Fall 2022 Cohort Announcement
Capital Innovators is excited to announce its Fall 2022 cohort featuring six startup companies: ArcadeQuest, Farm to Flame Energy, Fazit, Forij, StockSwap, and Veeper. The program, now in its 27th class, guides each company through a rigorous 12-week program and numerous other benefits including hands-on mentorship from C–suite executives, seasoned entrepreneurs, and technical experts, seed funding, and access to a global network of startups.
“These six companies have high ambitions and strong products. We are excited by the opportunity to work alongside the founders to drive growth and achieve their goals.”
- Judy Sindecuse, CEO of Capital Innovators
Find more information on each of the companies below.
ArcadeQuest
Vancouver, BC | www.arcadequest.app | CEO: Daniel Baraghoush
ArcadeQuest is a platform that gaming influencers use to monetize and interact with their audience by facilitating live-play between followers and the influencer. The platform unifies gameplay rewards across video games and platforms for subscribers. Gamers using ArcadeQuest either earn digital coins for in-game performance or directly purchase coins. They redeem coins to play live games with esports and gaming influencers or on ArcadeQuest's online store including gaming related products such as VBucks, amazon gift cards, Robux, and Razer gaming gear.
Contact Email: daniel@arcadequest.app
Farm to Flame Energy
Duquesne, PA | www.ftfenergy.com | CEO: Kwaku Jyamfi
Farm to Flame Energy utilizes patented combustion technologies to build smokeless and odorless biomass generators. These generators are fueled by biomass waste (wood and plant waste) and operate with lower maintenance and higher efficiency than other biomass generators and are more cost effective than traditional diesel generators. Farm to Flame Energy provides a cost-effective and circular solution to bio-waste management for a variety of medium to large organizations.
Contact Email: kwaku@ftfenergy.com
Fazit
New York, NY | www.letsfazit.com | Co-Founders: Nina LaBruna & Aliett Buttelman
Fazit is a dermal patch skincare brand that treats concerns such as acne, ingrown hairs, scars, stretch marks and cold sores. Skincare brands often market their products as a way to achieve “clear, glowing” skin, creating an unattainable beauty standard. Fazit offers accessible and effective products, while fostering a digital community that embraces and normalizes skin imperfections with over 30 million views on TikTok. Fazit is revolutionizing the dermal patch industry with its innovative products, while creating a more authentic and relatable space in beauty and social media.
Contact Email: info@fazit.com
Forij
Seattle, WA | www.forij.co | CEO: Parker Olson
Forij makes crave-worthy snacks and pantry staples infused with essential brain and bone nutrients derived from mushroom extracts. These mushroom extracts have zero impact on flavor and are sourced from the largest button mushroom producer in the United States. Forij’s first product to market, functional granola, is already on the shelves in retailers such as Kroger and Albertson Safeway. Their products are also available online.
Contact Email: parker@forij.co
StockSwap
St. Louis, MO | www.stockswap.us | CEO: Blake Berg
StockSwap is like DraftKings’ Daily Fantasy but for the stock market. Instead of creating a team of players, users build a portfolio of stocks and enter cash prize contests to compete against others. StockSwap has hundreds of combinations of different games with varying entry fees, payout structures, rules, game types, and times periods. Users can also do social research by looking through other users’ real portfolios and scrolling through a social feed. StockSwap brings Wall Street to Main Street by gamifying finance through daily fantasy.
Contact Email: blake@stockswap.us
Veeper
Kansas City, MO | www.veeper.com | CEO: Jordan Williams
Veeper is a plug-in that optimizes the lowest discount that gets each customer to buy more - increasing average order value by net 14%. With Veeper, merchants will no longer have to think about, calculate or even create promo codes and discounts ever again. Veeper's discounts are dynamic, one-time use and personalized to each shopper based on their shopping behavior/habits. Each time a shopper adds an item to the cart, they’ll see their discount increase. Veeper is currently available to install by any ecommerce store supported by Shopify.
Contact Email: jordan@veeper.com
