Sponsor Spotlight – Ubidots
What is your name, title, and role at your company? Cristina Botero, Head of Business Development What does your company do? Ubidots is a low-code IoT development platform for engineers and companies without the time or energy to build an entire, production-ready IoT application themselves. From device-friendly APIs to a clean UI for end-users, Ubidots [...]
RIoT Virginia Inaugural Pitch Night, RAP XI Winner
The RIoT Accelerator Program's first Virginia cohort concluded in August with a pitch night in historic Downtown Fredericksburg. 5 companies from the cohort pitched their businesses to a panel of judges. The judges included Debi Roder, Director of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC), Vernon Green, President and CEO, GCubed Inc., Beckey Gallamore, President/Owner, [...]
Sponsor Spotlight – Blues Wireless
What is your name, title, and role at your company? Brandon Satrom, VP of Experience Engineering What does your company do? Blues Wireless is accelerating IoT by providing low-code solutions for connecting devices to the cloud. Our embeddable, wireless smart device infrastructure enables customers to deploy and test custom-built devices simply, quickly, and affordably, and [...]
RIoT businesses to hold pitch night under the stars at FAM
Some business owners in Stafford County will have a chance to sell their ideas during “pitch night” in Fredericksburg. With the launch of the first RIoT Accelerator Program in Virginia in April, graduates from the inaugural cohort are ready to take the stage. Business startups will give pitches, and business founders will be telling their stories and [...]
Sponsor Spotlight – Amplifi Labs
What is your name, title, and role at your company? Name: John Petitte Title: CEO Role: I work with customers to solve difficult technology challenges and navigate ambiguity to make sound decisions. What does your company do? We're a complete software product development company with application, UI/UX, and ML/AI teams. We help other businesses conceptualize, build, [...]
Sponsor Spotlight – Cocoflo
What is your name, title, and role at your company? Jonathan Levitt, Vice President Growth – I oversee Sales, Marketing and Customer Success What does your company do? Cocoflo is at the forefront of the SMART CITY movement! We partner with municipalities to expedite and execute their SMART CITY transformation strategies. We help cities, towns, [...]
Sponsor Spotlight – Exelaration
What is your name, title, and role at your company? I’m Amy Baldwin Efird, Exelaration’s VP of Partnerships. In my role, I make connections within our local and extended community, university partners, current and prospective clients, and industry partners like R!oT. What does your company do? Exelaration is a software development consultancy that provides custom [...]
Announcing the RAP XII Cohort
RIoT is excited to announce RAP XII - the Summer 2022 cohort of the RIoT Accelerator Program (RAP)! RAP XII will take place at RIoT Labs in Raleigh, NC. The RAP XII cohort represents a variety of industries and backgrounds hailing across various North Carolina communities. The startups are working on technology solutions in healthcare, [...]
Sponsor Spotlight – Kyle Linton – Lithios
What is your name, title, and role at your company? Kyle Linton, VP of Operations at Lithios. I serve as the head of operations and external client relations. What does your company do? We create beautiful iOS, Android, and Web applications for startups and fortune 500 companies. What are some neat projects that [...]
Sponsor Spotlight – Abby Humber – Cocoflo Innovations
What is your name, title, and role at your company? Abby Humber, Sales Development Representative at Cocoflo. I connect with local municipal leaders, managers and directors who are focused on developing and implementing their Smart City initiatives. Underlying all of these interactions is a commitment to Smart City market research – what gaps can Cocoflo [...]
Seven startups accepted into Stafford, VA cohort of RIoT Accelerator Program
Up and coming ventures from Stafford and beyond to participate in a 12-week intensive business program this Summer. April 21st, 2022 – Stafford, VA — RIoT, the North Carolina-based economic development nonprofit, has accepted seven early stage startups into their eleventh cohort of the RIoT Accelerator Program (RAP), and first in Stafford, VA. The RIoT [...]
Remembering RIoT’s Cofounder, Larry Steffann
The below blog post is being shared on behalf of Larry Steffann's family. To learn more about the life and legacy of Larry Steffann, please read this WRAL TechWire Article. ## It's been 1,370 days since Larry Steffann's, Cofounder of RIoT, life was prematurely stolen after his fewer than 100-day battle with Pancreatic Cancer. 1,370 [...]
RAP Q&A Series: 15 Minutes with TSV Analytics
What is your name, title, and role at your company? My name is Trevor Ferree and I'm a co-founder and the CEO of TSV Analytics. What does your company do? TSV Analytics provides social media marketers with social media insights and predicts the next viral topic revolving around their business areas of interest. This [...]
Sponsor Spotlight – Kevin Taylor – Axis Communications
What is your name, title, and role at your company? My name is Kevin Taylor, and I serve as the Segment Development Manager, Smart Cities, for Axis Communications in the Americas. In that role I am responsible for crafting our strategy for the local government vertical segment, I serve as our spokesperson to drive thought [...]