MEET OUR MCDERMOTT RISE MEMBERS

We are proud to partner with the following businesses through McDermott Rise. The program provides a free set of legal services to 20 entrepreneurs of color each year who could use a boost to help launch and scale their business with every expectation of success.

McDermott Rise members

Mcdermott Rise Members

AgentsMe

Helping consumers locate a Medicare insurance agent so they can purchase supplemental coverage, AgentsMe is an easy and effective digital platform to find and connect with a Medicare agent, read reviews, ask questions and book virtual meetings.

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Alerje

From the age of five, founder and CEO Javier Evelyn understood the struggle of navigating multiple food allergies. Thus, Alerje (pronounced just like “allergy”) was born to help food allergic families take control. Its technology simplifies food allergy management, reducing the stress for caregivers as they strive to prevent potentially deadly anaphylaxis incidents.

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Alma Ocean

Owner and founder Danielle Hodge uses her Caribbean roots to inspire the designs on her aquatic goods, including inflatable pool floats, towels and accessories.

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AmginE Ink

AmginE Ink created the app U4Ea (pronounced Euphoria), which uses the technology of passive focus on audio tones, or musical notes, through binaural beats to help with mindfulness and healing. U4Ea is available for download.

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Ballstar

Founder Nigel Caldon is democratizing data for the amateur athlete. Ballstar’s scorekeeping software is designed to eliminate pen and paper from the game, keeping the focus on basketball.

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Base One Gaming

Base One Gaming is a gaming platform where people can engage in gaming and learn how to develop and commercialize games.

Beautiful Brown Girls (BBG)

BBG is a safe space and in-real-life community and social networking app for women of color. Members get access to best-in-class social events and life-changing content curated to help women “glow up” in every aspect of their life, create genuine connections, build a support system and, above all, thrive.

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Canary Telehealth

Canary Telehealth provides telehealth services to improve access to care for underserved populations, help close gaps in care and reduce healthcare disparities.

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Candi

Candi is a social network that allows fans to virtually meet their favorite celebrities and influencers. Learn more about Candi through the platform’s submission video, featuring owner and founder Keithan Hedrick.

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Candlelit

After a traumatic birth of her oldest son, founder, CEO and mom of two Lauren Elliott, MA, MHFA, developed a tool that identifies pregnant and postpartum women of color at risk for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and, in partnership with their doctors, pairs women with culturally-affirming, virtual psychoeducation led by trained coaches, reproductive psychiatrists and psychologists on demand. Candlelit’s mission is to simplify access to perinatal mental health treatment by offering affordable coaching and guided support to one million Black women and birthing families who identify within the African diaspora by 2025.

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CircleGX

CircleGx builds 5G infrastructure to deliver broadband internet to unserved and underserved communities in both urban and rural markets. Incubated in Dell Labs, CircleGX aims to close the gap in access to internet, further connecting people with education, jobs and other resources.

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Clinify Health

Clinify is a digital health company that combines healthcare expertise and analytics to unify, automate and optimize multiple forms of communication to deliver individualized, patient-oriented care.

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Confidence of GaBBY Goodwin (Confidence)

This mother-daughter duo are solving common problems faced by those styling Black hair, such as disappearing hair barrettes and a lack of effective styling products. Confidence supplies non-slip GaBBY Bows and plant-based natural hair styling products that save time, money and frustration.

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Digiteyez Technologies

Dr. Brandon Zimmerman and his team pioneered the world’s first digital optical prescription using patented algorithms that model a patient’s eye and simulates their vision, offering vision prescription from anywhere, without a physical appointment.

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EmVision

A social impact media agency, EmVision helps visionaries convey how they’re changing the world. Co-created in 2013 by Dr. Tariana V. Little, EmVision is a queer, certified minority and woman-owned business and producers of content, partners in causes and philanthropists giving forward.

