The world’s largest business accelerator competition for uncrewed systems, loT, and robotics startups, GENIUS NY has announced its semi-finalists! Fourteen companies were named semi-finalists in the GENIUS NY program’s sixth round. These companies will now compete to see which five are selected to the business accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden. The companies, which are...
On Thursday, June 30, the Capricorn Foundation Food Waste Challenge 2022 launched! The program seeks ideas for reducing food waste in Namibia. According to Reliefweb, from July to September 2020, approximately 428,000 people throughout the nation (17% of its population) were facing high levels of acute food insecurity or worse, including roughly 14,000 people in a state of emergency. Solutions to...
We're proud to announce that Skild has been added as a vendor listed with the US General Services Administration (GSA). The GSA issues long-term, government-wide contracts that provide federal, state, and local government buyers access to commercial products, services, and solutions at pre-negotiated pricing. If you’re a government client, it may now be easier than ever before to procure our...
We’re thrilled to announce that Skild has fully revamped its Contestant app, adopting modern web technologies and architectures. At a technical level, the new Contestant app employs a modern javascript framework, called React, built on top of a RESTful API. This upgrade has many benefits for both Skild’s customers and challenge participants.
The Capricorn Group and its subsidiary companies aspire to be Connectors of Positive Change by creating economic value in a responsible way that creates sustainable opportunities for advancing and improving the economic and social conditions in the communities where we operate. The Capricorn Foundation was established in February 2020 as a non-profit Association Incorporated under Section 21 of...
GENIUS NY has extended its application period through Tuesday, June 14!The world’s largest business accelerator competition for uncrewed systems, loT, and robotics startups, GENIUS NY is produced by the Tech Garden, funded by the Empire State Development, and part of CenterState CEO’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship portfolio.Five winners are selected for the GENIUS NY accelerator each year....
On Monday, May 16, Fannie Mae launched the 2022 Sustainable Communities Innovation Challenge (IC22), a $5 million competition to identify innovative projects promoting racial equity in the US housing market. The story of housing in America includes a history of systemic racism and lack of affordable housing that has disproportionately impacted Black communities. IC22 seeks innovative ideas and...
