics.com)
Igor Holas, Mentegram (http://www.mentegram.com)
Cheyenne Weaver & Diana Griffin, GirlsGuild (http://girlsguild.com)
 

UnLtd USA is a member of the Global Social Entrepreneurship Network, a platform bringing together the learnings, models and expertise from member organizations around the world.  

Special thanks to Gabriel Valles of MentorWings.com who introduced me to this wonderful opportunity during SXSW.