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Foreverly

Foreverly is an online registry designed to support loved ones who are coping with grief. The registry includes items like food delivery and cleaning services and can be easily shared with friends and family.

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Freeman Capital

Founder Calvin Williams, Jr. is the only Black-owned, automated wealth management platform registered by the SEC offering clients access to a dedicated wealth manager, investment planning and financial planning-as-a-service, with a goal of closing the wealth gap and improving quality of life.

GigEasy

Founder and CEO Rilwan Lawal created GigEasy based on his own work experience and the lack of benefits for gig workers. Their mission is to provide the essential safety net for this largely underserved population by building a benefits platform providing a suite of benefits typically reserved for people working for employers.

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Glint Pharmaceuticals

This Massachusetts-based company, led by CEO Chris Adams, is developing proprietary drug delivery technology for the treatment and prevention of ocular infections and diseases.

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Grapevine Health

Grapevine Health leverages the power of technology, video storytelling and trusted messengers to improve health literacy and drive better health outcomes in underserved communities.

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GREAT LAKES BIOLOGICS

Great Lakes Biologics is a Contract Research Development Organization (CRDO) co-founded by Crystal Brown, MBA, specializing in the process development of small-scale batches of biologic product candidates used in biopharmaceutical research and development under service contracts.

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Greentop Gifts

Founder Jacquelyn Rodgers brings diversity to celebrations through apparel, home décor and stationery because representation matters.

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GRID

GRID is a US-based tech startup with a vision to unleash the power of video games to educate, engage and empower people around the world. GRID’s platform, called Breshna, provides no-code, low-cost and high-speed access to purposeful video games.

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Health In Her HUE

Health In Her HUE is a digital platform that connects Black women to Black healthcare providers, offering culturally relevant, evidence-based health content. The team strives to reduce racial health disparities by leveraging the power of technology, media and community to improve health outcomes for women.

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I Am Black Business

A platform for connecting with and promoting black owned businesses created by CEO and President Joseph Guster and COO Lee Lewis, Jr.

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Integrative Management Solutions

Led by Dr. Drena Valentine, Integrative Management Solutions (IMS) is a strategic management and professional services consulting firm serving small to mid-size businesses, local and state governments and nonprofit organizations. IMS helps clients assess their company’s ability to function efficiently and effectively in business operations, management and leadership by identifying the underlining issue through information-gathering analysis, recommendations and implementation.

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Jet It

Jet It is an aviation company with a unique, disruptive business model to deliver a private and fast travel solution, offering jet ownership sharing options. Cofounders Glenn Gonzales and Vishal Hiremath have a combined 40+ years in aviation, leadership and private business.

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Kith Republic

Kith Republic is the first mobile app to empower professional women to thrive at work and navigate their careers. Kith Republic provides direct access to independent human resources experts to help women solve their work-related issues.

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Legacy Shift

Founders Sandra and Isaac are on a mission to disrupt workplace mentorship and coaching with a better and more efficient way for organizations to manage, streamline, and measure their programs. LegacyShift is a network-based B2B platform that easily connects members with mentors, leaders and experts within their organization for life and career support.

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LionHead Real Estate Designs

LionHead is disrupting the multi-billion dollar construction industry with a technologically advanced manufacturing facility and superior products that can shorten building time with greater energy efficiency.

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Manana

The caregiver burden is increasing along with the social isolation of people who need help. Manana connects individuals with a community of specialized help through an easy-to-use digital platform. Manana exists to directly solve many families’ needs in finding reliable and caring support to allow their loved ones to age at home.

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Mark Labs

Mark Labs is a venture-backed, revenue-generating technology company that builds Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and impact software solutions. The technology also helps asset managers—who are experts at pursuing profits and optimizing portfolios—become experts at building an equitable and sustainable private sector.

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Match2Mentor

Match2Mentor aims to decrease the ever-widening gap in education between minority and majority students. Through tutoring services, the company increases student engagement and provides a way for college students to earn money.

