A Texas accelerator that’s focused on supporting traditionally marginalized entrepreneurs has announced its newest program.
DivInc
has introduced DWeb for Social Impact Accelerator, a new program set to support BIPOC and women founders of social enterprise startups developing global solutions with DWeb and Web3 technologies — such as blockchain, crypto-asset, artificial intelligence, machine learning, augmented reality, and more.
The first cohort of the program, which is supported by the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web, or FFDW, will run from September through November at the Ion.
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“Through the DWeb for Social Impact Accelerator we are marrying activism with the decentralized web in a way that builds these startups and puts them at the forefront of solving society’s toughest challenges,” says Preston James, CEO at DivInc, in a
news release
. “We want to see our creative tech economy founders playing a major role in building and benefiting from DWeb and Web3 for the greater good. This partnership with FFDW is a huge leap forward in that pursuit.”
The 12-week accelerator will support up to 10 companies, and, at the end of the program, each selected company will receive $10,000 in non-dilutive seed funding. In addition to FFDW, the program is supported by Houston Premier Partners, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Verizon, The Ion, and Mercury.
“A core part of FFDW’s mission is education about the decentralized web,” says Marta Belcher, president and chair of Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web, in the release. “FFDW is absolutely thrilled to bring more diverse voices into the Web3 ecosystem.”