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MathTalk

MathTalk is the leader in speech recognition mathematics software and provides users with the ability to voice math, without needing a keyboard. A nonprofit founded in 2015, MathTalk is delivering accessible services to students, teachers and professionals.

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Nour

Nour is a mineral sunscreen specifically suited for the needs of Black women to match darker completions without leaving a residue.

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Opthalmic Therapeutic Innovation

Created by Biopharma Physician Dr. Tina Guanting Qiu, this company offers a unique evidence-based approach to transforming modern medicine development with high success.

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Porshair

Porshair is creating the first smart hair styling tool made especially for thicker and textured hair types.

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Sanarai

Sanarai is working to improve the Hispanic community’s access to high-quality mental health services through a web-based platform that allows for the scheduling of remote emotional support sessions. With a focus on the Spanish-speaking market, its website is entirely in Spanish.

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Semy

Co-founders Christian Hines and Christopher Hines are evolving the way people gift with Semy, a social ecommerce platform that allows users and merchants to digitally share real gifts with a personal touch. Semy is the fi-its-kind gifting platform that enables friend-of-friend digital gifting, business-to-consumer incentives and sponsored goods-and-services all in one ecommerce platform.

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Skygenic

Skygenic, a cloud-based platform that accelerates biological research and medical discovery through data analytics accessibility and inter-institutional collaboration.

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SUPPLY FACTORY BRANDS

Supply Factory Brands is a Black-owned consumer packaged goods venture studio to operate at the intersection of culture and innovation.

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Total Life

Total Life, created by Neelam Bear, instantly connects people with therapy options covered by Medicare. Members can connect with expert licensed therapists by text, phone, or online video chat providing better accessibility and a stronger support system than in-person therapy.

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TYNT TECHNOLOGIES

Dynamic windows can change the amount of light transmitted through them on demand. Tynt Technologies aims to revolutionize the industry with perfectly neutral color, high clarity in the transparent state and true privacy in the dark state.

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UnMute

Colleen Leung is a first-generation born Chinese-American and founder of Unmute, a teletherapy platform focused on improving therapy completion rates for the BIPOC community. Unmute matches patients to the right therapist and offers a 16-week treatment centered around culturally responsive care.

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Vitro3D

Vitro3D is reimagining manufacturing by using a proprietary cartridge-based volumetric 3D printing technique to disrupt how medical devices and tissue engineering and regeneration tools are fabricated. CEO and co-founder Camila Uzcategui, PhD is a 3D printing expert with over six years of experience innovating in the industry.

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Volt Energy

Volt Energy finances and develops solar projects, electric-vehicle charging stations and energy storage solutions for commercial, government, educational and nonprofit institutions. Volt Energy designs, engineers and implements energy storage solutions, with a mission is to uplift communities through the opportunities and benefits provided by clean technology.

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WeatherCheck

WeatherCheck is the nation’s only Black-owned meteorology-focused technology company. WeatherCheck focuses on saving property owners money by monitoring mobile and immobile property for severe weather.

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WESTxEAST

When Indian-American co-founders Tania & Liya needed traditional garments to wear during cultural events, their existing options were unreliable, so they created their own virtual design service. WESTxEAST helps the South Asian-American community maintain their connections to their heritage and serves to reinvigorate traditional artisanship in Indian textile production.

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Wolomi

Founded by registered nurse and maternal health expert Layo George BSN, MHSA, Wolomi is the first digital community owned by a nurse of color that offers support to women of color to improve experiences and maternal health outcomes. Walomi focuses on guiding and supporting aspiring moms, moms-to-be and new moms to enjoy their motherhood journey.

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Words Liive

Words Liive is a digital application platform (the Opus app) that uses a music input for reading and writing curriculums to bolster literacy rates in public education. The Opus app integrates popular song lyrics into traditional classroom text-based lesson plans. The company’s goal is to advance public education student reading levels at or above their grade level from approximately 33% to 66% by 2040.

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